Ive been having some trouble launching the ACT street/strip clutch at the drag strip. I could launch the stock clutch just fine, but this one grabs much harder. Ive tried launching it at high rpms, low rpms, slipping it, dropping it, etc and i cant get a 60' time under 2 seconds usually. For those of you who have an act clutch, how do you launch it? Thanks!

 

Well i am used to mine now... i guess it just took some time to get used to! how long have you had it??

 

a few weeks

 

well i dont think you should be trying to launch it yet.....isnt there a break in period????

 

I know what your talking about , I have had my ACT clutch in for about a month and a half and in the begining it was "rough" around the edges , now after the month has passed its "softer" but holds firm as a rock with out slipping and shifts are precise, something that wasnt the case with the stocker. when you shift an act clutch it feels soooo much more solid than the stocker ..

 

i broke it in for 600 miles or so. Im fine while driving it, i just need help on how to launch it at the drag strip.

 

I have had problems from 1st to 2nd gear in high rev race situations, its almost like being locked out, are you experiencing this aswell?

I personally for lauching slip it till I get going fast enough not to induce wheelhop then drop it and hold on

 

no problems while shifting, just launching

 

Wheel hop? That's something I've never felt in an AWD in over 300 launches.

 

I say play with it around 5k-6k rpms slipping it! I never had any problems launching with an ACT in fact it launch alot better than stock!

 

so that makes you right, well Im glad that I do something better than the great Wartalon.

any way I slip it because I used to drop it at 5k or 6k and induce wheel hop, which I got on video.

 

alright, i guess i was just slipping it too much when i slipped it. Thanks

 

If you consider it a good thing, then yeah, you are much better at it than I am.

With 5-6k dumps on an ACT 2600, I basically ripped the VHT off the track every time until I broke tranny parts. Depending on the track conditions, I'd sometimes just spin all 4 and do a little rattlesnake pattern, but usually the tires gripped and pulled 1.6x 60's. This is great for 60's, but bad for the car, so I eventually learned a feathering technique that I use to this day, and although it only gets me 1.7s, I haven't broken any drivetrain parts since doing it.

 

 

kwel!