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As some of you might know, on my last hybrid i attempted to perform a soft pedal conversion on my williams gearbox and uprated R5 GTT clutch from GSF.
Here's the parts i used:
172 release arm
172 gearbox bracket (to raise clutch cable up)
172 thrust bearing
New pivot bush, standard item
New valver gaitor for release arm
New williams clutch cable
New clutch pedal
Here's how it went.
Basically everything fitted ok, the release arm fitted nicely, etc. The gaitor i bought didn't fit, i think a 172 release arm gaitor will be required in future.
It's worth noting that the standard airbox DOES NOT fit with the 172 release arm in place without some serious choppage, but if you cut the intake pipe off and a tiny bit off the bottom of the airbox you can get it to fit.
Anyway, it all went together but the problem i had was with selecting gears. With the pedal stop in place, it was extremely difficult to get it in to gear. I had to take the pedal stop off the clutch pedal (which made the pedal sit extremely high) in order for it to work perfectly.
The clutch felt very smooth, and was much easier to cope with in traffic. The bite felt very positive, far better than the standard clutch, and could take some serious stick.
The problem was that i never figured out how to get it working with the pedal stop in place (i even tried trimming it down a bit).
So, i'm now building my second valver project, using a 1.2 gearbox, and i want to use the same R5 GTT clutch. Therefore i want to perform the soft pedal conversion as i don't want it stupidly stiff.
I've just called BB performance tuning to ask their advice on what to do. They told me they don't do a soft pedal conversion on a clio (i'm sure i've heard otherwise?!)
I then called K-Tec Racing, and they told me the same, however there was a guy there that performed the conversion on a R5.
He told me that the only parts he used were:
172 release arm
172 thrust bearing
172 bracket
The only difference was, he was using the R5 clutch cable, which he seemed to think was shorter than a clio item.
So, i think what may need to happen, is a different clutch cable to be used on a clio.
What i want to know is:
Does a Renault 5 clutch cable fit a clio?
Does a 172 clutch cable fit a clio?
Is the R5/172 clutch cable shorter than a valver clutch cable?
Does anybody else have any other ideas on how to get it working?
I'm determined to get to the bottom of it as i know some people on here are running soft pedal conversions and i want to create a guide on how to do it!
Any help or advice most appreciated!
As some of you might know, on my last hybrid i attempted to perform a soft pedal conversion on my williams gearbox and uprated R5 GTT clutch from GSF.
Here's the parts i used:
172 release arm
172 gearbox bracket (to raise clutch cable up)
172 thrust bearing
New pivot bush, standard item
New valver gaitor for release arm
New williams clutch cable
New clutch pedal
Here's how it went.
Basically everything fitted ok, the release arm fitted nicely, etc. The gaitor i bought didn't fit, i think a 172 release arm gaitor will be required in future.
It's worth noting that the standard airbox DOES NOT fit with the 172 release arm in place without some serious choppage, but if you cut the intake pipe off and a tiny bit off the bottom of the airbox you can get it to fit.
Anyway, it all went together but the problem i had was with selecting gears. With the pedal stop in place, it was extremely difficult to get it in to gear. I had to take the pedal stop off the clutch pedal (which made the pedal sit extremely high) in order for it to work perfectly.
The clutch felt very smooth, and was much easier to cope with in traffic. The bite felt very positive, far better than the standard clutch, and could take some serious stick.
The problem was that i never figured out how to get it working with the pedal stop in place (i even tried trimming it down a bit).
So, i'm now building my second valver project, using a 1.2 gearbox, and i want to use the same R5 GTT clutch. Therefore i want to perform the soft pedal conversion as i don't want it stupidly stiff.
I've just called BB performance tuning to ask their advice on what to do. They told me they don't do a soft pedal conversion on a clio (i'm sure i've heard otherwise?!)
I then called K-Tec Racing, and they told me the same, however there was a guy there that performed the conversion on a R5.
He told me that the only parts he used were:
172 release arm
172 thrust bearing
172 bracket
The only difference was, he was using the R5 clutch cable, which he seemed to think was shorter than a clio item.
So, i think what may need to happen, is a different clutch cable to be used on a clio.
What i want to know is:
Does a Renault 5 clutch cable fit a clio?
Does a 172 clutch cable fit a clio?
Is the R5/172 clutch cable shorter than a valver clutch cable?
Does anybody else have any other ideas on how to get it working?
I'm determined to get to the bottom of it as i know some people on here are running soft pedal conversions and i want to create a guide on how to do it!
Any help or advice most appreciated!
