Another DSM goes for a WALK!!!

Yup you guessed it. My newly rebuilt 7 block has crankwalked on me at 600 miles. It was making a noise and I couldnt figure out what it was. I took it down to my friend at Mitsubishi and he said it sounded like a rod bearing. Last night I was on my way home and took a left hand turn at a decent speed and the clutch pedal hit the floor. I still need to get underneath it and take it apart to be 100% sure that it walked but I am 95% sure that its done for. So now its time for a 6 Bolt swap it looks like. I am trying to decide which way I want to go as far as doing it though. I would like to just do a stock 6 bolt block for now. I dont know if trying to find a 6 bolt short block or long block in good shape and at a decent price. The only thing is that I dont know about buying an engine from a private party is really the best idea. I was thinking of just buying a long block from one of the JDM motor importing companies for a used long block from a GVR-4. I think that this might be the easiest way to go but what do you guys think?

It walked already!? Geezus christ, there's got to be something seriously wrong with either the block or the crank then if it did it already.

My newly rebuilt 7 block has crankwalked on me at 600 miles.


*runs to take a cold shower to get thoughts of buying another DSM anytime soon outta his head*

*runs to take a cold shower to get thoughts of buying another DSM anytime soon outta his head*

....pussy. :lol::lol::cwm27:

As long as its from a 90-92.5 then its a 6 bolt and I would definetly build it... Fooling around with the 7 bolts is just askin for trouble.


Wait a minute... Didn't somebody else build a 7 bolt here too?


Fools... :nono: lol




6 bolt FTW!!! :p

Sorry bout your luck dude. Time to join the 6 bolt club like the rest of us. :naughty:

Damn dude, that sucks. Good luck on the 6 bolt build.

Sorry to heard that, my talon 151k mile still running strong, I pray every day that engine dont die on me, until I save up enought money for 6bolt engine, btw that act 2600 is your problem.

i kno an ebay company that sells motor and tranny and i will find them at a later time and deff suggest you purchase off of them if your looking for a JDM supplier... i bought a tranny of them for 450$ and that bitch didnt slip or grind no matter how fast you shifted! even going into first gear nothing! lol im not sure how their motors are but im sure they are alright...

jdmenginescorp <------- ebay ID

how do i look up ebay id ? im also lookibg for a cyclone engine too.

how do i look up ebay id ? im also lookibg for a cyclone engine too.

Click on the Community button at the top, then type in their ebay username.

As long as its from a 90-92.5 then its a 6 bolt and I would definetly build it... Fooling around with the 7 bolts is just askin for trouble.


Wait a minute... Didn't somebody else build a 7 bolt here too?


Fools... :nono: lol




6 bolt FTW!!! :p

Sorry bout your luck dude. Time to join the 6 bolt club like the rest of us. :naughty:

MY 7bolt is built muhahahaha

600miles.... Vicious

measure crank endplay

I swore I had walked, had ALL the symptoms. turns out I didn't.

Hmmmm, lets see, who was it that was giving me shit for pushing 6 bolt 1g's? :p

I was going to say you could go the route of my buddy Eric. He is going to get an MR2 when he finds a decently priced one. Then he is going to order a JDM rear clip and get a whole new drive train for it. You may be able to do this for a Evo I, II, or III clip. IIRC, the Evo 7 bolts didnt have the problems that USDM ones did. I would do a 6 bolt swap if I were you, but they can get expensive, I just wanted to put up another option.

....pussy. :lol::lol::cwm27:

And pround of it! :rofl: I would have a heart attack and a stroke rolled in one if my motor did that to me at 700 miles. And I'm only 23, hahaha.

You are what you eat right Shpyder...hahaha...

So I guess I really should get in there and make sure for sure that it is like Crunchy said. I was really pissed off at it last night and I didnt even really want to look at it. I would be freakin ridiculously happy if that is the case. But having the clutch hit the floor like that I think is the for sure sign.

I have been looking around at the JDM motors that are available and most are from GVR-4s...there is one website that offers the EVO 3 motor with the yellow 510cc injectors but they want more for that one. I am going to stick with the 6 bolt. Hopefully it wont be too bad of a swap since most of those motors come with most of the needed accessories. I am sure I will replace a few of them just to be safe.

I am not the only person either to have the problem after a fresh rebuild. There are a ton of letters and emails written in to RRE on their website about people who have crankwalked and there was one guy on there that went through 3 motors and all of them walked within like 1000 miles...crazy stuff

You are what you eat right Shpyder...hahaha...




hmmm....in that case, I should be a MILF :smooch: hahahaha:iceslolan

hmmm....in that case, I should be a MILF :smooch: hahahaha:iceslolan

you already are:wink:

yeah make I'm crossing my fingers it's not walk.

Mine did everything, including clutch falling on left turns and everything. Turned out it wasn't anywhere near walking.

yeah make I'm crossing my fingers it's not walk.

Mine did everything, including clutch falling on left turns and everything. Turned out it wasn't anywhere near walking.

what did it end up being like the master cylinder?

what did it end up being like the master cylinder?

slave cylinder

POS threw me for a loop that's for sure :grinyes:

I'm having DSM withdrawals. I still can't take my sig down.

Wait a minute... Didn't somebody else build a 7 bolt here too?



I built one ;) runs sweet so far, had over 100k before my major rebuild and i checked for any play and was pretty much the same as from factory :grinyes:

So now my new engine has roughly 3,600 miles on it and still nothing, i checked it before i put the car up for the winter.

I just thought it was a little creepy that Killa called Shpyder a MILF. Weird. Good luck on a fix for the crank-walk-a-thon.

I just thought it was a little creepy that Killa called Shpyder a MILF. Weird.

haha Killa dosn't know what he is talking about sometimes

I just thought it was a little creepy that Killa called Shpyder a MILF. Weird.

Hey, it's Killa. :icon16:

So today I finally decided to check the endplay on the crank. So I jacked the car up and pulled off the splash shield right there and put a crowbar between the pully and the body and had my friend push the clutch in and holy shit...I couldnt believe how much it moved...I didnt measure it but it was like a 1/4 inch...I pretty much already knew that it was crank walk so its not like I wasnt expecting it...Luckily I called a friend of mine in town that has had a few dsm's and he has a extra 6 bolt short block that he isnt using so he is going to sell it to me for $150....I couldnt believe it...he says he thinks he as a CAS that he can sell to me too....so I got really lucky coming up on all that... So I need a little help too. I have been looking around and have found a lot of write ups but all of them seem to be about doing a full 6 bolt and head swap...I am going to keep my head and so does know of a good write up for doing the block only swap? I already know a lot of the stuff that I have isnt going to fit like my head studs and Rod Bolts so if anyone would be interested in those pm me. There is only 600 miles on them. Also I was thinking of making a video to post on here about how to check for crankwalk. I figured since I have it then it will be easier to show somone how to check it. Then if anyone wants to know if they have crankwalk I think it would be a good referance. What do you guys think?

:flipa: :popcorn:

Damn dude, that sucks. If you want, I have a plethora of spare 6 bolt shit. I have a full extra head, intake mani, exhaust mani, coil, CAS, ECU (non EPROM), harness (unless Defiancy moves his ass :p), tranny, t case, and a bunch of other random shit if you want it, only thing is it'll be beginning of May before I can get at any of it. I think the only things that I dont have is a block and a crank, I think the ones in the purple car are all fucked up from when it spun a bearing. If you want any of it, just shoot me a PM and we can get something worked out.