hello there fellow forum member,

I hope i post this in the right section, if i'm wrong please help me post to the right section.

I'm currently looking for a timing belt kit with water pump for my 06 evo 9 GSR six speed. Any recommendation?

I have been looking at this timing belt kit from ebay.

would you guys recommend it? if not please recommend me what timing belt kit that is better.

here's a link to the parts:
GMB

http://www.ebay.com/itm/03-07-Mitsub...K058Zw&vxp=mtr


The car's milage is 90k km (55k miles) and is in stock condition.

i can't buy parts from the dealership since the car is imported from japan through a used car agent. so my only choice is to order online/ebay etc.

Thanks in advance for your help. Cheers and Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.

 

Hi and welcome!

I moved your thread to this forum where you will have the best chance for help. Please post a pic of your car when you have chance and again welcome!

Bob

 

GMB water pump you can trust but you don't need it. But belts( timing and balancer ) are no name brands I see.you better find goods belts and tensioner .these are most important parts when you do timing belts. On eBay STM sells stuff too,map performance rallysportdirect etc.

 

Thank you speedlimit for moving this thread.

Egis, thank you for your advice, I will look at STM and Map performance.


Here are pictures of the car.







Will post more picture once i get my camera back. Cheers

 

You should read this thread: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ere-s-how.html

 

i buy all my OEM-equivalent parts from rockauto.com

most of their stuff is GMB, Gates, etc which supply OEM anyway. you can pick and choose the parts you want or buy a kit.

also, if you go with a Mitsu timing belt, be sure to get the one for the IX (if they still give an option). the reason being: i believe the IX is kevlar, the VIII is not. it's been a while so i may be mistaken.. i just buy IX belts anyway.

lastly: most of the water pumps you find now will be for an "VIII", meaning it won't have one of the mounting points for the alternator, which is fine; it's not needed anyway. you can find one for a IX, but it will usually be OEM and big $$$.

i race/autox/beat on my car with all the parts i bought from RA. no problems with any of them.

 

You are right about the 9 belts being stronger.

 

I got a Dayco timing kit for my wife's WRX. It had everything including a new tensioner and water pump. It all fit fine except for the belt which was way too small. Aftermarket, you never know.