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MacintoshMan
08-26-2011, 10:05 AM
Hey guys, I am about to buy a EVO IX with pretty low miles 22k to be exact. The car was in tip top shape but I noticed that when I was at a stoplight and idoling. If I had the cutch depressed and I reved it a little (in or out of gear) there would be a growling noise between like 1800 and 3000 rpm. Is that a bad transmission or bad clutch? I know it's got a cusco twin plate but its been on the car since like 4k on the car, and its been to a few auto x in its day.

No power mods really, isn't pushing more than 300wheel torque.

socalturbo
08-26-2011, 10:09 AM
take it to get warrantied lol problem done. you should still be unfer mfg. warranty O0

MacintoshMan
08-26-2011, 10:25 AM
Even with aftermarket parts like the twin-plate clutch? If that was the problem they would never replace that, ....right?

socalturbo
08-26-2011, 10:27 AM
if i was you just delete everything you said, and change you prospective to i dont know what going on or what happened. you just heard the noise randomly. and whats the worse that can happen they deny your warranty then come back and post this thread again.

MacintoshMan
08-26-2011, 10:30 AM
Lets just cut the hassle and strap on our thinking caps and diagnose whats wrong with the car.Â* O0 This does mean that there is something wrong no? I am guessing this isn't normal for a twin plate clutch?

PS: I don't know which mitsu dealer is ever willing to help you on warranty work. The techs and dealers get paid crap comparatively to out of warranty work.

socalturbo
08-26-2011, 10:38 AM
Lets just cut the hassle and strap on our thinking caps and diagnose whats wrong with the car. O0 This does mean that there is something wrong no? I am guessing this isn't normal for a twin plate clutch?

PS: I don't know which mitsu dealer is ever willing to help you on warranty work. The techs and dealers get paid crap comparatively to out of warranty work.


that i dont know man sorry. i know someone else here will let you know give it a minute till the gurus come.

idk as well either most mitsu dealers will warranty small things transmission type is a hit or miss.

GL though

kambodianboi
08-26-2011, 10:41 AM
Clutch buzz?

If you want to try a few things to confirm what it is, you may want to flush your transmission fluid and see if it still occurs.

Mike W
08-26-2011, 12:38 PM
[thinking cap]

I heard of one guy that was going to buy an EVO once. He had the car looked at by an EVO specialist before he bought it. Turned out to be a sweet car with a clean history and life was wonderful. He modded it, ran fast and smooth, he got all the sweet ladies chatting him up at stop lights.

Another guy once bought a used EVO and didnt have it checked out. It only had 19k miles on it so what could go wrong? Turned out the car had seen like 43 track days. Had been modded to hell and back left and right. Put all back to stock when it was about to blow apart. Cleaned up, detailed nice, traded in @ Carmax and run! RUN! Dude that bought it ended up selling it off again to get away from all the problems. ALl sadness and despair, no fast times, no hoochies chatting him up at stop lights. 21k mile clean EVO on to the next sucker please.

A race clutch in an otherwise stockish car is a sign of a rowdy car gone back to stock. It is easy to sell off bolt on mods but costs as much to take back out as it is worth. Even if a clean stockish car had a race clutch and it had not even been all modded, that would also mean he smashed on the car enough to kill his stock clutch and that he gets bad advice from his shop or the internets to put a race clutch in a stock car.

[/thinking cap]


Mike W
(YMMV)

jamesinger
08-26-2011, 12:44 PM
...good advice there. I knew what I was in for when I bought my car with the Gold Toof special 3200lb. gangsta clutch already in the car BUT kinda stock...? You definitely need to do a full on inspection for this purchase. choose your inspector carefully. A BS inspection can put you in just as much hurt as no inspection...

Brand0n
08-26-2011, 12:50 PM
Moral of the story, Taking your car to RRE gets you BITCHES! FTW



[thinking cap]

I heard of one guy that was going to buy an EVO once. He had the car looked at by an EVO specialist before he bought it. Turned out to be a sweet car with a clean history and life was wonderful. He modded it, ran fast and smooth, he got all the sweet ladies chatting him up at stop lights.

Another guy once bought a used EVO and didnt have it checked out. It only had 19k miles on it so what could go wrong? Turned out the car had seen like 43 track days. Had been modded to hell and back left and right. Put all back to stock when it was about to blow apart. Cleaned up, detailed nice, traded in @ Carmax and run! RUN! Dude that bought it ended up selling it off again to get away from all the problems. ALl sadness and despair, no fast times, no hoochies chatting him up at stop lights. 21k mile clean EVO on to the next sucker please.

A race clutch in an otherwise stockish car is a sign of a rowdy car gone back to stock. It is easy to sell off bolt on mods but costs as much to take back out as it is worth. Even if a clean stockish car had a race clutch and it had not even been all modded, that would also mean he smashed on the car enough to kill his stock clutch and that he gets bad advice from his shop or the internets to put a race clutch in a stock car.

[/thinking cap]


Mike W
(YMMV)

frankd14321
08-26-2011, 01:36 PM
[thinking cap]

I heard of one guy that was going to buy an EVO once. He had the car looked at by an EVO specialist before he bought it. Turned out to be a sweet car with a clean history and life was wonderful. He modded it, ran fast and smooth, he got all the sweet ladies chatting him up at stop lights.

Another guy once bought a used EVO and didnt have it checked out. It only had 19k miles on it so what could go wrong? Turned out the car had seen like 43 track days. Had been modded to hell and back left and right. Put all back to stock when it was about to blow apart. Cleaned up, detailed nice, traded in @ Carmax and run! RUN! Dude that bought it ended up selling it off again to get away from all the problems. ALl sadness and despair, no fast times, no hoochies chatting him up at stop lights. 21k mile clean EVO on to the next sucker please.

A race clutch in an otherwise stockish car is a sign of a rowdy car gone back to stock. It is easy to sell off bolt on mods but costs as much to take back out as it is worth. Even if a clean stockish car had a race clutch and it had not even been all modded, that would also mean he smashed on the car enough to kill his stock clutch and that he gets bad advice from his shop or the internets to put a race clutch in a stock car.

[/thinking cap]


Mike W
(YMMV)





LOL i ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR INPUT MIKE.. It just makes my day :)

jamesinger
08-26-2011, 03:21 PM
I was like:
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and now I am more like:
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