2100 plate dead...right?

[spectr019]

I've had the ACT 2100 plate and street disc and XACT lightened flywheel for probably 2 years now. I've done somewhere between 30-50 launches on it at the track, although I couldn't tell you from what rpm exactly cause either my car or myself does better by pulsating the rpm at the line. The other day I did a launch and in third gear, about three seconds after shifting into it and obviously at WOT, the engine started getting louder and louder but the car wasn't moving faster, only felt like it was slowing down. At first I thought it was fuel cut. I'm running 550cc with a rewired 190 pump on the stock fuel regulator, and tuning with the SAFC II, and I'm at 20psi of boost. I've NEVER had any problems with fuel though, and I've been running the fuel setup for a little under a year. I put my 2100 plate in when I wasn't going to be upgrading the power a lot, but yall know how that plan goes straight to hell when you keep tasting more and more power.
I've reviewed what others have said about their slipping clutches, and it sounds to me like that's what I have, especially once I started reading that 3rd or 4th are the usual gears in which slipping clutches started acting up.
I'm pretty convinced that it's time for me to go to the ACT 2600 with a new street disc and just have my flywheel resurfaced. If it seems to any of you that it is a fuel problem, please let me know why you would think so. The loss of power to the engine when this happened didn't seem quite strong or abrupt enough to be fuel cut, although I've never felt a slipping clutch before OR fuel cut, only from what I've read about both am I concluding that I have a bad clutch now. Thanks for any advice.

Ben

 

[DGajre777]

A slipping clutch is when your RPMs shoot up but the car doesn't move, or moves very little. Get in your car, get in 2nd gear at about 3000RPMs, stomp on the gas and see how the RPM gauge moves up and how the car accelerates. Now speed up and do the same in 4th gear. If your RPMs just shoot up really fast in 4th gear and the car doesn't really accelerate - then your clutch is slipping.

Fuel cut - well you'll know when you hit it. You'll feel like you hit a brick wall and it comes when you don't expect it so it'll get you by surprise.

My suggestion - Turn the boost down, don't race it, drive carefully and your clutch will last you a few months. Since you have an AWD, if want ACT - either get the ACT 2100 with a sprung hub 6 puck disc for ACT 2600 with a street disc.