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I have a rattling noise when the clutch is engaged. The noise goes away if I press the clutch pedal down a little bit. I've noticed this while sitting at a light in neutral but I think it may also happen with the car in gear(it's hard to hear over the exhaust.) Any idea what might be causing this?

Yeah it's not really the weight as much as the high engagement point that is making it difficult to get the car moving in a reasonable amount of time. I read somewhere that you can pull the clutch up and it will auto adjust, so I'm going to try that although from what I read it doesn't help much. It...

I just drove my friends mazda3...or maybe it was a mazdaspeed3, I'm not too sure. His clutch feels about 10x lighter than mine. Just wondering...is the stiffness of factory mustang clutches comparable to that of a mazda3? Just wondering because I'm sure I'm going to be deciding on a new clutch withi...

About 5'2"...

Yeah, well, I have to be able to reach the clutch.

I just move the seat as far forward as it will go.

Well, I'm getting used to the clutch. Got some no gas starts today as well as some smooth launches. Now to work on some throttle control, I'm used to just jamming the pedal down in my underpowered auto.

Thanks for the advice, I'll try it again tomorrow. Also, the car doesn't jump forward when it stalls. The engine just shuts off without the wheels turning at all. It seems like right when the clutch makes contact it immediately kills the engine(which idles at about 800rpm.)

Just got my first stickshift car, a 1994 Mustang GT. It's real torquey and has a SPEC 2+ clutch(probably not the best car to learn in?) Launching is still kind of bumpy but upshifting is going well. I read in a few places that you should be able to get the car moving by just finding the friction poi...