From a stop my car doesn't seem to want to go anywhere. I have to give it more gas to get it going. The clutch is all the way out and the RPM's are in the 3000's before the car moves. I had an open atmosphere TypeS for a while, can my plugs be fouled up? Or is it the clutch? I don't drive the car hard and it only has 5500 miles.
Any help I would appreciate

 

Tuner:

Without a little more info, sounds like a clutch/pressure plate problem.

Are you noticing any "slipage" under heavy acceleration?

Where in NM?

JS

 

no slippage, it's just hard to get the car moving from a stop unless I give it a lot of gas, even between shifts.

Alamogordo NM

 

Tuner:

Just on a whim, check your break fluid reservoir. The fluid also serves to pressurize the clutch.

You might also check your clutch cable.

Otherwise, With only 5k on the OD, sounds like a warranty issue for your dealership.

I'm in Santa Fe.

Cheers,
JS

 

U have an open atmospheric BOV. Did you plug the hole going into the turbo? After the MAF??

 

Let me get this straight.

You can be sitting still, dead stop. Then you press in the clutch, put the car in 1st gear, and let the clutch out. The car remains sitting still, no movement, RPM's don't drop, and no strange noise is heard, right?

If that is the case, then I would have to say that you have a clutch engagement issue. What is probably hapening is the clutch pedal is extended all the way but the disk is still not fully engaged. There is a thread about how to adjust the height of the clutch pedal engagement. let me guess, when you change gears, you have the pedal almost completely back out before it grabs and the RPM's change to match the proper speed for that gear.

Here is the bad part: If this is indeed doing this, then you are effectivly riding the clutch pedal, even with it fully extended. Your clutch will be wearing all the time, almost like a slip, but not fully. (you know how a manual transmission feels a little more grabby when you are taking off and you ride the clutch out, then when you release it fully, it kind of boggs? That is what I am talking about). This would also explain why you can hold it still without the engine dropping drastically below idle when you fully release the pedal.

Maybe I am reading in to this a little too deep, but that sounds like the problem.

The good news is, if you haven't dicked with the linkage, take it back to Mitsu and tell them that you think this is the problem after you talked with some friends who had experience with manual transmission linkage problems and they suggested that you had this checked out. Tell them that you feel uncomfortable about it possibly causing premature clutch wear and that you want them to look in to the linkage and to check pedal engagement height.

I hope this helps you solve your problem.

 

also I am getting a back fire or it seems like it misses when under full boost and I try to shift, that's why I was thinking maybe the spark plugs are fouled up? The car is drivable but it just takes more gas to get me going. I talking 3/4 throttle until the car starts to move from a stand still.

 

thanks JS
I'm out the door to check the brake fluid

ever make it down south?

 

Tuner:

As I mentioned and Josh mentioned, you may have a clutch cable problem.

If once the clutch engages everything seems OK, then it hopefully won't be anything serious.

Good Luck;-)

Regards,
JS

 

how can I check the clutch cable out?

 

Here is a schematic:

http://www.jumptronix.com/2g_go_fast...emoval_faq.htm

Hope this helps.

JS

 

JS

Have you removed these parts? (valve plate and spring)

 

the brake fluid resevoir is full???

 

Tuner:

Not yet, but I will.

Since your resevoir is full, take the EVO to your dealer and you and the Tec put the car on the lift and look at the cable and fork to see what you got.

Hopefully that is all.

JS

 

Take it back to the dealer pronto! You should not be experiencing any problem like the one you describe this early.