This is why has to be hardcore about warranty issues. There are always scumbags that want to commit fraud and get something for nothing. How about you man up and pay for the rebiuld because you modified the car??? If you cannot afford to rebiuld the motor and you want to keep warranty then do not modify your car with parts that will void the warranty.

 

+2

SKIL, stop spouting off about issues in which you have no clue about what you're talking about. Sticking a "Mugen" ECU on a heavily boosted car is possibly the most retarded thing I've heard all day.

Original poster - good luck with fixing the car.

 

sew

 

sorry to hear *sigh* another evo down

 

A "scheme" to get warranty repairs done when there is not a ligitimit factory defect is fraud in my book. It's like scamming an insurance company and making a false claim. I guess it's reasons like this Mitsu is **** about their warranties and we get raked over the coals by insurance companies.

 

+1 cause of morons like him we get screwed big time whenever there is something wrong with out cars, thats so sad and then they come back crying is gay and that they wouldn't back up their warranty. It's like those liquor stores...."you break, you pay!!!!" can't expect someone else to pay for you messing up your car

 

The district manager agreed to give me a 1/3 discount on the cost to replace the short block and "refurbish" the head. Somehow I'm betting they will bend me over anyways.

Cost for new short block and refurbished head = approx $4500. (before discount)

Why would I have them do the work instead of buying a new motor.

1. If I decided I can afford to keep the car after all the sh*t I've been thru, it will still be under warranty.
2. If I decide to sell it, it will still be underwarranty. Plus I had purchased an extended warranty that takes my overall warranty on drivetrain etc to 100,000 miles and is tranferrable.

I personally think it was not bad tuning, but a faulty injector that caused this. The guys at twilight performance (the only AWD dyno in FL) tune cars for a living day after day for years. Their tuning and my mods were not agressively tuned. I barely got 290 whp. Boost was not turned up. You cant with a stock wastegate.
Personally, again, I think it was just a bunch of coincidences that got me screwed. But yes modding the car is something I should have considered more seriously.

On a side note I got my flaking Brembos changed after 3 months of nagging them and getting all kinds of excuses from the service manager. So dont think I am new to the dealship thing. If I was not persistant I would not have gotten the new calipers that I was entitled to. I even got a new IX rear spoiler too.
I think something would have gone wrong eventually, the SAFC being tuned to be leaner that stock probably just speeded up the process.

Thanks for all the feed back. And if I had to do it again. I would not have bought a Turbo car. They break too easily. At least for daily driving.

 

turbo cars break when pushed beyond limits....people need to remember small turbo ...moderate boost unless supporting mods can assist....have a conservative tune versus aggressive...may feel great ...injectors sticks or something... KAAABOOM .... so lets not blame turbo cars.

Twilight is not the only AWD dyno in FL ...not even South FLorida

good luck on the car ...keep us posted

 

Sorry for my ignorance.

Where are the other Dynos in SoFL?

 

Turbo cars are okay for daily use as long as you use common sense such as waiting til the engine warms up prior to boosting, having a timer and making sure you don't overboost or spike your exhaust gasses. I've used a number of cars like ST 165 Celicas, MA 70 Supras, 3rd Gen RX7 prior to my Evo and they worked just fine for a number of years.

 

Call your lawyer and make sure he is very familiar with the Magnuson-Moss Act.

Talk to you district rep again and flash the Magnuson-Moss Act. A lot of the dealerships and district reps dont even know what it is. But make sure you read it and are familiar with it.

The dealer was giving me problems about my TC because I had Redline fluids and a ACT clutch, well after lots of fighting with the rep I won. They are giving me a new TC and rebuilding the tranny since metal got into it from the broken *** TC.

 

Why because you just losed your pathetic argument? Is that the best you could come up with? I mean that must have taken you awhile to come up with such brilliance. I hope that didn't take you all night.

 

EVos ar fast cars but I ave noticed that most EVO owners abuse their cars...LOL street retail EVOs are not designed for racing at all... They are for high performance street driving... i will never buy a used EVo cause you know it was beat up...

 

Except mine. I have 700miles on my 06 evo 9. I did 2 oil changes already(one at 50miles to get all the assembly lube out and one at 600miles) and have never exceeded 3000rmps or 65mph. I know cause just at 3000rpms you are at 65mph. I ma also planning on doing one at 1000miles.

 

^ what the hell are you buying a car let alone an evo if you're not gonna drive it... congrats on the low miles...give it to someone thats gonna use it