2020 Civic SI Clutch slip at 2500 miles

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YES. I have a 2019Si Sedan. K&N Intake. KTuner with TSP Stage 1. On the top tune I will overpower my clutch on the highway in 4th 5th and 6th gear pulls only when the clutch it hot.

After I did some readying it seems that is conman issue that that factory clutch will not hold if you have enough mods and power on 4 5 6 gear pulls once the clutch gets hot.
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YES. I have a 2019Si Sedan. K&N Intake. KTuner with TSP Stage 1. On the top tune I will overpower my clutch on the highway in 4th 5th and 6th gear pulls only when the clutch it hot.

After I did some readying it seems that is conman issue that that factory clutch will not hold if you have enough mods and power on 4 5 6 gear pulls once the clutch gets hot.
6th gear pulls? Ever heard of lugging the engine? 6th gear is for cruising not going WOT, I never went past 2psi in 6th.
 

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I’m sure there are a lot of variables that go into this, but mine didn’t start slipping until I got the FFK in there. After about 2 weeks I started slipping. I just upgraded to ACT street clutch, but still getting that broken in.
Not sure if this will make any real difference, but you might want to jump higher in the RPM band before you WOT. I enjoy my 2-3-4 pulls or the occasional 3-4-5 pulls, but I never got WOT before 4K RPM. Some instances I’ll wait to 4500 to WOT. Just a thought though.
 

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6th gear pulls? Ever heard of lugging the engine? 6th gear is for cruising not going WOT, I never went past 2psi in 6th.
With my intake and tune the engine never is lugging in 6th. I don't even need to downshift out of 6th to pass. I cruise in 6th gear around 3000rpm.
 

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With my intake and tune the engine never is lugging in 6th. I don't even need to downshift out of 6th to pass. I cruise in 6th gear around 3000rpm.

You should never go full boost in fifth or sixth. Shh~~ ( between me and you here mind you I go into boost a little, 15psi in fifth sometimes ) You can go up to 105 to 110 MPH in fourth, use it then back off a decent amount in fifth and sixth in regards to boost ( throttle position back off some ).

You're lugging the motor internals after that period. You're pushing those gears more then they can handle and then the motor despite picking up speed still mind you, is fighting to get those slower geared gears to keep picking up that speed and or boost that you're pushing.
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