View Poll Results: Does your trifecta tune cause clutch slipping?
Never Slips
18
58.06%
Sometimes Slips
3
9.68%
Always slips
10
32.26%
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Does Trifecta Tune Really Cause Clutch Sliping?
06-18-2009, 12:00 AM
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Does Trifecta Tune Really Cause Clutch Sliping?
So everyone thinks that trifecta causes clutch slipping so i was wondering how many of you guys really have this problem. please be honest causes this influences peoples choices in tunes.
06-18-2009, 12:12 AM
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ya so i was thinking of superchips but i dont want a canned tune. and from what gm is stating for the stage kit, what is it like 275 crank hp without their intake. i dont know what to do.
06-18-2009, 12:46 AM
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im just trying to clear up how everyone thinks that the AVERAGE trifecta tune causes clutch slipping. so if this is a stupid question, sorry, but i was just curious.
06-18-2009, 01:31 AM
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That is a compliment then cause superchips has no idea what they are talking about. the only time when we were making the tune it slipped was on the dyno and that is because it is under more load then normal. on the road i have had no clutch slip and i NLS everyday with no issues
06-18-2009, 01:35 AM
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That is a compliment then cause superchips has no idea what they are talking about. the only time when we were making the tune it slipped was on the dyno and that is because it is under more load then normal. on the road i have had no clutch slip and i NLS everyday with no issues
06-18-2009, 09:16 AM
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Go for the trifecta tune... Vince has spent a lot of effort addressing the 'slip' issues in his tune (the tune was reported to be a little aggressive initially)... I have had mine tunes for months now with no slip...
06-18-2009, 01:16 PM
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06-18-2009, 01:23 PM
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i Have a custom tune, im making 334tq. my clutch slips if im granny shifting around town alot and i gun it at like 2k rpm's i get a little slip in 2nd gear. The way our torque curve is, we make peak torque at like 3k RPM. sucks, but thats how it is. So if you get on it at a low rpm you may get slippage if you dont properly shift at over 3k when normal driving. When driving just shift through 1st and 2nd at 3-3.5k and you should be fine. I noticed my clutch grabbed alot better after doing that.
06-18-2009, 01:54 PM
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Steddy is right. Case in point, I could make our clutch slip with HP/TQ ratings of a lawnmower. Bad driving causes clutch slipping. Aggressive tunes do not cause it, but they can help attribute to it if you cant drive a manual properly, or WOT on an aggressive tune. Of course malfunction, ie leaking slave cylinder saturates clutch, can cause it too. Trifecta tunes DO NOT necessarily cause slippage, but how how you drive your trifecta tuned cobalt does.
06-18-2009, 07:45 PM
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No slippage on a Trifecta tune, even with NLS. Smokes the tires pretty good 1-2 & chirps 2-3. Been tooned for about 8500 miles now. No issues. Will get it tweaked when the CIA short ram comes out & I put on the hot side piping.
K&N drop in is the only current mod with the tune.
K&N drop in is the only current mod with the tune.
06-18-2009, 09:18 PM
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No slippage on a Trifecta tune, even with NLS. Smokes the tires pretty good 1-2 & chirps 2-3. Been tooned for about 8500 miles now. No issues. Will get it tweaked when the CIA short ram comes out & I put on the hot side piping.
K&N drop in is the only current mod with the tune.
K&N drop in is the only current mod with the tune.
06-19-2009, 03:14 PM
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Great thread imo, I have been curious about this, that is if I am understanding it.
All of my high HP cars have been autos, so I may be a little behind. I am not understanding how bad driving = clutch slip. I am assuming you are referring to a fully engaged gear that has more tq than the clutch can handle and it causes it to slip out. If that is the case, I don't see how that is driving failure, and not clutch failure.
If, on the other hand, you are talking about slipping during launches, and aggressive shifts, then I would say, a hot clutch is pretty likely to start having some slipping issues, and a regularly heated clutch is probably not long for this world, and then it is something anyone driving a manual should know.
My best guess is some people are referring to slipping as stated in my first paragraph while others are referring to the more dumb ass kind in the second, and each group thinks the other doesn't get the topic.
So I either somewhat don't get all that is going on here, or I completely don't know what is going on here.
Any clarification would be appreciated.
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All of my high HP cars have been autos, so I may be a little behind. I am not understanding how bad driving = clutch slip. I am assuming you are referring to a fully engaged gear that has more tq than the clutch can handle and it causes it to slip out. If that is the case, I don't see how that is driving failure, and not clutch failure.
If, on the other hand, you are talking about slipping during launches, and aggressive shifts, then I would say, a hot clutch is pretty likely to start having some slipping issues, and a regularly heated clutch is probably not long for this world, and then it is something anyone driving a manual should know.
My best guess is some people are referring to slipping as stated in my first paragraph while others are referring to the more dumb ass kind in the second, and each group thinks the other doesn't get the topic.
So I either somewhat don't get all that is going on here, or I completely don't know what is going on here.
Any clarification would be appreciated.
S`1