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Benvk

27-09-2009, 21:39

Drove up to Cambridge from North London today. 1 hour and a bit to get up there, 3 hours to get back. Had to crawl along the M11 from Duxford to the M25 turn off because of the traffic. I thought I'd got used to the heavy clutch pedal in the Williams now but god almighty, my leg is still numb and I've been home for half and hour!
How do you guys survive in the jams? I was praying for downhill slopes just so I could knock it out of gear and coast for a while!

Justin..

27-09-2009, 21:47

Man up :lol:

Jamie.

27-09-2009, 21:51

It's not that bad.

Clutch biting point is quite low on the Williams so it's either fully down or up so no holding it mid point.

Although, I remember switching between mine and my wifes cars. The first time I used to get in it I thought I was going to put a hole in the bottom of the floor I pushed it down so quick.

Coops

27-09-2009, 21:53

Man up :lol:

:imwithstupidup:

ThRaXaIR

27-09-2009, 22:16

it is a slag in traffic, but what he said!!! MAN UP! :D

MatrixGuy

27-09-2009, 23:57

lol, i drive through heavy traffic everyday.... piece of cake....... it helps that i squat every week though :lol:

Smokey McPot

28-09-2009, 07:57

Clearly you have the thighs of a girl.

Girl thighs.

schakal

28-09-2009, 08:12

i never heard Nicole or Papa make a deal about the
heavy clutch pedal :?

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb33/chadwenger/mrtcnn.jpg

Purple

28-09-2009, 09:18

Practise, practise and practise :)

http://www.kungfula.com/new-photos/Budda-Squat-Michael.jpg

Allan

28-09-2009, 10:32

Well some of you say man up but i know on all of mine the clutch has been totaly different !

My current williams is heavy but not to bad, my valver the clutch is super light and the previous valver the clutch was so heavy that when i got into my civic i would nearly put my foot through the floor panel !

He might just have a beast of a cluch lol :D

My first valver was so heavy when drivig other cars i thought the clutch wasnt going to come back up as i couldn't feel any presure under my foot :S

volymmannen

28-09-2009, 11:08

old clutchcovers tend to get stiffer to,

col

28-09-2009, 21:26

I noticed when i drove an 02 clio theyve extended the clutch lever into the bell housing.....fulcrum point an all that balance s**t........seemed a lot lighter.

May be the way to go for those who are thighly challenged. :lol:

ps is a bitch in traffic though.

fasterthanjesus

28-09-2009, 22:38

wear different shoes

Benvk

28-09-2009, 22:51

Didn't think of that! Maybe it wasn;t the clutch pedal at all, maybe it was walking around Cambridge in my stilettos for 5 hours that did it. Why just the left leg though? don't answer that!!! :lol:

busterhymes

29-09-2009, 16:47

soft pedal conversion way to go for southern softies :lol: :wink:

Benvk

30-09-2009, 23:55

I've been reading about the conversion and it sound like a pain in the arse being that you have to get the box off to put in the different lever arm.

white16valver

02-10-2009, 20:50

Wuss, do some weights ;) lol

I prefer the heavy clutch feel, makes you feel like you're actually having something to do with the actual driving, rather than piloting some airy-fairy, overly light piece of modern junk!

MatrixGuy

02-10-2009, 22:20

Slam

04-10-2009, 11:46

When i first got mi valver the clutch was really heavy and a rite biatch to press down all the time. 4 weeks later mi clutch cable snapped dunno if that wos a symptom of cable wear or not. Managed to thread new one through mi self and now its light and way better.

cliokiz

06-10-2009, 15:54

Worth mentioning that anyone planning to do the soft pedal conversion needs to use the 172 pivot bush along with either a volvo or a 172 release arm.

ALSO, if you do use the longer arm, you cannot use the standard airbox without some serious chopping to the cold air feed as it will not fit without fouling on the arm.