i'm definitely taken it seriously. now i have to figure what shop is close enough and good enough to do the job. if not 'ill be doing it myself. going to contact buschur and see about the kit that they sell.

 

yea if was you get it checked out

 

i'm talking to DB right now and gettting his recommendation on which kit to get. i might be doing this myself. wish me luck.

 

Good luck Bro. Don't you worry, Dan and the other guys at BR will take care of you.

 

off of DB's recommendation i think i'm gonna get just the belts and tensioner since i have only 18K miles on my car right now. still searching for a shop to do this in. i live in south georgia so i might just go to orlando or atlanta (topspeed). i need to contact those guys today and see what they charge for this.

 

Take it to the dealer if you only have 18k.

 

well the nearest dealer is around 2 -2.5 hrs away. unless there is one in tallahasse but the car has been modded and stupid me i got rid of the stock cat. lesson learned. i figured since mitsu is picking with these cars that it probably wouldnt be worth trying especially since the dealership is not down the road.

 

I'm in a similar boat, nearest dealer is over an hour away. BR is only 45 miuntes

I'd still try the dealer, as long as you don't have cams, aftermarket cam gears etc., they shouldn't mess with you. A faulty tensioner is not something I think they can "trace" back to you having a catless exhaust.

Either way, I hope you get it all worked out. I wish I only had 18K miles on my car, LOL.

 

well i looked into the mitsubishi site and the closest dealer is ~1.5hrs north of me. i'll probably call them and see what they can do. hopefully its not a small dealership that doesnt know what an Evo is. believe it or not the dealership we had here didnt know what an Evo was lol

 

that's not surprising, I had a girl at the local dealership tell me my twin turbo stealth didn't have an intercooler...I even told her I had the car right out side the door there and she refused to come look to see for herself because she had the schematic right in front of her

I never went back there, idiots.

 

yeah we had 1 mitsu tech in that dealer and i dont think he had enough experience with the Evo anyway. oh well i'm gonna call a dealership today to see what they say.

 

I have mine in at the local dealership right now getting the tensioner replaced. Mine is making the same noise as the link in post #4. I have 35k on my 9. They are also replacing the belts while they are in there as I haven't done that 30k service belt change. I am paying for the belts as they are not the problem but hey, free labor for my 30k service.

 

There you go mang!

 

well a quick update,

the car is in the dealership just got back from dropping it off. i ended up going to florida instaed of close by (georgia) i was told that this dealership is every capable and are very knowledgeable with Evos. i had to drive 3hrs but hopefully it's all worth it.

i'll keep this thread updated when i foind out what it is

 

you drove to another state to get that checked out?! damn...