Apologies, technical aspect of S not my forte. Maybe a 'silly' question, but if I knew the answer I wouldn't be asking...roughly how much or how noticeable a power loss would you experience with a suspected slipping clutch?
TIA.

 

It's not so much as power loss as it is the inability to transmit that power to the ground. A slipping clutch can give you up to 100% power loss and anywhere inbetween.

I had a 91 Mr2 which had such a bad slipping clutch, you could put it in forth and floor it and it would go straight to redline at 20mph while the clutch was engaged.

If you think your clutch is slipping, it will only get worse as the power that isn't being transmitted to the ground is being absorbed by your burning clutch.

 

The power you have is not lost, just used to create heat as it grinds away the clutch parts. The above post is right.. eventually 0% will get to the wheels.

 

 

The easiest way to test is to go up a road incline in 4th, and feed a little bit of throttle - if the tach goes up and you do not see an equivalent increase in speed, it is likely your clutch is going soft.

 

In some cars with modern engine management (I've personally seen this in an Audi A4 and a Porsche 911 TT) a very slight slipping of the clutch while under load can confuse the torque manager which can prompt a limp mode due to confusion between torque transmitted to the wheels and requested torque. I'm not familiar with the stock Honda EMS, and the S is also not a turbo car, so this may not be the case with the S2K, so somebody correct me if i'm wrong, but I believe what he's saying is a possibility if not particularly likely. Clutch slippage can sometimes limit power without being particularly obvious as to what is wrong.

But what everybody else is saying is true also, generally you can check to see if your clutch is on the way out by launching the car from high RPMs or putting the car in a high gear/high load situation. If the tach jumps without corresponding acceleration from the car it's a good bet the clutch is slipping. Also check for the acrid stench when you come to a stop. Even if you've never smelled it before you'll probably know what it is. It's like smelling pot for the first time, even if you've never been around it you still know exactly what it is the first time you smell it.

 

Thank you gentlemen. Appreciate the advice.