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Nice work!

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Compliments from GH? You must be doing something right haha

Btw great job man

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Kick ass man!

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Well it was short lived... there is a odd sound coming from the engin bay, and when I press in the clutch it goes away. This will be a fun one to try and hunt down.

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Loose flywheel. What kind of noise is it?

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Turbotalon!?!?!?! Remember when you and Jim came up cause I thought it was blown up. Fixed the tune and could hear sloppiness in the trans and my throw out bearing was toast! Sounds like that.

I stopped over there for a minute and it sounds awesome running when pressure is applied to the pedal (alot of play in the pedal up top).

Our thoughts were in it got bled and adjusted it would hopefully make the noise stop. We will have to see. Worst case scenerio throw out bearing or flywheel bolts.

He used the arp flywheel bolts that Map sells. (Celica kit). I've heard that sometimes they don't go all the way in so maybe :news:

Another note is he said it worked fine until he got to Acapulco in Blaine 15 mins or so of driving then the noise started. So to me it sound like a bleed and adjustment away from being good to go. Crossing fingers.

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pressure plate rattling some too?

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clunking clanky kind of business.

Sounds like broken rod but in the trans.

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Thanks for explaining it you said it a lot betting than I could. My thought is that there might be air in the line and it isn't disengaging the clutch all the way. There is a large dead spot at the top of the pedal.

Just watched this video on how to adjust the clutch so we will see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYJxQyjIhUw

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Did you gob the shit out of red loctite on the flywheel bolts?

That's what my bet is on.

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^^^ shouldn't that noise still be present though even when slightly engaging the clutch? As soon as you get past the dead spot in the pedal the noise goes away.

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Yes I did. And put them in at 110 ft pounds. My guess is if my flywheel was loose I would feel it in the pedal.

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To be honest its seems to be just like this, and his ended up being the flywheel. witch is weird because mine worked perfect last year. If you watch the video in this link it sounds kinda like that.

http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=238691

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You shouldn't feel anything in the pedal if its the fw bolts. If they're only a little backed out, the noise should go away when you disengage the clutch. If they're backed out a lot, the noise should be present all the time.

Of there's a dead spot, there might be air in the line, but that shouldn't stop it from disengaging. Only engaging.

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But I can only diagnose so much through a computer. You know what you're doing, Nick. Check the easy stuff first.

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After reading up on the arp extended lengths what if they bottomed out on the crankshaft? And actualy didnt stop at the flywheel. It says to use a automatic spacer plate or cut them down some. The disclaimer is right on maps website under description.

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I could see that happening. But that would lead to them backing out. Because the head holds the torque.

Also, were the bolts step tightened like headstuds? And was the crank bottom tapped?

May have just toasted a set of ARPs. I've never had trouble with OEMs, honestly.

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The crank was not bottom taped. But I did tighten in increments of 20 lbs starting at 50 up to 110lbs.

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Did you torque the pressure plate? If its not evenly torqued it won't disengage correctly and will make all airts of fun noises when you try.

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Pull off trans go from there.

Flywheel/PP issue, sounds like those fancy ARP things you used.