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Originally Posted by boombox

Nomad

That is my concern..the car does not act normal. What happens in my car is the other way round..when the clutch is engaged the RPM is normal (or high if revved) but when i disengage the clutch to move the car RPM falls back to almost idle..and this is very evident when the car heats up

Boom - I think here is a confusion. How can you disengage the clutch to move your car? You mean to take off the foot from clutch pedal to move the car? That is actually engaging the clutch. By default, when the pedal is not depressed the clutch is in engaged state. The transmission is applied from engine/gearbox to final drivetrain only when clutch is engaged (when the pedal is not depressed down). When we depress down the pedal then actually clutch gets dis-engaged and the engine/gearbox is also dis-engaged from the final drive. Clutch is what makes the engine output to drive the final drive and it should be engaged to do so. When we dis-engage the clutch (the pedal is pushed down / the lever is pressed in bikes) the clutch gets disengaged and the drive is free from engine. I am telling this because I feel you have thought it other way around. You statement "when the clutch is engaged the RPM is normal (or high if revved)" also make me think so. Else how can you rev hard while clutch is actually engaged (pedal not depressed)? Car will move fast na? Please clarify.