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and you go to Drexel for mechanical engineering? lol. j/k son.
The way you are describing it is very confusing. Like at first I thought u were describing a blown clutch, and then i think you are describing the clutch holding, but I'm not sure you tested it right.
With the car stopped, foot on the brake
1. Put car in first gear, keep clutch pedal pushed in
2. take foot off brake
3. SLOWLY let clutch pedal out without giving any throttle
Car should begin to lurch forward if the clutch is holding as its being sandwiched between the pressure plate and the flywheel, transfering torque to the wheels.
Next, while driving at approx 30-40 mph:
1. shift up to 5th gear
2. apply throttle
3. If the car accelerates, albeit slowly the clutch is holding.
4. if the Rpms just go up, but the car doesn't accelerate the clutch is slipping and F'd.
If the clutch is done, it doesn't really matter what gear you're in, you will know it. I don't know what you mean by "ratio stayed the same" when you shifted from 4th to 3rd, sounds strange. And if one of your gears was kaiboshed, you wouldn't be able to shift into that gear at all.
Is it possible you just let the RPMs drop too low in 3rd gear and it bogged down? This would really feel "weird" if you weren't paying attention and didn't realize it. idk.
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