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Originally Posted by backeddy
I DD my 1LE and track several times a month....I am probably one of the only ones here who has an original clutch that has lasted this long (1300 laps and 23k miles) ( and notice I am NOT talking about the brakes). I completely flush the $$$ Castrol SRF every time I go. Please take my advice, because if you don't, you will be replacing your clutch system very soon. GM's piss poor slave design introduces clutch dust to the fluid system each time you shift. It will completely contaminate the fluid and you ARE GOING to have a failure. My method is to pump the clutch 25 times in a row, then take a mitevac and suck all of the fluid out of the master (you will see how contaminated it is), then flush the brakes, then do the 25 pumps again and repeat until there is no more contamination. It is expensive, but way cheaper than a clutch or the collateral damage that may occur from a failure.... You are not fast enough to worry about the brakes yet, so don't, after you have boiled the fluid, come back and we will talk about the brakes...
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What are you thoughts on separating the clutch/brake reservoir and getting the aftermarket little clutch reservoir like the one the f-bodies had? I found it odd when I first popped my hood and saw that the clutch and brakes shared a fluid reservoir. Figure every time I give it a hard shift clutch dust will get in there and as a result contaminate not only the clutch fluid but the brake fluid since it's all shared. Doesn't make much sense, but my fluid still looks new as can be after 2500 hard miles so I guess it can't be that bad of a design.