'03 BBY Evo

[1QUICK4]

Shitty man, are either of the cam alignment pins broken?

Give me a ring if you need help putting her back together

[Kurdy]

Sorry to hear man!

[HiImBrian]

Dude Brad that sucks man! This is just a sign that you should build the motor and turn this car into your new "tin can". How you explained what happen sorta sounds like how I blew up my subaru...weird

[sleepydsm]

BRAD:
How many Evo timing belts had you done before doing your own?

As someone who personally is more familiar with DSMs, I had helped a friend do his Evo Timing belt. Did it exactly as you would a DSM, and didn't understand why the belt had too much slop in it. Realized, oops, The eccentric tensioner pulley GOES THE OPPOSITE way than on a DSM. I made that mistake, but caught it after scratching my head why the belt seemed a little loose. Could that be a possibility?

[C3L1CA]

I've done zero evo timing belts but when it was put together the belt was not loose in the slightest and didn't make any strange noises for the 3 weeks I had been driving it and the close to 3k miles I put on it since doing the timing belt.

I also did the put the pin back in the tensioner after spinning the motor over and letting it sit 3 times to be sure there was the right tension on it. Who knows, probably my mess up at something but it just really blows.

[scheides]

Holy eff dude, this is not how its supposed to be. :(

[A//// Guy]

Man that sucks dude, mitsus are dying all over!

[Murlo26]

Man that sucks dude, mitsus are dying all over!

Seems to be a spring thing...same thing happened last year at this time.

This truly does suck though, you just got the evo...sad times man :(

[awd-drifter]

damn, those mitsu gods do not appreciate us right now :( sad to see that

[C3L1CA]

Yea it kinda sucks but I think I'll pull the motor tonight and see if the block and lower end are messed up beyond repair. If it doesn't look too bad I'll get a parts list over to Shane and see what the $ damage could be or buy a beater to get to work in and build it as I get the extra money. All I know is a need a car asap though as riding my motorcycle to work this morning in the rain and it being like high 30's wasn't fun.

I think I'll keep it though and make it a little more fun in the process. I missed the power of my 2g anyways but do like being able to turn, have 4 doors, heat/ac and most of all a radio. I didn't think this project thread would be updated very often, boy was I wrong. haha