To understand why I am asking this requires a little background of myself. I am 16 and have never really been into cars. I knew a few things like more hp is better but thats about it. This was my situation untill my dad offered to buy me a car and I fell in love with the Lightning Yellow 2002 Lancer OZ Rally in the lot of my local Mitsu dealer. I know more about cars than i did 7 months ago but just enough to get by. So what I want to know is what all of you would do to make your Lancers the fastest and most Pimp cars on the road. You know what I mean, a real head turner. Just in case you didnt catch that before I am asking WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO YOUR LANCER TO MAKE IT THE FASTEST CAR ON THE BLOCK?!? Money is not an issue with me so go as expensive or as cheap as you want, I just ask for POWER!

 

Slash everyone else's tires.

EDIT: Aside from EXTENSIVE and complete overhauls and rebuilds the Lancer won't be the fastest car on the block anytime soon. In fact it won't even be the fastest 4cyl on the block most likely. It's proving to be a good platform for tuning. It takes pretty well to (so far only low amounts of) boost and basic bolt-ons add noticably to its acceleration (but not so much its numbers).

The best way to learn has always been part reading, but mostly hands on in my experience. If you know how to turn a wrench then you can do basic mods like Intake and exhaust, but you won't see large power gains from them. My advice would be to start small. Car makers are have a predetermined purpose when they start selling a model. The USDM Lancer is a grocery getter as much, if not moreso, than the Civic. The biggest difference being our comparative lack of aftermarket performance parts. Yes, grocery getters can be made fast, but don't expect it to come easily or cheaply.

If you really know nothing about cars I'd say to read up and learn. I'll give my obligatory How Stuff Works link and say "happy reading".

Welcome to the forums.

 

Hahaha...best n00b post ever.

 

I should have chosen my words more carefully. I have understood from day one that I wasnt getting the best or fastest car. I jsut want to make it faster. As of now I want to find a way to get it up to 200hp and after that Ill see. My main concern is looks right now. So based in that is there any other advice you can give me?

PS: Thanks for the link...know I know how a pickpocket works.

 

The easiest route to 200hp at the flywheel is turbocharging. I'm not saying you shouldn't, but I'm not saying you should. It's a sorta big step. I'll stand by my advice of doing bolt ons for the time being though. Know your car before you mess with it. It's infinitely better to know what's going on with your car than to pay someone else to know.

Intake and exhaust are bolt-ons a trained ape with a wrench set could do, they'll add a bit of power (seriously just a bit, but you'll feel it in your driving), and they'll give you an idea of what you're in for.

I think some of the best advice I can think of would be to know your car, map out goals for it, make sure they work in theory, ask people about them to see if they think they'll work, and then do the actual mods. That's just me.

 

I have been looking for a good turbo for my car but cant find one anywhere. Do you know of a site that has them for the Lancer?

 

www.roadracemotorsports.com

They currently only do installs on turbo setups but soon enough they will me making mass production kits. The install is only practical if you can get to Sante Fe Springs, CA.

 

change the color of yout turn signal bulbs and change the side marker light colors.
that would turn heads

 

Or just roll eyes.

If you're gonna do show mods...get the big ones done and outta the way I'd say.

 

Turbo with all the goodies

 

where is palm coast?

 

I'll say one recommendation since you're young, looking for cheap mods for high hp, and some show..... Best thing for show is to purchase some nice set of rims (work hard during the summer).

Then in the winter work some more and get NOS, 50 shot would be safe ...for now ~SQUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZEEEEEEEEE~

 

First get a holt of an engine, or front clip from a late model Evolution. 4G94 out, 4G63 in. Then get a JUN stroker kit for 2.3L of displacement, then possibly a Greddy T-78 turbo, Tien coilovers, a KAAZ limited slip, a 150 shot direct port nitrous system (just in case) and a set of Volk wheels. For the show part, a Kaminari kit, projector beams, Phillips HID system, and APR carbon fiber wing. I think all of this can be done for about $20K-30K. Then go out looking for Vipers.

Oh...you mean you're dad won't let you void the warranty on that new car he just bought you?

Then relax, and get yourself an Injen intake and a set of Tenzos. And read through the rest of the posts and wait for parts like the rest of us.

 

sigh.....must be nice to be born with a silver spoon in your ***

if it's TRULY not an issue take your damned new car to a shop and tell them to make it the fastest thing and leave it there for a while and buy yourself another NEW car or even a beater till they're done

but more then likely it is an issue and you're just talking out of your ***, so slap on an intake, headers and exhaust and if you're not totally satified wiht your "high performance" OZ rims get some new ones.......god forbid.....some 20's or something disgusting like that

and then just pretend that you and your cannon exhaust are the fastest thing on the road and everytime you lost you weren't trying.....a la civic drivers

I'm done, tirade over

 

I'd buy some stickers. Each one adds 5-8 horses and shaves a second off your time. The bigger they are the faster you go and more heads turn. Thats if you wanna be a ricer.