Changing Clutch help me???

[Dmnitsadean]

hi I have a 89' 240 SX I bought it with no timing tensioner and when I changed that and fixed the the timing tensioner I drove it around.......I had an exaust leek and so i changed the mufler with a stock exaust.....my question is wen I started to fix both problems I still dont get my accelaration.....at about 4500 rpm......at every shift gear........My car like back downs so if I rev any higher on the gears the rpm goes back down so I was wondering if I should juss but a new clutch with flywheel........???? but I don't know if it will better my accelaration.......???? my friend whos a machenic tells me my clutch is slipping.....becuase he drove it with meah wen we finished maintance....."timing tensioner.....sparkplugs..." well he tried to gunn it lyke a lil burnout but he said it wasn't going no were because of my clutch.......So plz help meah solve my problem....juss bought my 240 about a month ago and trying to work with my Rear drive......maybe start to become a drifter tooo hahah well plz help me...???

[Chezedik]

It is a possibility. Buy yourself a unit from the 1973 240Z, you will be happier than you would with stock.

[Dmnitsadean]

tell meh more about how I can better my car.....i found a deal for a stock clutch and flywheel for about $110....I dont have no shops that I can go to here in Long Beach, I want a decent job so that i know that my 240 will be fixed.... If you heard of Super AutoBacs I might go and work with my car there but I still dunt know what I will do if it wasn't the clutch problem.....but I hope you guys can tell me more on how i can better my 240 mostly with its acceleration....Thank you again..... DeAn

[Chezedik]

I bought the 73 clutch for 98 brand new retail from advance (I got the employee discount.) The reason I suggest it is because it has near stock pedal feel but has a pressure plate that is 60lbs stronger than the 240sx, which on my last 240 with basic mods, would get 3rd gear scratch. Plus it bolts up and is cheaper than stock. A friend and myself will be making an aluminum flywheel prototype soon, luckily I get one for the cost of materials, and all I have to do is be a test dummy. What else do you want to know. I won't say I am the most knowledgable, but I do know a LOT about the 240sx.

[Dmnitsadean]

well now that you tell meah that you did it yourself was it any work or problem going thru the procedure....??? so your telling meah you got a 73 280 ZX clutch w/ flywheel cheaper than a stock 240 SX clutch w/ flywheel that i can get for $110 but its aftermarket....I also need manuals if you can help meah and give meah some pdf files that I can download that would be kool....PLz help meah more thanx

[nonchalant rage]

i believe the 240z uses a 225mm clutch and flywheel. so, all you need is the standard clutch kit.

the 79ish 280zx's have a 240mm flywheel and clutch and would only work if you had both. it would increase your holding capacity, but you have to buy a flywheel from the 93ish hardbodies with the ka24e. i believe a 280zx turbo clutch kit with like an organic stockish clutch can hold 350 ft lbs

changing a clutch is about the difficulty level of pulling the engine out, sometimes its more of a PITA i just pull the whole engine and transmission out

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