If you are going to mod a car it is going to cost you. If anything goes wrong with your mod (it might happen) it is going to cost you even more and probably void your warranty so if you are really concerned about money you should get the Evo.

 

LIKE WE HAVE BEEN PREACHING OVER & OVER ... stay away from 5K drops, and try not to ride the clutch on a constant basis, and you will be just fine.

gave this car a weak clutch so people that drive it hard would wear the clutch out before the tranny.

It all depends on how u drive man .... u can drive hard and fast, but be smart and u should be fine.

 

Yeah, I will certainly drive it hard, but only after the clutch has been disengaged.

 

I don't know about that. I just spent:

$6 for a oil filter
$3 for a god damn drain plug washer
$30 for 6 qts of Mobil 1 syn oil

 

I don't know where you went, but here's my prices:
$5.45 for a Mitsu oil filter
$1.50 for a damn crush washer at Mitsu
$18.88 for 5qt Mobil 1 at walmart

$25.83 before taxes.

 

Ya im gona call mitsu of North america and ask cause it kinda seems stupid and un true but we will see.

 

Damn, I need to go to walmart for oil.

 

Walmart always has Mobil 1 (5 quarts) for $18.88 as their everyday price. A few months ago, I walked into a Walmart and the 5-quart jug was on sale for $15.00. I bought 10 of them. No Evo yet bu all my cars get synthetic oil.

 

This made me wonder, does anyone know the effective shelf life of unused motor oil? How long can I safely store it and still use it in my car?

 

I doubt you'll see you're a higher scheduled maintenance cost on an EVO versus your used WRX. Clutch, tires, and brakes aren't going to be cheap on a WRX either. Even after you've dropped $3k in mods on a WRX, you may be out of a warranty depending on the mileage. Costs will be closer than you think when comparing a modded used WRX vs. new warrantied EVO.

 

most of the Posts i've read do not state what the maintenence cost for a complete service for the Evo really is? i know the Evo Tech is a contact for that information, but can some one tell us novices? what is recommended service intervals? what is the cost for such service?
thanks--cmc

 

most of the Posts i've read do not state what the maintenence cost for a complete service for the Evo really is? i know the Evo Tech is a contact for that information, but can some one tell us novices? what is recommended service intervals? what is the cost for such service?
thanks--cmc

 

Okay, here's a brief outline of the Mitsu recommended "Severe Maintenance Schedule". The regular maintenance schedule calls for slightly longer intervals (5k vs 3.75k for oil changes).

• Oil/filter change, rotate tires every 3,750 miles or 4 months, whichever is first
• Driveline fluid change, air filter change every 15,000 miles (manual transaxle, transfer case)
• Replace drive belts, engine coolant, rear differential oil, check exhaust every 30,000 miles
• Replace timing belt, spark plugs, plug wires every 60,000 miles

that's the major stuff. Expect to get 10-15k miles from OEM tires (perhaps less if you drive hard). Ditto for brake pads.

Personally, I changed the engine oil and filter at 1000 (oil was pretty black already). I will change the driveline fluids at 1300 (only b/c I didn't have the proper fluids to change it at 1000).

Besides this, if you're going to run your car hard (track, auto-x), I would use the Porsche club formula of 100 miles per 1 hard mile. e.g. 10 miles at the track == 1000 miles for the purposes of determining next oil change.

Hope that helps...

 

Aahahaha what a joke. 30k intervals for belt changes?! Wtf cheap junk are they using on this car? Every Acura (just for example since it's where I work and what I drive) can go over 100k miles before it needs a tune up and the least of the Acuras is 60k before any belt changes.

A lot of the Mitsu Evo service recommendations listed there make me go

 

When you're running 19PSI of boost in your CL-S, let's see how long it takes for you to snap your drive belts.

You could make the same argument about the lifespan of the tires. The tires on this car have probably 1/2 the life of your stock tires, but some people would probably prefer that extra bit of grip.

Seriously, I'm not sure why the belts require 30k changes, that sounded rather low to me too. But whatever, the JDM Evo with ACD/AYC requires fluid change every 3000 miles just like the oil and these are only drive belts, not the timing belt.

As much as this sounds like an excuse, I think part of the reason why this car has somewhat higher than usual maintenance requirements is because its purpose-built for performance.