Hey guys, excuse me if I was supposed to make an introduction thread in the "Newbies" section but I thought I would get straight to the point.

About a week ago a girl pulled out in front of me and I T-boned her in my BMW E39 M5, totaling it... After doing some trying to find something I liked, I came across what is now my new car: A 2008 G37S 6MT with ~55k miles. It isn't perfect. It has a small dent just in front the left-rear wheel well, has mis-matched springs front and rear(need to get the matching lowering springs from the previous owner), and needs an alignment really bad. Other than that I love the car. Even coming from a BMW M-car I was really impressed with the overall quality, technology, driving characteristics, and comfort of the car.

There are only two things I am not too thrilled with so far. The extremely sensitive throttle and the lack of "feeling" that the clutch has. I'm sure I will get used to the clutch and maybe eventually the throttle, but until then I am concerned.

When starting out from a stand-still I end up slipping the clutch at ~1700rpm and the times when I can get the rpm lower(~1100) the engine starts bogging down like it doesn't have enough torque. So either I feel like I'm burning the hell out of my clutch or I'm not giving it enough gas. So I'm left here to ask what you guys what I should do and what rpm you slip the clutch out at during a normal start.

Hopefully someone here can help me before I end up roasting my clutch!

 

Best investment I've made for my G, I know exactly what you're talking about.

https://www.myg37.com/forums/group-b...g-for-6mt.html

 

I bet nissan designed it on purpose that way....... to sell more clutch jobs!

 

curious. what state are you in/did you see the car?

 

I'm in NC. And what do you mean by did I see the car?

 

heh, when I test drove the G37 I revved it to like 5000 RPM during my first takeoff. I came from a 1997 BMW 328is which had a very stiff throttle pedal so I definitely wasn't used to the sensitivity of the G. Guy I bought it from probably thought I was a complete n00b despite having driven stick for 6 years.

You get used to it very quickly though. And now the car that I once thought was super fast feels much slower.

 

that spring deephouseguy posted does wonders, i HIGHLY recommend getting it, as i was doing the same thing when i got my G. another trick i learned after a while, our engagement point is so high in the travel of the pedal, i only press my foot a little over half way down instead of all the way to the floor when starting from a standstill and changing gears. at that point the clutch is fully disengaged, and i don't have the full travel of the clutch pedal to hold the throttle for. 1,700 is a little high for me at a standstill, normally i'll blip up to 1,000-1,200 and let the clutch out from there. this clutch is nothing like any other stickshifts i've driven and definitely takes some getting used to but you'll get the hang of it after a while. starts and the 1-2 shift are the fun aspects of our MT's lol

 

I just got a 6mt g37. my first 6 speed. 2nd day im getting better but still terrible. The way it is I keep popping the clutch. and when im not it feels like im riding it. lol i guess were on the same boat. Good luck