Mach 1 clutch/idle issues? HELP!

[Blue04Mach1]

Hey I was just wondering if anyone has had to change the clutch on their 03 or 04 Mach's yet...are these clutches very strong and up to par for a little racing? I just got mine and it only has 10,000 miles on it. 04. I was pretty much giving the car a good test run today for about an hour worth of ripping into second and even fishtailing 3rd gear. (the ground was slightly damp). Other than that I dont drive her hard and I never use the clutch unless Im shifting. I didn't WOT and I never wait on the clutch at lights or stop signs. Just a little hard gear chirping fun. Do I have anything to worry about?
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Does anyone else notice that their Mach idle comes down very slowly. For example I'm in 2nd gear at 3 RPM and I put it back into neutral. The needle slowly drops from 3 back down to 1 and then below 1. I feel it should it should be dropping more quickly though. Is this normal because of clutch and flywheel weight, or is something wrong with my car? I just got it 4 days ago. Also today after my gear chirping episode at one point for about 3 minutes when I was in neutral and then came to a stop, the idle stayed at about 1,300 RPMs, when normally it drops to about 700. Do all machs do this??

 

[EPIK]

Seems normal to me. The idle on my 03 Mach does the same thing. I baby mine, but do drive it pretty hard at wot at least once a day and after about 4 months my throw out bearing started making a little noise. My old Cobra made the same noise & I have heard countless other stangs make the same noise. its like a faint squeaky noise that can be heard usually at idle unless the clutch is engaged. Its nothin to worry about right now. Mine currently has 35k miles & all is well. Congrats on the new Mach...Im sure you can tell already that your gonna love it.

 

[Blue04Mach1]

Thanks man, yeah I'm loving it a lot lol. When I was at the dealership getting the car I was on the phone with CJ Pony parts already making an appointment to have a BBK O/R X-pipe and flowmaster american thunder catbacks installed. I got that done today which is why I was ripping it so badly lol, having too much fun; My main concern was when the idle stayed at about 1,400 RPM but it only did it for about 2 minutes I noticed it at 2 red lights, it just stayed at 1,400. but after that it started going back down to about 700 like normal now....

 

[EPIK]

I have never had mine stay at 1400 for that long, but its probably nothin to worry about. I did notice a difference between this & my 97 Cobra when driving hard the revs would stay higher between gears when shifting. I just thought it was an improvement that kept it more in the powerband.

 

[Blue04Mach1]

I had an 89 5.0 fox...now that was another story that thing used to get stuck at 2,500 RPMS sometimes and never come down unless i turned the car off... lol i hope she doesnt start that crap....!

 

[Blue04Mach1]

I dont have the squeaky noise but I do hear the tranny clunk when I hit the gas at very low RPMs for example if im in 2nd only at 10 mph and i hit the gas i hear it clank n clunk for a second and then it starts picking up normally....i think this is just normal of mustangs tho...my 95 gt and 89 5.0 gt both made the same exact sound...even when at 1 mph in first gear when u first start to accelerate.

 

[EPIK]

Mine does that clunk noise if Im driving in 5th gear @ very low rpms & I try to speed without downshifting. Yeah..Its just mustangs...lol...All 3 of the stangs I have owned made all kinds of noises. Especially when I started modding things like suspension & exhaust. Are you gonna mod it or keep it stock?

 

[Blue04Mach1]

Im probably going to keep it mostly stock...nothing irreversable...a few more bolt ons and some radials maybe to put it in the 12s...a short throw shifter probably steeda tri-ax .... louvers and i have the mach honeycomb panel grill between the tail lights...thats about it...i gotta take some pics

 

[EPIK]

All those sound like good mods, I just personally dont care for the louvers. But 2 each his own, right? If you are gonna stick with the Mach 1 style wheels, you should at least get some wider ones. Ford cheated us with pizza cutter 17-8's . They should at least be 17-9. If I stuck with the Mach wheels I would have gotten the billet vintiques Magnum 500's in 17-9 & 17-10.5 with 315's in the back or deep dish Mach 1 style wheels.

17-9 wheel vintiques

17-9 americanmuscle.com

17-10.5 off ebay