im not positive if my clutch is going... b/c it still grabs fine for normal daily driving.... But when i put on the A/C and try to take off from a stop, the rpm's drops extremely low...

Here are the Symptoms

1. A/C on and at a complete stop.
2. trying to take off, rpm drops to a point where car want to stall out.
3. trying to keep the car alive and the rpms up.... I try to rev it up to 2-3g
4. its extremely sluggish to keep the engine speeds up from 600-3000g
5. it takes a lot of effort to try to take off from a dead stop with A?C on. car wants to die if i dont put enough revs into it.....


in order for me to take off normally.. i must turn off the AC. and everthings grabs like normal.... when im crusing, thats when i can turn back on the a/c. BUT i must turn off the a/c when i approach another stop and must to this back and forth action every time i have the a/c on
any idea?

 

Its normal for older hondas clutch to shudder when you have the A/C on because it draws a lot of horse power. Chances are its the loss of horse power rather than the clutch, especially if it grabs normal during regular daily driving. My 94 LS did that when it was stock, but as my horse power increased the AC stopped effecting me drastically.

I just drove with the windows down anyhow...the exhaust sounds better that way