Advice on clutch slip after remap

[Hoss]

I decided to get my Fabia vRS remapped today. When the guys at AMD had finished the remap/rolling road they said there is a bit of clutch slip at full throttle. They said the torque could be dialled down but it might still slip and recommended a new OEM clutch should resolve the issue. The remap gave me 173hp and 293lb torque, which seems about normal.

Will a new OEM clutch handle this or should I ask them to drop the torque to 280lb or less? They seemed like a good bunch of guys so I don’t think they are taking the ****. My car has done 40K on the original clutch. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

[kiddy1]

Drop the torque until/if you're clutch eats itself then replace it

[Auric Goldfinger]

You can Drive around it, just drop gogs before you plant your foot, don't boot it in high gears, change gear.

I had an 04 plate Vrs with the same problem, clutch was ok even when I sold it

[Jasvrs]

Mine also does the same mate but not to fussed as wanted to uprate it anywaz

[faboka vrs]

Get it reduced. Even with a new clutch it want last long if you use the torque.

[softscoop]

Mine also does the same. Been like it for 18 months, I've just learnt to drive around it.

[Hoss]

Thanks guys, I think I will get it reduced to around 270lb I see if that makes much difference.

Does anyone recommend a amount I should reduce it to with standard running gear?

Edited 22 April, 2012 by Hoss

[Southy]

My car is on 46k on the original clutch and running a remap, It's 182bhp and 277 lbs ft and I have no issue's with clutch slip, I read a lot about only giving WOT after 2k ish and dropping a gear or so when wishing to boot it to save the clutch, done around 7k on the map and not had any issues at all with it

Edited 22 April, 2012 by Southy

[XLBaconDoubleCheese]

You'd want to keep it under 300lb so your currently map is fine, as said just drive it sensibly and it'll prob last ages yet.