finally after breaking in my engine, i went to town on the car. Flooring it and flying thru gears.

I got home today and it smelled like burned hair. WTF?

 

probably your exhaust gaskets sealing itself. i wouldn't sweat it.

 

....clutch, brakes, exhaust, oil dripping on the exhaust (check you level),
or you were going Mach 2 and set your hair on fire.

Enjoy.
C.

 

Its a combination of a few things.

1. Rubber from your tires. You drive hard, heating up the tires, thus making it smell like burnt rubber

2. If it is a 6MT, the clutch will smell. A little clutch smell is normal after driving very hard.

3. Brakes. If you accelerate and fly through gears, you are going very fasy, causing you to slow down more and be harder on your brakes, which heats them up and causes them to smell.

4. Other metal parts, such as the exhaust and what not heating up.

No worries bro!

-Mike

 

damn colin, beat me to it!

 

oh ok, it's all normal... cool

I just want someone to evaluate my driving skills. I don't bog the car at all, nor am on the clutch very long. All my shifts are smooth and quick, but i don't know if i have the clutch in for too long or what

Maybe someone can point it out at the next chicago meet. And it is an '05 6spd

 

yeh, ill see if I can make it out there next time.

I wasn't aware of the other one, i don't visit the midwest forums that much
so didn't even know about it until someone posted picts.

 

you got brembos? they smell after you rip em

 

nope

whatever comes with the '05's

 

im guessing its mostly tires then

 

didnt really spin them though :-/

i think it's the exhaust

 

it is. im pretty sure...it's your gaskets like I mentioned above.

clutch smells more like roasted fish....well, to me it does.