Hey guys. i have had my evo 8 for about 2 weeks now. it has 65k and i for the first time took it out and ran some people. i noticed that when i shifted(Not fast nor slow) the car jerks. and this is in 2nd, 3rd, 4th. i have not tried going from a dig. some friends of mine told me that the 2003's cant handle launching. any suggestions of whats wrong. rear differential?

 

What RPM are you shifting at? The car will bog if you shift early... I shift at about 75-7600 rpms.. and I shift fast lol.

 

C'mon man you cant be new to forums in general.. Did you really think someone would have an answer for this post? Broad.....very broad. My car jerks when I shift too. It feels awesome slamming into gears.Maybe youre just used to your old honda.

 

learn how to drive it and it wont jerk.!!!

 

Driving a Evo does take some getting used to. Especially when you shift while you're in the middle of the boost coming on, the car just doesn't feel ready to shift yet. Once you're in boost after 3,000 rpm, then the car just wants to be sucked in and doesn't want to be interupted.

 

THATS WHEN YOU FLOOR IT!!!!!!!!!

 

Ohhhhhh yeahhh......And boy does flooring it feel goooooood!

 

and for the record evo 8 can handle being launched, so whatever friend told you it cant is an idiot who probably drives a honda. no offence to honda owners, i was one lol

 

umm, just because your car can handle being "launched" doesnt mean that you should. launching a car is never good for a clutch. save yourself $1k and dont launch it from a dead stop. much fun can be had from a rolling start, even if its a really slow moving start, just dont launch an AWD car from a dead stop, thats just retarded. the clutch is the weakest point from the flywheel all the way back to the wheels. and replacing a clutch is expensive. so drive responsibly... that is, unless you decide you want to stimulate the american economy by paying a local shop to swap your clutch out.

if your going to "launch it" get a better clutch than stock, if you dont, your just asking for trouble... and burnt asbestos

 

umm... not so true.. if you know how to drive you can make the stock clutch last.

my friend prolly has about 150 launches on the stock clutch on his IX MR

so learn to drive then try it

 

use your sixth sense and the force and all those other superpowers to try to understand your clutch you'll figure it out

 

LOL

If you want to drag with the EVO, make sure you get tuned and get a 2 step programmed into it.

If you want to launch make sure you slip the clutch and not drop it.