My experience with funky noises and the clutch were the damping springs
came loose and were banging on the flywheel bolts. The clutch finally
started slipping and was replaced.

-Pete

Chopface wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I hear an odd noise sometimes as I release the clutch and engage 1st
> gear on my '91 Civic Si on what I believe to be dry pavement. The
> quality of my clutch release seems to be closer to 'correct', as opposed
> to either too fast or too slow when it happens, but thats a rough
> observation. I guess it sounds similair to the noise my car makes
> sometimes when my my tires spin on snow and ice. It is a sort of 'whirr'
> sound, maybe comparable to the noise that my car would make in reverse.
> It is brief when I hear it; definitely less than a second, and I don't
> think I've heard it in the summertime (Wisconsin, USA). Is this anything
> to worry about? It doesn't happen everytime I drive, or only when its
> extremely cold. The car has ~140k miles on what I assume is the original
> clutch.
>
> Mark