I am having a weird problem with my Evo. It's only 3 months old and I have about 6k miles on it. Well when I am pushing it hard (shifting at 6K) I hear a loud banging sound coming from the rear of the car. It almost sounds like a bowling ball crashing around in my trunk.

If I shift normally or dont really shift fast it doesn't happen. I have to be on it pretty hard to get that sound...

Any ideas??? Luckily I haven't put on the intake or started modding so it's still under warranty but I don't want to go up to the dealer and say "hey when I really dog it, then it starts banging around"...

 

Check your spair tire to see if its bolted down properly , and chekc your jack,
it might be a broken link kit to,
check that .

 

when i pull off hard into traffic i get a funny clunk type sound that seems to come from the right rear..not the trunk though.

 

rear diff

 

Have you had any suspension work done, or does your alignment feel alright? When I had my alignment done, the shop didn't tighten something in the right rear and there was a clunking sound and the alignment was way off.

 

Are you letting the clutch too early or gasing it too soon when you release the clutch? Is it a sound that sounds like something pop out of your exhaust? I remember having that feeling when i test drove a evo 9 @ a dealership. Found out I was letting the clutch go to soon and didn't balance it with the gasing it.

 

ya thats what i was going to say because thats happened in my evo x too

 

The clutch clunking happens to me almost everytime i shift im new to stick and im driving on a heavy duty clutch.

 

Does it sound like the problem I had here? Mine started as only during acceleration, and then progressed until it happened when I went over bumps. It was the end link of the rear sway bar. There have been a good number of Xs exhibit this problem. My thread is here, but there have been others as well:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...600-miles.html