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It has nothing to do with the brand. The TC needs to be dialed in for your weight, gearing and power curve. If the AC was slipping too much, then it was obviously designed for less power, or less weight in mind. Theres rarely a time when you can buy a TC off the shelf and have it work exactly how you want. It takes ALOT of data to get a TC made just right for your car. Your dealing with a fluid turbine, not a clutch, so theres a million variables. You think the first jet engine worked just right? Every high end racer will get a TC thats close, make some passes, datalog the crap out of it, and have the TC worked on. Then the second time around, its alot closer, but usually still not perfect. Changing brand names, often times just gets you back to square 1. AC could have taken your datalogs and all your other info, and made a TC that performs exactly like this PTC one, if not better. If you went back to PTC with this data, they could improve on it as well. The only time brand names make a difference, is in terms of engineering practices which support strength and reliability. I know the AC's are damn strong. I traded an AC 16930 for a TCS 9-11 TC, and the AC is considered billet, although its a different execution. The 9-11 was a solid chunk machined out, and looked strong, but in reality wasnt half as strong as the AC. The guy I traded with was bitching about the AC saying he'd never throw this in his car, and it's not billet blah blah. Telling him it was rated for over 1000hp made no difference. He cared about the way it looked. I ended up paying him extra money to shut him up. I do know the AC made my car pull like a rocket sled compared to the stock one. But yeah, it did slip alot. AC's seem to slip more out of the box, but they can easily be reconfigured and usually for free the first time.
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