Clutch woes first day out.

[WickedWild]

First a little update. The car is off of the jack stands and has about 50 miles on it. Everything seems good except one thing, the clutch is insanely light and dose not seem to completely engage and is relatively easily overpowered by the engine. I am running a ’85 305 sbc (port/polish 10:1 flattops, angle/valves, torque cam), lightweight flywheel, stock clutch, and a t-5 Tranny, with a new hydraulic (um... brain fart the ram disengages the clutch). I’ve bled it and bled it and still have not been able to build any type of pedal pressure. Did I make a huge mistake by running a stock clutch with this set up? I honestly thought that the weight differences between the camaro and the 280z would make up for the hp increase. Some one toss me a bone before my impatientness toasts this clutch please.

[labrat]

Something has to be misadjusted. The power of a 305 should definitely not cause a stock clutch to slip that easily. Are you sure the rod in the MC is adjusted properly and that the clutch is fully engaging?

[WickedWild]

Are you sure the rod in the MC is adjusted properly and that the clutch is fully engaging?

I'm not shure that the clutch is fully engaging. It's right at the top of the pedle and it makes me feel like I'm shifting a Honda

[peej410]

first things first pull off your slave cylinder and let the clutch fork rest where it wants to then try to reinstall the slave, if the slave is pushing on the clutch fork more then just a tiny bit its time to make some big adjustments, i custom made a pull type wilwood setup and its a very short clutch throw and its sooo sweeet but my slave is leaking so i need to figure out why it was getting sideloads introduced