Hello from New York

[c4koh]

All -

Thanks for your response.

Certainly great to be back - there can't be many "new announcing" members who joined in August 2006 lol. Still, a hiatus of 7 years of ZR1-free living has at least been fixed!!!

In terms of clutch, I'm going to look through it this weekend - check the basics, the fluid levels etc. (I'm traveling this week - spring break), but I do suspect it's just a worn clutch disc, as the mileage and feel of the issue would point to it. Still, I may be wrong...

I've also read a few things on changing the clutch, and it does seem doable at home (despite the offer to drive to Baltimore or Queens! I may yet decide not to do it myself lol).

As far as I can see, removal of the exhaust and then gearbox should be relatively straightforward ... except for the nuts and bolts that are hard to reach, or rusted and stuck fast (why do '5 minute' jobs take always 2 hours!!???), but it seems doable...

Part of the joy of the Z is doing these things and keeping on top of maintenance at home... so I may yet look into doing this myself... let me see.

Anyway, nice again to be with a ZR1. And that engine, I'd forgotten, just sounds awesome.

And as a final chuckle, my other car is a Prius! Let me say there's a slight difference in occasion between these two cars!

Steve