430 Anti-clutch wear horror story

Great work! Any other tips?

 

Pretty much same story here though I am always in race. Last year when I had her in service she had 91% clutch remaining from what I remember. That’s 20k miles in four years of use.


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I think the secret to a long clutch life in these cars and any other is to "baby" the clutch from a dead start. I never use any gas when starting from a stop. I just gently let the clutch engage and once fully out, give it the gas. The only time I can't do that is starting from a stop on a decent hill.

Unless you're hot rodding it and doing fast shifts at high RPM's, the clutch doesn't really wear much in regular driving. It's the start from a dead stop that kills the clutch.

 

Just so I'm clear, you feather the throttle until about 1800 rpm and the car is moving, then you give it gas. I guess it doesn't wear much even though it's slipping a little unless you jam on it and the clutch is "dropped" by the computer for less slip but more wear.

 

I don't give it any gas. I let the clutch out at idle and when it fully engages, give it gas. It's a slow start but I'm not big on burnouts with the F car. The 360 has a lot of low end torque and 1st gear is very low so the engine has plenty of oomph to get the car moving at idle.

I have a gated car so the process is probably different with the F1. The idea is to have the least RPM's when the clutch engages from a dead stop.

 

My interpretation of Voicey's explanation of F1 clutch operation lead me to think that babying the clutch will increase clutch slipping. In particular, when he states "This means that slow speed manoeuvring (forwards or backwards) has a detrimental effect on clutch wear", and "My advice to new drivers is to progressively increase the engine speed as the car is pulling away". He indicates that the clutch will continue to slip until it reaches the specific RPM determined by the torque transmissibility curve. https://aldousvoice.com/2014/08/07/ferrari-f1-clutch-operation/

 

I have two clutches and never get any wear!


Had a V8 Vantage with the F1 transmission and always smelled the clutch after hard driving or reversing.

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