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Old Jul 20, 2012, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by batty200
The oem belts are made by Dayco.
i have an oem belt set lying around.
timing and balancer belts are done by gates-unitta.

the ones that i have on my 2006 evo ix from factory are mitsuboshi.

both are good and reputable manufacturers using much of the same technology, from what i know.
Old Jul 20, 2012, 05:59 AM
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Nice find! Thanks for the info!
Old Jul 23, 2012, 07:26 PM
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no problem guys! dayco makes the oem belt?! interesting...
Old Jul 23, 2012, 07:29 PM
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when i looked up gates T43130 on amazon, it comes up as Gates T43130 Timing Belt Pulley. i thought it was suppose to be a tensioner, this is the only thing holding me back from ordering right now. can someone shed some light on this?
Old Aug 10, 2012, 06:33 PM
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I got these parts from rockauto.com and did it myself 20k ago. Great money saver!
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Ive used Gates water pumps on various cars when I have done timing belt jobs. Gates makes nice quality stuff.
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good info, I'm going to look into this.
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Originally Posted by EvoIIIAj
I was wondering how the quality of the Gates water pump compared to the OEM one. Will it last as long?
gates is an OEM supplier to
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its about that time for me. so for a evo 9 the only thing different needed is the water pump?
Old Aug 15, 2012, 06:54 AM
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Just ordered everything with a gates water pump. $225 Shipped from Amazon.
Old Aug 16, 2012, 06:39 AM
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Gates makes some good stuff. I run a Ferrari DIY website where we created parts cross reference PDFs because a lot of guys are tired of paying Ferrari part prices (and you thought Mitsu was high ) and they use Gate's stuff instead of Ferrari oem without issue.
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Is it the same water pump for 8s and 9s?
Old Aug 17, 2012, 04:21 PM
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this just saved me about $150-200
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Nice info. Thank you!


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