E39 and my other car - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

SA-M5 · 16th April 2008, 19:07

The other day I had a run with my other car AM vantage v8. My brother was driving it and we started the race from zero. I spanked him

. The second run, my other brother was driving it. He has a good shifting technique. We start (by this time my clutch start to be hot) head to head until I shifted to 4th, he started to gain very slowly. When we shifted to 5th, my brother couldn’t shift properly and I gained 2 cars by then. I must say that our beast amazes me every time. (///M loyal person)

Here is a question. Does the clutch have anything to do with being a little weak on 4th gear? If yes, then I think when it is cold, I would win the race.

If he could shift properly I think he would win the race.

PS: My both cars are stock.

Another PS: My clutch could not handle a 3rd run since it started slipping

.

mfizzlenyc · 16th April 2008, 19:56

Replace the clutch if its slipping and you might of glazed it pretty bad....

andy777 · 17th April 2008, 12:36

Yeah I think your clutch might be going because
4th gear

SA-M5 · 18th April 2008, 21:17

but now it is working perfectly. Only when I race 2 or 3 runs it start slipping.

Do you think I need to change it?

andy777 · 19th April 2008, 14:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by SA-M5

but now it is working perfectly. Only when I race 2 or 3 runs it start slipping.

Do you think I need to change it?

Thats a strange one, which would mean your clutch does not like to be pushed hard and slips when it gets hot. I am out of ideas on that one but I can say that mine does not do that.

shopard · 19th April 2008, 23:10

my car does the same, the first race no slipping, second race starts slipping, and 3rd more and more until the clutch stops engaging if I continue. I think thats normal with M5 clutch.