OH CRAP!!!! SOMETHING BROKE!!!!!&# Options

[toyotacrazy]

I was driving on the highway about 70 mph today, I gave it a full boost accelleration and my friend in the pass seat noticed the shifter popped out of 5th gear into neutral. So I put it back into 5th and I couldnt accelerate. Now the car is stuck in 5th gear. All the shifter cables are good. I think the spec stage 2 disc broke. It was custom for the 3s swap using the stock gt transmission. Ive been hearing a rattle sound when at idle with the clutch petal out. When I pushed it in it would go away. I was told by spec that its my throw out bearing. It made sense at the time. I guess they were probably wrong. This sucks!!!!!I'll let you all know when I get it apart. later
-toyotacrazy

[malecrod]

Sorry man, but it sounds all too familiar. I went through 2 spec stage 2 clucthes within 3 months. First one was a piece of metal broke off the clutch disc and wouldn't let me into any gear. The second was the clutch disc itself and I was driving onto the highway and shifted to 4th gear it was just reving but no accelearation just as you described. I have since switched to exedy for 4months now and speaking from experience it feels a lot better almost like OEM. And the other thing I did was I went back to the 5sfe flywheel and I can also tell you that the car feel much more nimble and revs faster and surprisingly my mpg improved also. The only other person I know using the 5sfe flywheel I believe it easternpiro? Clutch jobs get expensive, hopefully you can do it yourself.