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Looking for some advice from some of you more experienced with this.
Background - picked up my SS last June with 66k miles on it. Car is now just shy of 70k miles. I am fairly certain the entire system is stock. Last summer, I had a handful of incidents where I was either locked out or ground a gear at high RPM shifts. I think I had a low clutch pedal a few times too, but it was nothing to drastic - just attributed it to the standard LS1/T56 problems. Over the winter, I bled the system with a powerbleeder @ 15psi. Fluid was very dirty - lots of grit in it. Car seemed just fine for the first couple of drives this year, but a couple of times I did grind a gear, which is kind of odd for me. Friday morning, I left home and the pedal seemed to be engaging right off the floor and it was shifting kinda finicky. After a couple of miles, it seemed better. I started to notice that when I was using the clutch a lot, like in traffic, the problem would get worse. Anyway, made the 16 mile drive into work OK. Took it out for lunch and it was flawless. Felt great, even with me beating on it a bit. Left work and was about 8 miles into my drive, and my pedal went to the floor. I can occasionally get it to lift back up, but it's basically on the floor 24/7.
Seems like this is purely a hydraulic issue. My first thought was just to buy a new GM master cylinder and see what that gets me. Looks like Rockauto has a Delco for $105 shipped. My concern is that if I do this, is it probable that the slave is going to go also?
If I end up needing to replace the slave, I've decided that I'll just do the clutch too - I don't know the history of what's in there, nor do I want to pull the trans twice. That's the next piece of advice I could use - what would you recommend? This will remain a mostly stock car. Not even sure if it'll see headers/cam - probably not.
At first, I considered just getting the "good" stuff - was looking at the Tick/Monster Stage 1 package. Total would be about $975. Then I started second guessing the Tick adjustable. I don't know that I want the adjustable. Just seems like something else I could mess up and have to dink with. The only reason I would shy away from the LS7 is that it's self-adjusting, and people seem to allege that the self-adjusting clutches are the cause of the high RPM lockout.
So, what would you all do? Should I start with just the MC and see where that gets me? I want to feel comfortable that the car is reliable. Is it probable that if the MC goes out, the slave is right behind it? Is it worth the piece of mind to just replace the whole system?
What components would you recommend? Is the LS6 MC a decent unit?
Background - picked up my SS last June with 66k miles on it. Car is now just shy of 70k miles. I am fairly certain the entire system is stock. Last summer, I had a handful of incidents where I was either locked out or ground a gear at high RPM shifts. I think I had a low clutch pedal a few times too, but it was nothing to drastic - just attributed it to the standard LS1/T56 problems. Over the winter, I bled the system with a powerbleeder @ 15psi. Fluid was very dirty - lots of grit in it. Car seemed just fine for the first couple of drives this year, but a couple of times I did grind a gear, which is kind of odd for me. Friday morning, I left home and the pedal seemed to be engaging right off the floor and it was shifting kinda finicky. After a couple of miles, it seemed better. I started to notice that when I was using the clutch a lot, like in traffic, the problem would get worse. Anyway, made the 16 mile drive into work OK. Took it out for lunch and it was flawless. Felt great, even with me beating on it a bit. Left work and was about 8 miles into my drive, and my pedal went to the floor. I can occasionally get it to lift back up, but it's basically on the floor 24/7.
Seems like this is purely a hydraulic issue. My first thought was just to buy a new GM master cylinder and see what that gets me. Looks like Rockauto has a Delco for $105 shipped. My concern is that if I do this, is it probable that the slave is going to go also?
If I end up needing to replace the slave, I've decided that I'll just do the clutch too - I don't know the history of what's in there, nor do I want to pull the trans twice. That's the next piece of advice I could use - what would you recommend? This will remain a mostly stock car. Not even sure if it'll see headers/cam - probably not.
At first, I considered just getting the "good" stuff - was looking at the Tick/Monster Stage 1 package. Total would be about $975. Then I started second guessing the Tick adjustable. I don't know that I want the adjustable. Just seems like something else I could mess up and have to dink with. The only reason I would shy away from the LS7 is that it's self-adjusting, and people seem to allege that the self-adjusting clutches are the cause of the high RPM lockout.
So, what would you all do? Should I start with just the MC and see where that gets me? I want to feel comfortable that the car is reliable. Is it probable that if the MC goes out, the slave is right behind it? Is it worth the piece of mind to just replace the whole system?
What components would you recommend? Is the LS6 MC a decent unit?
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