Had an intermittent problem this week with the Evo III. Only happened a couple of times but am just a little concerned incase it gets worse.So I'll turn the key to start the engine and the fuel pump will start (I can hear behind me) but no spark/ignition/nothing. If I stop and turn the key...

Quick question for you guys out there. Finally got moving in the car again, bit when I turn left (mainly) or right I get a rotational rubbing sound from the front left brakes somewhere. It carries on a little after I straighten up but then goes away. But if I put just a little pressure on the...

Needing a bit of advice here about where to start looking for a little niggle I've found recently.First off, I park my Evo III on a slight incline (very slight). Right that's about as much background information as you need I think! After the car's been parked (say, overnight) I'll start...

OK, I'm pretty much at a wits end with this car and its myriad of problems. The latest is one that has now happened on both sides of the car, but happened pretty gradually. I've found the lower control arm to be touching the brake disc. It's not hugely pushing into it, but is making an...

OK, so I've now got a fully filled mission which isn't leaking, filled with Redline 75W90. Also have got a transfer case filled with Heavyweight Shockproof.In the past few weeks (possibly since the Heavyweight Shockproof fill, but not 100% sure). I've noticed an intermittent noise from the...

I got under the car yesterday and noticed that there was a pretty significant amount of engine oil covering the underside of the mission and up along the front of it. I lookedI noticed that the turbo feed line where it went into the turbo (a HX-40) had a little wetness around it. Maybe as...

Haven't got on the gas in a couple of months in my car, but finally got around to it today. First run it just felt a little sluggish for some reason. so I turned round, plugged in ECMLink and did a logged run.Both runs were from 2,000rpm at WOT. Injector duty is way down, boost is way...

Working through the possible causes to my slow spool at the moment and have come to my dual wastegates. First off, yes they are XS Power ones so I'll prepare myself for the backlash right now. Do bear with me though.One of them is working fine, but am having a slight issue with the other...

OK, first off I'm running a SD setup which I'm still learning my way around (haven't even played with the VE tables and not sure if I should). And I'm also using the car in forced open loop, as I like to cruise with my AFRs pretty lean, and I like a lean idle (17-18) so I get a nice sounding...

OK, just got my car back after being 6 weeks at the bodyshop, and something is defintiely not right. I had a fuel leak initially near the FPR but fixed that. But here in a nutshell is my situation:At idle I am idling at around 15.3, give or take as it goes up and down a little. When...

I am just about to finish my car build which has included installing a Blitz SBC-iD boost controller and dual wastegates. I have been looking at the English manual and it says that the IN port on the solenoid goes to a pressure source before the throttle body, the OUT port going to the top part...

Ordered a 3" v-band setup from Ebay for the downpipe I'm making up, and the flanges pictured had the male/female lip combo (like the Vibrant ones). They've sent me the normal flat finished type of flange though. Contacted them and they sent me the same type again. They said I can keep both...

Doing a little more work on my car today and was going to look about fitting the button/handle mechanism to my Apexi Exhaust Control Valve. When I picked it up to put it in though the inner lock button dropped out of the main handle along with the spring. I put it back in but it will just drop...

Wondered if anyone can offer a quick answer to this. Am working something out in my head regarding these cams and need to know if they are symmetrical or asymmetrical (i.e. do they open more aggressively than they close - excuse the huge simplification).Does anyone know off-hand?

OK, with my turbo still in transit (apparently the last pack donkey the strapped it to and pushed into the Pacific on it's way to Japan drowned somewhere off the coast of Hawaii, so it's still in transit) I am left to look at the engine bay of my Evo III and try to work things out in my head...

Getting a radiator custom made for the Evo, and have a choice of a 2-pass or 4-pass radiator. Now my natural instinct would be to choose 4-pass, but that's based solely on me thinking that bigger numbers have got to be better(!).Which one would offer me better cooling? I'm guessing there...

As part of my pretty crazy build with an Evo III, I'm having to go smaller on the radiator in my car. Of course, a/c is getting removed to improve airflow and give me a little space, but I'm really gonna be pushed for space. The radiator I'm looking for ideally would be 26" long x 12.5" high x...

