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Ok, so Alex at MAP found my oil leak (drip really) and I guess it is further down than he thought and found out most of the work was done from underneath and the turbo being off didn't help the fix at all. He found that the water pump needed to be taken off to do the fix so I told him since the turbo being off isn't a factor in this I will see if Mitsu will take care of this for me.
My question is this: And dealers more mod friendly than others? I go to the one in BP and they have worked out great and never said anything about my mods, so I was going to try them. Any suggestions guys? |
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I'd take it to Brookdale Mitsu since they're a board sponsor, but it really all comes down to the regional claims rep that can approve/deny anything at all the local dealerships. Just hope you catch him on a good day :) The dealership down here took pictures of just my leaky rear diff seals and I took my car home right away, showed the regional rep the pictures the next day when he was in so he wouldn't see my actual car and everything ended up getting approved. Maybe ask Brookdale if they're willing to do something similar for you? The dealership told me here they would take pictures and show him rather
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Well I will take it to brookdale and see what happens I guess.
The worst they can say is no I guess. Alex at MAP said they can't legally deny it since there is a TSB out for it since they can't prove my mods are to blame. I don't want to get into a huge legal battle for a few hundred bucks so I will just ask nicely:) |
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TSB's have nothing to do with what they're legally obligated to do; the same laws as any other warranty repair apply. TSB's are basically just how-to sheets for common warranty claims. I was able to get Honda to cover a few TSB issues under good-faith after the warranty period on my S2000 expired though.
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Update on the build: My manifold is getting ported tomorrow morning and I will post pictures of the manifold and turbo after they get coated. |
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My cousin once commented that mine might be leaking somewhere back there as well. Ron didn't comment on it when they did my tranny so maybe it was nothing.
Good luck with the claim. I haven't had to bring mine to a dealer yet. Our cars are getting to be very not stock. :D -- Yeah, a service bulletin isn't the same as a recall. |
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Definitely, good luck with the claim! Once in a while Mitsubishi surprises me. Worst case senario you could get the dealership to print it out for you so you know what parts you'll need and how to go about repairing it :D
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But I am interested to see what happens. I will post up the outcome. |
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Yea, my car is officially not really stock anymore, lol. |
Scramble boost!
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26706
So i am thinking about doing this for my second tune when I get my clutch/flywheel in. Cliff Notes: Cruise Control ON - Daily Driving Map, lower boost setting, different timing/mivec settings and different fuel tables. Cruise OFF: UBER MAP: High Boost (in my case 33ish I am thinking), More aggressive MIVEC settings, maybe lean it out a little. This would be used for showing off, tracking, and any form of racing I guess. I think this would be nice so I wouldn't be stressing my engine so much all the time. What do you guys think? Good Idea? Gunzo also has some mivec settings based on gears, but with the FPred's new anti-surge cover, I doubt I would need to change it at all by gear. Would be real nice for Huge turbo's though to spool them up crazy fast. |
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You'd want to use your less aggressive maps for road racing since a lot more heat is created during lap after lap of WOT than just a few second pull down the highway (this is why drag racers can run their tune closer to the edge than road racers can).
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Anyone have recommendations for a wideband? Something that is easy enough to use with ECUflash/Evoscan once I get a tactrix cable eventually.
So it has to have the gauge part too, it looks like the one on tactrix's site is just for logging and no gauge...?? I was leaning towards just the AEM one and then I could get the AEM digital boost gauge too to match (since my 30psi STRI gauge is going to be maxed out here soon). |
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AEM also makes an analog wideband. Thats what I have to go with my AEM analog 35psi boost gauge |
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AEM also makes a 5 bar boost gauge if you're that worried about matching your gauges but maxing out a 3 bar.
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A wideband in general for logging and making sure my shit doesn't blow up:) A new boost gauge since my STRI one maxes at 30psi and I will be going above that more than likely with my second tune in a few weeks - month or so. |
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Just got off the phone with MAP, my car is buttoned up and they are heat cycling the coating's now:)
All went smooth except I guess I have had a leaky injector, well one o-ring wasn't fully seated so it got dried out and is leaking a bit. So they are patching that up and all should be good to go. So for all my modding, only a little bit of a problems (bad o-ring and slight oil leak), not too bad, knocking on wood now. Can't wait for tuning tomorrow, i really hope the stock clutch holds. i will post up some pics of the AFPR install/engine bay and manifold and turbo since they have been coated. |
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