noticed earlier today that my clutch is slipping, only in WOT 1st gear. any suggestions on what i can do? is it under warranty?

 

Under warranty if:

-not due to abusive driving
-clutch is under 20,000Km (Canada) i'm not sure what the mileage for US is, I would imagine aroud 12K miles?

 

where is it slipping? when it's fully engaged and WOT or is it chattering under heavy launch?

 

Are you sure? Our 1st gear is so short, I think it'd be hard to tell that it's slipping. Take the car up to about 15mph, put it in 5th, and floor it. That'll tell you if it's slipping or not. The 05's haven't been out long enough yet to have slipping clutches, unless it's been abused.

 

Actually, the clutch isn't under factory warranty. The clutch is considered a part that fades like brake pads as time goes on and Mitsu says that clutch slipping is caused by "driver error". My clutch went out at 5,000 miles but you gotta remember that I learned on my car. Mitsu didn't know that and I still had to pay for the new clutch. Sorry man, you're going to have to pay.

 

Under a certain extent is that true, the parts should still be garaunteed for a certain time period. If my clutch started to slip already I'd be pissed, but I only have 5000miles on it

 

i dont abuse my car, i hardly EVER drive hard, and when i do its NEVER in 1st gear...this is my 2nd manual car and ive only ground a gear once. i have about 8000 miles on it.

its slipping when its fully engaged, i never launch at anything over 2.5k rpm

 

welcome to mitsu's stock clutches. they suck ***. my friend has an oz rally and his went out at 20,000K and he never ever races. and mitsu quoted 1200$ for a new one installed. i heard evo clutches arent any better.

 

True....Evo clutches are notorious for failure. If you ever get an Evo and plan on modding ANYTHING......replace the clutch with at least a double plate.
A friend of mine with an Evo even managed to tear up an Exedy triple plate carbon fiber clutch too.....but that was an install issue (only 1 plate was engaging I think was the issue....don't quote me I am not for sure). Took him awhile to figure that out.

Knock on wood.....I have had pretty decent luck thus far with the Mitsu clutches, but have heard many horror stories on different models (lancers, evos and eclipses).

 

what i have the stock clutch for 30,000 miles of racing

 

on my mazda i had 100,000 miles of racing before i replaced it with an act, and it still didnt slip.

 

that is exactly his point...
that car races daily.. on the street and the strip and has never evr had a problem...

 

get a stage II works clutch. I love it. On winter tires and can tear em loose going into 4th.

 

does someone know the diameter of our disk?

 

230mm.