Back in February I bought my 2nd early Evo, a 1995 Evo III with more issues that your average Japanese woman. Picked the car up for $500 and I thought it was just a blown headgasket, but as is often the case, as I got deeper into it I found more and more problems. Took about 4 months of work...

Back in February I bought my 2nd early Evo, a 1995 Evo III with more issues that your average Japanese woman. Picked the car up for $500 and I thought it was just a blown headgasket, but as is often the case, as I got deeper into it I found more and more problems. Took about 4 months of work...

I know this has been asked in a different guise before but bear with me as my setup is a little different.Got a relatively crazy build in progress at the moment for my Evo drag daily driver. I'm going for a 17cm housed HX-40 with a top-mount manifold and all the trimmings in my Evo III. To...

Well this is something new to me, and very annoying. Got in the car this morning (1995 Evo III with a 4G63T in it) and was going to head down to the bodyshop to get a quote for some work. Started the car up and it didn't want to idle as normal. Sounded a bit like a diesel engine and vacuum...

Have been offered this pretty interesting setup at a killer price from a guy I know. It's an Evo X turbo setup comprising of the following: Evo X turbo Manifold Elbow/downpipe All hoses (water, oil feed, oil drain) HKS induction kit Top J pipeLooks pretty interesting as you can see...

Got a coolant leak that's kicking my ass and wondered if you guys can offer me any ideas. So I've rebuilt my Evo III 4G63 engine and it's all running fine now except for the fact that when it's hot it is dripping some coolant. I've got under the car and had a look where the drips are coming...

Have finally got the engine running and running semi-right in my Evo III, but I've got one thing that keeps running through my head and it's about the coolant.I made sure the system has no leaks in it now and it seems to be airtight. Filled the radiator and started the car (keeping radiator...

Have been OK, I bought this Evo III which had a blown headgasket and a few other issues too. The engine would fire up and idle ok, but had a water pump leak and had bubbling coolant after warmup. So I took it apart, replaced the pistons and rods with ones out of an Evo VIII, replaced water...

Have recently bought another Evo 3 which had a blown headgasket and broken water pump among other things. Anyway, I started cleaning the head up today. Still need my machine guy to take a straight edge to it and make sure it's good though. Got around halfway cleaning the head and it's coming up...

I have my own thoughts but want to get others first who might be able to confirm either way. When taking my head off the 4G63 on this Evo III I've just bought I found these markings on the cams. Is this the standard marking on a stock camshaft, or is it some sort of aftermarket one?

To be honest, I was perfectly happy with my 660cc Alto Works, and once this little oil leak is sorted out on it it'll run fine. But then I went to see a friend of mine about a week or so ago and saw the car he was either trying to sell or part out. Straight away I realised there was no way a...

The Omega Drags was The last racing event of 2009 in Okinawa and unsurprisingly, I was a spectator for this event. And to be honest, as long as I have the Alto Works that's all I will be. People keep asking me why I don't pick up another early Evo; a model of car I know quite a bit about and...

All the quick driving I do and I wreck the car going at normal road speed on a daily drive home. Was close to my home on a normal drive. Doing about 45 and approached a 90 degree turn going left turn. the road was wet but not huge puddles or anything. Dabbed the brakes and turned as normal...

Have been trying to diagnose a rich idle problem this evening and I worked my way to my Sard FPR. Checked vacuum lines for any tears or cuts (didn't see any from first glance), and then set to work on checking the fuel pressure. Pulled the vacuum line off and surprisingly the fuel pressure...

Had this issue for a while now and wondered if I could get some opinions on it. My shifter has a good 2" of play/slop of front-back on it which is really frustrating. Have replaced the bushes with the Cusco shift linkage kit but that didn't do anything for this sort of play. Is there any way I...

Was trying to diagnose a slight light knocking/rattle noise coming from directly behind me (as in the driver's seat), and dropped under the car to take a look at the suspension. Couldn't see anything loose but I did see the rear link assembly attached to the sway bar looking like this...

