If changing gear most of the time at 6000 or 7000 rpms, will the clutch wear out quic

[motoadve]

Does the clutch wear out quicker if changing gears at high rpms?

[mchi5]

correct me if i'm wrong, but riding your clutch would wear them out faster.

but why are you shifting at 6K-7K all the time? besides using more gas, i don't see the need unless you're always driving at full tilt but i got to admit it is damn fun to wring out the engine to redline every so often....hehee

[motoadve]

What do you mean by riding the clutch?

I dont slip the clutch, just change gears at high rpms because this car is just for the track or mountain twisties on Sunday mornings.

In other words , its just a car for fun.

[rick3000]

Riding the clutch is driving with the clutch pedal partially depressed almost the entire time your driving.

[Paul]

I drive mine like that a lot, 69,000 on the clutch so far, no issues yet.

[motoadve]

No no I dont ride the clutch , just revved to redline all the time.

[Jaxonalden]

Riding the clutch does two things;
1. If you drive with your foot partially depressed on the clutch pedal, it will engage the throw out bearing on the pressure plate and the throw out bearing will spin with the engine RPM causing premature wear.
2. From the time when the clutch disc touches the fly wheel until it's full engaged and spinning the same RPM's the disc is "slipping". The less time the disc slips the less wear on the disc. (I'm not advocating side stepping the clutch, that's a whole other story)

To answer the original question, if your quick and smooth with your shifts you should be alright. Just a personal thought; There's an old saying that I live by, and being a mechanic all my life I can attest to it;

Double the RPM, triple the wear.

P.S. You like to rev it to the redline? Remember that the computer logs rev limiter and over rev's. My new Durametric scanning tool showed my '04 S was 0/0 on both counters. Good news for reselling and warranty work.

[FTD]

So what is the answer to the original question? I don't think I saw it. Is there a relationship to RPMs and clutch wear? I can't figure how there could be, but what do I know?