[TheBrightSide]

Does anyone have any Ideal Garage used or new (maybe open box unused) clutch master cylinders, for the SS/V8 manuals? It looks like Ideal Garage, LLC went defunct back before even 2018 or 2019; I’m not entirely sure…

I want something that will help my clutch engagement act “quicker” or more sharply/abruptly. I can drop the clutch around the vague biting point on my clutch pedal, and it still doesn’t “shock” the drivetrain (usually a clear indicator of good engagement IMO). This might also be due to having a RWD drivetrain setup, as opposed to something like a FWD transaxle design.

I thought this car had a “sucky” factory clutch master cylinder, but upon more research, even the adjustable Ram clutch pedal, and the Tick clutch master cylinder, all have some minor issues and/or inconveniences that people run into; sometimes even receiving defective products or running into defective issues right after installing.

I’m on a bone stock clutch setup, with barely 33k miles, and I recently removed the factory clutch pedal return (assist) spring, while leaving a DIY style clutch return spring. This DIY spring setup does give a bit less pressure for depressing the clutch pedal, compared to the factory clutch return spring; which makes it easier to let up the clutch pedal.

I no longer have to fight the overwhelming pedal pressure from the stock clutch return spring and end up getting sloppy shifts, from not being able to properly modulate and find the clutch engagement point through the clutch pedal itself. The “dual action” mechanism of the factory clutch return spring is funky, even though it helps to keep the pedal depressed, once it’s almost all the way down to the floor. This still doesn’t help the fact that the biting point on the stock clutch, is fairly “mushing” feeling and not super obvious.

I’m not sure if upgrading to a more aggressive (stage) clutch and/or lightwheel flywheel, will help the biting point grab better; aside from the engagement point physically changing on the clutch pedal level itself. Right now, the release of the clutch pedal is more smooth and linear than stock (with the help of my DIY spring), but I feel like I’m only able to modulate better than before, simply out of experience and removing the awkward factory spring with 2 different forces.