I know amongst us X owners it seems to be a fairly common topic on the forums, so I wanted to make a thread that could gather data on how common it actually is, aswell as how many of us it has/hasn't happend too.

Just post up, how many miles you have, mods, and driving style.

I hope to see pages and pages of people who have not had an issue.

I'll start. No known issue, 27k miles, bolt-ons/tune, driven spirtly everyday.

 

40000 miles since my new motor chain is cool. Knock on wood. Lol

 

30k miles, 3rd motor, still original OEM timing chain, beat the **** outta it we will say.

 

Evo X MR had TBE and Injen intake. Tuned with the first gear limiter removed by COBB 332awhp/314 torque and had no issues 30k kms.

Evo X GSR stock for now 10k kms no issues~

 

Over 500hp I guess it's too much fun not to beat the **** out of her. Lol

 

2010 GSR 25k miles. Stock for the first 15k and bolt ons/tune for the last 10. Regular driving with some spirited driving on occasion, quite a few 600 mile trips done. No issues...knock on wood.

 

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31000 miles 08, driven every day.

 

140,000 kms 2008 GSR SST (JDM) 340 whp odd, modded since 5,000 kms no issue

 

2008 Evo X with a Nov or Dec 07 build date.. I can't remember. DD my Evo but do maintenance early- oil change like every 2500 miles and use AMSoil. I know with some Mazdas the timing chain would fail and the dealer often said it had something to do with extra sludge build up from longer service intervals or something. Little over 39k miles. Drive it fairly hard/spirited driving occasionally.. "I wore out the stock tires around 10k but still have the stock clutch"

Mods: Catback, testpipe, intercooler piping, intercooler, intake, Cobb AP OTS stage 2.

I have no chain problems and I have never had any problems with anything.

 

2008 GSR with 32,000 miles, bolt-ons + tune. I think mine's also a Nov 07 build date.

I DD the car and do 6 or 7 track (road course) weekends a year. No issues yet...

I also do maintenance more frequently than the severe schedule and use Amsoil 5W-30 motor oil.

 

2008 GSR 65k miles, full bolt ons and tune….driven aggressively quite a bit, road raced once at button willow….NO PROBLEMS!!!

 

I should probably mention that I am actually upgrading to the new timing chain from mitsu though. My head has to come off anyway along with the timing chain so it made sense.

 

36,200 miles and no issues. Some aggressive driving, lol.

 

Almost 32k Full bolt ons for the last 20k+ 400awhp+ for the last 2k no problems! I do kinda baby my car though...