I went to the track for the first time with this car . A 97 Z with CAI, jet module, 52mm throttle body, 160 thermo, cat back, some free mods. 17x11s with donlop sport 8000s. My first run i was freakin out about gettin a good lunch and i reved it up to high and let off the gas and when the light turned green i almosted killed it. it took me like 60 feet to get moving. I ran 15.0 at 97mph
WHAT A JOKE. Well after tryin to get my lunch right all night it seemed like my car was getting slower every time, smelled somthing burnnig. well i finly got the lunch right on my last run and took off pretty hard with just a little tire spin and when i was at the top of first gear my car just stop pulling. shifted into second and RPMs barly dropped and smelled somthing burnig all the way down the track and run a 14.7 at 95mph what a JOKE. i got smoked by a import running 13.6! PLEASE HELP ME! is that my clutch burnnig up it has 77k miles on it. if so what clutch should i get ? what will it caost. and how much for a shop to install it? ALSO THERE WAS A BONE STOCK 93 6speed TRANS AM THAT WAS RUNNING high 13s ALL NIGHT no cat back, noththing! and i no my car should be faster then his.

 

I'd go with a spec stage 2 or a stock replacement. Labour usual runs from $200-400 at a shop for installing a clutch. Could be that you need to do the driver mod!

 

It is not the best idea to keep launching hard on a clutch that is already so overheated that you can smell it....



Judging by your description, I'd say you problem is the way you were driving it. Try again in a few days and get this 'dump the clutch' idea out of your head.

 

If the car is basically stock or lightly modded I would go with a stock OEM or SLP replacement clutch, flywheel, and throwout bearing.

 

If you shift, and your clutch doesn't handle it, DON'T keep racing it. You'll end up dead in the water. My old clutch gave up on the launch of my fifth run of the day back in March, and I walked it down the track, and immediately parked the car, no more racing.

I.E. Don't continue to beat on something that you know is failing. You'll only end up worse off than you already are. If you're not sure if something is going out, don't take the chance.

 

well i figured not to dump the clutch the first time i smoked the tires, its just the car kept getting slower! it felt alot slower, my mph kept dropping buy at lest one all 4 runs, i thought mybe it was me but that last run like i said i could smell somthing burning. Kind of like brakes.

 

yes.. you toasted your clutch disk...

I'd suggest a Std LT1 replacement or the SLP package... if you're fairly stock like you sound to be.