So I thought that 4th, 5th, and 6th had been feeling funny when accelerating lately, until my drive to the med center this morning removed all doubt.

Basically: before, I would give it some gas in these gears, the revs would jump up, then the clutch would seemingly catch, then fall to where the revs began, and slowly climb/the car would accelerate. Felt funny, but I convinced myself that it was just the ECU used to non-aggressive driving on my daily commutes to work. [yes, I am retarded]

Well on the way to work, I gunned it in 4th on an on ramp and nothing happened, the revs jumped up more than usual, the clutch never caught, and my entire car was engulfed in burnt clutch smell.

What boggles me is 1st and 2nd gear are perfectly fine, I feel that I could launch the car from 4k and it would be rock solid [I haven't tried, or ever truly "launched" the car, for that matter].

So, does anyone have an idea as to why 1st and 2nd would be holding but 4,5,6 would be slipping? I thought it was the other way around [when clutch goes your gears slip progressively starting with 1st], at least that was the case on my previous automobile when the clutch went out.

After I parked my car at work, the clutch smell was still very pungent outside the car, about 15 minutes after the 4th-burning incident. I read this to mean that even though the clutch seems fine in 1 and 2, something could still be wrong.

Thanks in advance. I thought I'd give the forum a shot before calling Mazda, and being bent over.

 

Boo. I thought a "maniac" or a "god" might have some input

I think I'm going to break down (no pun intended) and call Allan soon so he can at least schedule me for next week if worst comes to worst.

 

Is it that easy to diagnose?

I spent 2 hours searching this morning to no avail - would broken mounts somehow keep 1 and 2 solid and make 4,5,6 slip? I'm sure you're right, I just don't follow the logic.

And I'm going SS Braided all at once, I'm going to try and get baselines and such for the ducting/heat transfer thread first, and new lines (whether they change temp or not) is a change in efficiency.

If I go clutch, I'll go flywheel, might as well, right? The problem is I don't want the MS because of the minimal gains, but I want to have the dealer install it.

Might just have Mazmax do it if Jeff Haas wants to charge me an assload.