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Old 05-18-2023, 04:25 PM   #19
Whitespeed
 
Drives: 2018 1SS 1LE & 1973 Datsun 240Z
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Ontario
Posts: 574
I've owned nothing but manual transmission cars for over 30 years and the Camaro has the least intuitive clutch of any car I've ever driven. It has a very non-linear progression and the pick-up point is too high. It's made even worse by the very lazy throttle tip in. It was so bad when I first got the car that I could only drive with the radio off and the exhaust in sport mode, because I needed to hear the engine to have any sense of what was going on with the clutch. Making left turns from a stop through an intersection with oncoming traffic was especially nerve-wracking!

When I drive the car for a while, I do eventually get somewhat used to it. But I have two other manual transmission cars, and where they feel instantly familiar to me, every time I go back to the Camaro, I feel like a novice, starting from scratch.

I did install a Hayes Clutch Pedal Height Adjuster and that made a world of difference! Still not perfect, but much more natural to me. I had a chance to drive a stock Camaro a couple of years after I installed the height adjuster in mine and it was an immediate reminder of how much I hated the stock clutch. The only downside of the adjuster is it is a PITA to install without a hoist!


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