My clutch is gone at 1,700 miles, and the dealership (tustin mitsubishi) quoted me $1750-$2000 to replace the stock POS clutch. Doesn't that seem extremely high? I mean for that much, i could get an twin disk setup w/ install, and it wouldn't go out like the stock one.

Has anyone been succesful in getting their dealership to replace the clutch under warranty? I had an IS 300, and lexus replaced the clutch for free, no questions asked. In addition to that, my friend has a WRX, and subaru replaced his clutch for free as well.

As far as I've seen, early clutch death on the evo seems to be quite common, which would lead me to believe that the stock clutch is sub-standard. Is it true that the evo has the same clutch as the eclipse?

 

ive heared that its the same clutch out of the GSX, dont quote me tho. Good luck on warranty work with the clutch, I can tell you they will never replace it under "warranty".

 

With only 1700 miles, either it's defective or you abused the **** out of it. If you abused it, don't bother with the dealer. You will pay. If you drove it normal, no launches, then they will replace it under warantee. You have a 12 month 12k miles warantee on it, regardless of what others say here. Several members had theirs replaced under warantee.

Since you live in So Cal, I would stay away from the dealer and go to one of many performance shops that know this car well. You can get a ACT clutch for about $550 which is much better than stock and have it installed for way less labor. Listen, the original clutch from the dealer is about $350 to $400. You are paying about $1500 in labor and they will keep your car 2 days. That's insane. Most shops will install it for about $500 and do it in 5 hours or less. Check around. You can have a nice aftermarket clutch and installed for about 1000 less than the dealer.

 

Old news i have a EVO and 90 GST. i had to have the tranny and clutch replaced on my 90 gst. Thats just mitusbushi. My evo has 4000 miles on it. No problems with the clutch so far. But here is some advice. I got a ACT 2100 in my GST its a great clutch if my EVO clutch ever goes i would get a ACT no doubt about it.

 

I'm still fighting with them, but it's like arguing with a wall. Do the clutches go out really easily in the STi as well?

If I end up having to replace it myself, i want a clutch that will allow me to launch pretty well w/out going out. Any recommendations?

 

ACT all the way. Your supposed to feather the clutch on launches not dump it.

 

I would recommend the Exedy Twin Disk Clutch Kit. Thats plenty for what you want to do with it and not worry. If you want something more look into the Tripple Disk Clutch. If you want somthing a little less look into the Single Disk Clutch. All these units come with Pressure Plate, Clutch and Flywheel. Kind of expensive but well worth the money. From the research i have done the Exedy is far the best right along with the HKS. But agian these units are allot of money so it just depends on your funds. I currently bought a Exedy Twin Disk Clutch Kit about a week after i bought the car and just put it in the garage waiting to get installed. I know how bad the clutches are in the evo and i didnt want to be down a car since its my daily driver. Anyway as far as the Act Clutch i have one in my 200sx with a SR20DET producing about 450HP to the wheels and that thing holds up great!. So it just depends i guess. But in my eyes for a Evo the Exedy is on top!

Chris

 

It's not the clutch being sub standard, it's all the drivers that have never driven AWD before. The Evo is based on a rally car not a drag racer, if you burn the clutch bad enough with one launch it could go right there and then.

It's no wonder Mits never released the car in the US before, let's hope they haven't learnt their lesson and we have updated versions.

 

well if you're sure you didnt abuse it, then they cant deny you warranty for it. bring your owners manual in and show them the manual. It specifically states that the clutch is warrantied for 12 months or 12,000 miles whichever comes first. And tell them good luck proving your clutch is abused, and also tell them to suck your d!ck, those god damn morons. Just make sure you didnt abuse it, i mean less than 2000 miles and the clutch goes, come on thats a definte warranty work. BTW how old are you, maybe they're picking on you just cuz you're young (im just assuming your young). If anything, ask them if they'd like to talk to your lawyer and if you see other customers, tell them your situation, makes them think twice about buying a car from them.

 

Oh ya about feathering the clutch. There has been allot of debate about this. Of course when you feather it you will save your drivetrain and just tear the crap out of your clutch but when you dump it could hurt your drivetrain. Of course if your not producing i would say 375-400HP to the wheels or more i wouldnt worry about hurting your drivetrain. The Evo actually i believe was made to be dumped when they brought it to the US. The reason was Mitsu knows how the US loves the 1/4 mile and when they brought it over they beefed up the drivetrain knowing that they had a warranty to back up. Between this and the Clutch line restrictor they figure they are in good shape. Well just thought i would throw my $0.02 in.

Chris

 

Yeah, I am young (19), and I took that into account, that's why I had my mom take it in. I think I'll try and bring their attention to the owner's manual, maybe it'll work.

What exactly does the clutch line restrictor do?

And another thing that pisses me off, is that mitsu says that it'll be $750 just to open it up and check out the clutch. Abuse or not, that would deter a lot of people form getting it repaired. I mean who knows, what if they get in there, find out it was defective, and they still say I abused it?

 

seriously, if they deny you warranty work this is what you need to do. Write down on paper, the date, and these words or somewhat similar words "blah blah service dealership is denying(your name) warranty work on the clutch of his 2003 Evolution 8 with (mileage)." Have the service manager himself print his name and also sign the paper and also ask him if he would like to provide an appropriate response in regards to why he denied you the warranty work. If he signs that, he's toast and if he denies you warranty work, he basically needs to sign that (because you will need proof). I can bet you, you can go to any lawyer and they'll be all over this fast. Also you can tell him good luck working here anymore :-) If i were you i'd fight it all the way, if you didnt abuse your clutch its a sure win. Also where are you located.

 

Southern California

 

Clutch line restrictor is like the boost pill. It is in the clutch line and reduces the diameter of the clutch line. That way when you dump the clutch your not actually giving the clutch all the pressure you could be all at once. So imagine a silver dollar your clutch line then you take a penny and install it in the middle of the silver dollar. So even though the line is big the actual inner diameter is small. Make sense? I couldn’t think of a way to explain it!

Chris

 

Yeah, it makes perfect cents