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Old 09-01-2019, 08:30 PM   #1
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Clutch Life Expectancy

Anyone care to offer how long their clutch lasted with street driving only. No drag strip or track use. I have 25000 miles on the 2015 and all feels fine.
Just wondering what folks have experienced assuming no abuse.
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Old 09-01-2019, 11:15 PM   #2
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I'm at 177k on the original clutch with no slipping. In all my previous cars, I get around 125k in average, so the clutch in the ZL1 is pretty bad ass. I don't track it, but many, many miles of spirited back road driving. I'd say overall, the transmission and diff are pretty tough and despite a dozen engine issues, they've never had a problem, knock on wood.
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Old 09-02-2019, 11:59 AM   #3
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I'm at 177k on the original clutch with no slipping. In all my previous cars, I get around 125k in average, so the clutch in the ZL1 is pretty bad ass. I don't track it, but many, many miles of spirited back road driving. I'd say overall, the transmission and diff are pretty tough and despite a dozen engine issues, they've never had a problem, knock on wood.

If that is 177k on a ZL-1 clutch that is music to my ears. I have 68k right now with no issues
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Old 09-02-2019, 12:47 PM   #4
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I'm hearing similar stories up here. Great to hear.
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Old 09-04-2019, 08:35 AM   #5
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Outstanding post #2!
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Old 09-04-2019, 09:25 AM   #6
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Hit the fun pedal more and life expectancy drops considerably. Before I swapped to 4L80e, I averaged 2,000 per clutch.
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Old 09-04-2019, 12:09 PM   #7
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Nice to know how robust the stock clutch is. I'm glad I'll have many years/miles left before it needs to be replaced.
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Old 09-06-2019, 11:08 AM   #8
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I'm at 177k on the original clutch with no slipping. In all my previous cars, I get around 125k in average, so the clutch in the ZL1 is pretty bad ass. I don't track it, but many, many miles of spirited back road driving. I'd say overall, the transmission and diff are pretty tough and despite a dozen engine issues, they've never had a problem, knock on wood.
Wow! That is awesome. Nice to hear, I'm only at 15k LOL
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Old 09-06-2019, 11:13 AM   #9
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Hit the fun pedal more and life expectancy drops considerably. Before I swapped to 4L80e, I averaged 2,000 per clutch.
2,000 miles per clutch? Seriously?
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Old 09-06-2019, 10:06 PM   #10
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I used to autocross alot for a few years, my stock clutch lasted 26k miles before it started slipping.
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Old 09-09-2019, 09:56 AM   #11
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Drag and got over 50K on mine here
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Old 09-17-2019, 12:19 PM   #12
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Hit the fun pedal more and life expectancy drops considerably. Before I swapped to 4L80e, I averaged 2,000 per clutch.
That'll happen with 1.36 60's
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