Its kind of difficult for my brother to swallow. He has actually tried commiting suicide a few times since the breakage knowing it would cost him an arm and a leg LOL. He has a good job and can pay for this but its hard forking over this much $$$ and not seeing much return in power from it. And all of this is really hard especially after sticking almost the same $$$ in mods in it just a few weeks earlier. Live and learn I guess.

 

Sucks forking over all that money and not getting power out of it. I look at it as great insurance so the next time you are at the track you wont go home on a roll back.

 

Last year I had a "Pay to play" incident... He'll get over it in a few months and it'll be a mere memory.

Good luck

 

Why not get Mitsubishi to cover it under warranty? LOL

 

I already went down that path since I work for a Mits dealer. I was laughed at just like anyone else would be in this situation.

Running alternative fuel
No cat
Higher than stock boost levels
High clamping clutch
Racing at a track

= No warrenty work!

 

the very purpose of insurance is to cover you in a worst case scenario, id say worst case scenario would be somewhere along the lines of.... the rebuilt transmission taking another shcvitz on em, tossing a rod thru somethin runnin 28 and meth, twisting or blowing another stock piece of the car off, the lesson he shouldve learned is that you dont go down to the track in a $30k+mod'd car unless you have 5k+ to put into repairs, if not then take the gamble and be prepared to loose, all this ^^^^ kinda obvious,, the shock and force has to get thru everything to get to the road, so he bumped the t/c up, thats great, now thats done, but the next part in the line on the way to the apshalt is now gonna try to absorb that force, anyone who says theyve run their stock d/t parts (in a +power mod'd car) this long and this hard blah blah blah without a prob, is kinda like standing outside in a t-storm with a lightning rod, one bad launch away from pushing the car, ams has run 10 secs on the stock drivetrain, simple conclusion, either A.) theyve purchased an evo with a stock d/t capable of 500awhp launches... rofl, or B.) they're keeping the stock d/t within the limits of stock parts with the sacrifice of speed (10secs on a stock d/t says to me the car is capable of much more, not that impressed, so u bring a low 9 sec car to a roll first and run a high 10 in it, yes apparently it holds together) either way ams has the money to act crazy... the hp to run 10's in a 9 sec car to make the mitsu d/t look tough, and the skill to defy the laws of logic & physics by going 135mph+ over the line on stock parts lol, thats a rare thing, personally i wish theyd ban that phrase "10 secs on a stock d/t", its half the reason i was so confident my trans wouldnt be laying on the track....


side note :

my apologies to AMS no harm intended, all in good fun, you cant defy truth tho, even if u can defy physics

running 10 secs on a stock d/t on stage, and behind the curtain selling me, ur bro, and countless others thousands of $ worth of replacement d/t parts

please dont argue with clutch foot-work, i dont care if your mr. magic feet, your not runnin more power thru something that it can take thats impossible, which means your not using all your power, plain and simple, and saying your just using the power correctly doesnt add up, the faster the hp hits the road (at the expense of traction) the faster u go, i didnt make the rules that was god

someone will post : its the shock not the power that kills the d/t parts

your explanation: the shock = the car producing more initial power than the parts are able to take

the problem: you may want to produce and transfer as much initial power to the road as possible in a drag race...

the conclusion: if your still driving your evo youve never tried to push the car beyond its limits and succeded or u dont have the power to break those limits (which in my opinion a stock evo is capable of leaving its d/t in pieces after 1 launch, if u dont agree, id like to try with your evo..... lol i seem to have a knack for destruction)

after all this bs i just typed, 2 things remain, my feeling of loss while my evos STILL in the shop , and my feeling of guilt for not double clutching at the expense of the time slip

 

sry i double posted.... lag and a clicky clicking finger

 

We run 10's on a stock d/t.

Last time out, close to 600hp, over 500tq.

Its about the driver, not the parts.

 

i didnt say it couldnt be done... i said it could be done at the expense of your e/t, with a mod'd trans, and no traction issues of course.... you wouldve run what ? ill even go so far as to agree you wont cut that much off the time with a dump than a double clutch, , but i cant agree with saying that its practical, reliable, and faster to run it on stock parts.....

 

sleep time, but i wanna add that in your comment you did sum it up it is the driver.... even if possible to run 10s on stock, if a new evo is a few good launches (dumping the clutch) away from sweeping up trans pieces, (for example my car...) than that 600hp evo is nothing more than a cramped foot.... a rock in the shoe, a fly in the visor, or some armor-all misplaced on the clutch pedal away from it being in pieces, give it time, itll break

 

I could add that we have about 275 passes on the stock driveline.

 

a.) thats the toughest evo ive ever heard/read/seen
b.) you couldve run 275 passes in under 10 secs had u replaced the d/t
c.) why stick the money into an evo to get it to 10 secs and not spend the extra to stregthen let along improve the d/t, unless your trying to prove somethin....
d.) this evo with a stock d/t have aftermarket trans fluids ? motor mounts ?
e.) did it do this on the same clutch? cause if your baking off clutches every week, itll all come clear...

i understand what your trying to do and say, your tryin to enlighten us that we can race with stock d/t's and keep our cars in one piece

and all im saying is it's capable (while e/t's suffer) but it's also one bad foot manuever away from calling u and spending thousands more, when people should eliminate the risk spend a couple thousand now, sell their stock parts and upgrade, before a first evo timer takes his brand new car and thrashes it in .4 secs, its cheaper, faster, and more reliable, than playing this indestructable 10 sec stock evo game

when u go around sayin 10secs/stock, it encourages people to gamble.... well i gambled and lost, the gentlemen whos thread this is, gambled and lost, and the countless others on here who are buying t/cases from u and others makin the same 10sec claim.... hrrrmmm somethings getting more clear lol, kinda like saying your an amatuer driver right? got some money ? nah u dont need strength, what u need is more power, now hit the track, but why does it leave a bad taste in their mouth when your on the threads offering to sell thousands more worth the replacements from parts that broke, even after you explain to them what your pro driver is capable of

 

my apologies am sry to start this on ur thread lite :P , i just didnt want to see your brother take his back to the track without a few other durability mods or atleast someone telling him... i wouldnt, not till ur rdy this time (money in the bank to pi$$ away atleast),,,

 

My eyes hurt.

 

Maybe he broke the windshield washer pisser line....

on a serious note....get it on a lift and check it out.