IMPORTANT UPDATE: Hydraulic Clutch Info

[Shad Laws]

Hello-

Anyone having or considering a hydraulic clutch system for their tranny needs to read this. It is VERY important.

Do NOT, repeat, do NOT use the high-strength nylon hydraulic lines that are equipped with many hydraulic clutch systems.

Do yourself a HUGE favor and get metal lines. The threads on most aftermarket systems are just 1/8"NPT, so fittings and lines are easy and cheap to find at a FLAPS. You will need less pedal travel, have less pedal effort, and a much crisper response.

Oh, yah, and the line won't fail on you the day before you are expecting multiple family members to fly into town, forcing you to drive around downtown Chicago (one of the most traffic-infested places ever!) in rush hour to get to and from the airport with no clutch, all the while destroying your shift rod and multiple expensive Porsche transmission components. When you remove the over-fatigued nylon line from your car, you'll find ZERO signs of a problem - the line *looks* just fine. But, you know well that even after bleeding it several times, it would not function, and the metal line works better than the nylon one ever did, even as new.

I speak from personal experience :-).

I've heard many people talk about how it works fine for them, and that's great. But, with my 2300# pressure plate, it does not. CNC (the manufacturer of the slave cylinder) balked at the idea of plastic lines, and now I know why.

Take care,