My EVO X selected as an R&D car by Forge Motorsport
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I fail to see right now how the parts they are fitting will effect reliability. Note I said they *WON'T* be remapping the car.
Hence unlikely there will be any power increase apart from the FMIC. All they are doing is take possible weak oem/stock parts and uprating them where there is possible weaknesses and for bling.
Warranty wise if something breaks due to a changed item, simple, remove modified item, put stock item back, take car to Mitsubishi.
And if they ask how the fault occurred you say........?
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I had a Forge DV on my old Rover 620ti and it was great, bolt straight to turbo too, so no messy pipe cutting.
Lucky sod
Lucky sod
I say I'm not a mechanic, thats your job.
But warranty does not work like that, the dealership wants the warranty work as they earn good money from it.
All that happens is I turn up at dealership, report the issue, they check it out and if its a clear fault inform HQ who approve the warranty work. If its not that simple they take photos and await HQ to approve the work.
They don't ask why things failed, thats the point of warranty, you turn up and say my car has broke, fix it.
Its been that easy on my last three warranty claims.
1. 2 wheels showing some bubbling but not on the face. Dealership says its not on the face so not covered, I say its corrosion which warranty covers. They say OK we shall take photos and send to HQ. Two weeks later 4 brand new wheels fitted to car FOC.
2. AYC problem, light on in dash, take car in and they diagnose pump issue, 2k to fix and repaired under warranty, took 2 weeks for HQ to send part as was over new year and 1 day to do the job.
3. Paint on arch peeling off, initially had issues due to a previous repair in that area which HQ refused to repair obviously. So I requested dealership do it at their cost, after a convincing argument they agreed to fix at their cost and offered me a new Subaru Sedan STi for a days test drive in the future for causing me stress.
So its actually been rather easy indeed making claims against warranty. Wheels is about £1200, AYC Pump £2200 and painting arch £300. The car is also modified with the exhaust and they say an exhaust does not void warranty unless of course its an exhaust issue in which case Milltek would sort.
Warranty work is very easy as long as you know your rights and are smart and go about it in the right way.
Its been that easy on my last three warranty claims.
1. 2 wheels showing some bubbling but not on the face. Dealership says its not on the face so not covered, I say its corrosion which warranty covers. They say OK we shall take photos and send to HQ. Two weeks later 4 brand new wheels fitted to car FOC.
2. AYC problem, light on in dash, take car in and they diagnose pump issue, 2k to fix and repaired under warranty, took 2 weeks for HQ to send part as was over new year and 1 day to do the job.
3. Paint on arch peeling off, initially had issues due to a previous repair in that area which HQ refused to repair obviously. So I requested dealership do it at their cost, after a convincing argument they agreed to fix at their cost and offered me a new Subaru Sedan STi for a days test drive in the future for causing me stress.
So its actually been rather easy indeed making claims against warranty. Wheels is about £1200, AYC Pump £2200 and painting arch £300. The car is also modified with the exhaust and they say an exhaust does not void warranty unless of course its an exhaust issue in which case Milltek would sort.
Warranty work is very easy as long as you know your rights and are smart and go about it in the right way.
Id be suprised if they questioned the cause of small faults.
It's the big faults talking about lol. Took me months to get my car back on the road.
Anyway enough of this warranty talk lol
Lower temps are always a good thing.
ORLY?
YARLY
Still needs mapping, changing the air intake and intercooler(probably going to be bigger/flow more than standard) will still affect the engine regardless of temps.
If they change intake then yes.
Intercooler I'd say no as surely its no different from a Summers day to a Winter days. In winter the air is more dence and cooler, which is what an FMIC does.
My car does not need remapping from Summer to Winter days.
However all this is done I will get a remap as I've now found an EVO specialist highly recommend who remaps without the need for ECUTEK code, what this means is the hardware at dealership level can't tell the ECU has been mapped meaning warranty is still intact.
I could also go as far as buying my own handheld tuner and play it even safer and simply backup my stock ROM and flash the modified ROM and revert back to stock when taking into dealership.
They can't tell using this method unless Mitsubishi dealership sent the ROM off too HQ to be looked at which is doubtful but to safeguard against that just re-flash the old stock ROM back.
Gonna look into it more but it seems there is a safe and proven way around ECUTEK.
They could use the eye.......
Don't need to dismantle the ECU, just plug it in to my knowledge.
lol i know that. Bet you get the general idea.
A map is nothing but but a file... All files have a creation and modified date.
Not saying anything is going to go wrong with yours... Afterall you'd be heading to a well known/established tuner and not some Thorney'esq cowboy garage!
A map is nothing but but a file... All files have a creation and modified date.
Not saying anything is going to go wrong with yours... Afterall you'd be heading to a well known/established tuner and not some Thorney'esq cowboy garage!
Would not go anywhere near Thorney, go to place that has lots and lots of recommendations and very happy customers with no horror stories.
Would not go anywhere near Thorney, go to place that has lots and lots of recommendations and very happy customers with no horror stories.
As a former Phoney.... Sorry I mean Thorney customer..... I couldnt agree more!