One of the features of the new version of ECMLink that might be implemented is narrowband simulation. The idea is that you use your wideband O2 sensor in the stock O2 housing location in place of the normal O2 sensor and that controls everything as well as logging your AFRs. However, am a...

Man, that was a hot day! I've been to a few drag events where I've come home with sunburn but after this one I just felt completely dehydrated (despite drinking over 4l of water) and worn out. Temperatures of 33C or more and 90% humidity at a minimum with almost no shelter meant that in order...

Just got a new bit of code for my ECU (stock ECU, but using the Ostrich realtime chip emulator) and I'm pretty keen to have a play with it this coming Sunday at the latest drag race tournament here in Okinawa. I had been using a normal launch control code on my ECU set at 5,500 on the street...

Slightly bizarre question, but what's the weight of a stock single rear lower control arm (aka a rear bottom arm)? Trying to work out the potential shipping cost for one of these but have no idea what the weight is going to be.Cheers in advance :)

Quick GM MAF question for you folks. Will be running the MAF in blow-through mode once it's all set up and installed. I'm going to cut the metal dividers as suggested but was wondering if I should keep or do away with the mesh that's in front of the sensor wires. It is a protector I suppose...

Quick question here as I've just got my hands on a MAF Translator GenII along with a GM MAF. But doing some research and now I have the impression that with this MAF Translator I could actually ditch the MAF sensor and go MAP sensor. Am I right in thinking I could do this?From what I can...

OK, so the timing light looks to match the marks on the lower cambelt cover with mark(s) on the crankshaft pulley. And the crank pulley is bolted on by 4 bolts. So is it possible for the crankshaft pulley to be 90* off, meaning that you'll not be able to get the timing lined up with the...

Am having something of a first on my site and wanted to give you guys on here a heads-up about it. Am having a competition to win the excellent How To Build Max Performance 4g63t Engines by Robert Bowen. I've already written a review of it on my site and was well impressed on the whole. And...

This damn rebuild is one step forward and then a giant leap back coupled with a kick to the groin. Taking the timing belt off before and you might have read that the timing belt tensioner "special tool" I'd made was feeling a little tight to unscrew, so I elected to wait until the head came off...

OK, as part of my rebuild I'm obviously going to need a new headgasket, and am currently working out which one. Okinawa (where I live) has no machine shops to speak of and I don't want to send the head or block away to either the mainland or the States for machinework as this is pretty much a...

Was working yesterday on getting my engine beheaded, so to speak, and reached a bit of a wall on the timing belt side. Everything else I think is good to go but the timing belt is still on which has obviously got to come off. I'm not going to be changing the timing belt as it's only done about...

So I'm going to be taking my first look at the engine at the moment with a view to removing piston 3, checking there is no damage to the cylinder wall and getting a replacement thrown in there. However, I've heard conflicting stories about how I can do that. Some have said I can actually go...

Have to state first that according to the USDM CAPS system this particular issue doesn't occur with 1G or 2Gs, but I thought you guys might still be able to offer some light on the situation. Even with the Mitsubishi CAPS parts system, this particular one is kicking my behind. Am trying to find...

Looking for a set of lightweight wheels for a friend which have the following specs:17x8, 4x114, 25-30 offsetWe're having a hell of a job finding anything at all that matches that. Any ideas folks?

As some of you might have read, I went through piston 3 last Thursday night (see here) and so am in the market for a rebuild. Given the complete lack of any 4G63 engines in Okinawa that aren't riddled with crankwalk beyond saviour, I'm going to have to hope there isn't any big damage/scoring to...

Was driving home tonight and close to home I put my foot down. Felt a little sluggish going into boost and then like it was misfiring. I let off and got the short distance to home. Turned the car off and opened the hood. Valve cover has a bunch of oil over it, as well as other places in the...

Got a friend with an Evo III who's encountering a strange problem. He's currently using an Eeprom chip (I believe from DSM Chips) which has been made for the Evo III. As part of the chip's code, a launch control feature has been implemented at 5,700rpm. The launch control works great... in...