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Will a good clutch slip in hot weather and when being ran hard back to back?

Old Apr 27, 2014 | 06:31 PM
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Just had a quick question...

I had an ACT HD clutch installed along with a streetlite flywheel, z speed csc, and wilwood master installed around 7-8k miles ago. Car has ran fine. I have went to the dragstrip the last few weekends and noticed after running it hard back to back a few times, the clutch is seeming to slip a little.

Im thinking there's no way its already slipping. But is it normal to slip when being ran back to back like that? It was around 90 degrees all day as well if that means anything.

Also worth noting - after a few runs back to back, my clutch engagement point moves to the very very top and makes shifting a lot different.. I let it cool down 30-40 minutes and it is fine.

Any input is much appreciated!
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Old Apr 27, 2014 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Bmurray350z
Just had a quick question...

I had an ACT HD clutch installed along with a streetlite flywheel, z speed csc, and wilwood master installed around 7-8k miles ago. Car has ran fine. I have went to the dragstrip the last few weekends and noticed after running it hard back to back a few times, the clutch is seeming to slip a little.

Im thinking there's no way its already slipping. But is it normal to slip when being ran back to back like that? It was around 90 degrees all day as well if that means anything.

Also worth noting - after a few runs back to back, my clutch engagement point moves to the very very top and makes shifting a lot different.. I let it cool down 30-40 minutes and it is fine.

Any input is much appreciated!
sounds like you have two seperate things going on, disk slip from heat and fluid starting to boil. Time to get some fresh RBF fluid and you may need a more aggressive clutch disk.
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Old Apr 28, 2014 | 05:51 AM
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Hmm thanks for that Terrasmak. Going to get some new fluid and see how that helps first
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