What's up y'all, i just got my new oz lancer like two days ago, yellow with special oz black and yello leather! I am wondering if i would feel/hear any difference if i decided to go with the rrm high flow cat pipe as my first mod or if i will only notice it when i do the exhaust and the intake later?

 

i dunno man....the cat is pretty restrictive but you have nothing else freeing up the flow. I'd say either go with an intake first....then do the exhaust section....header/midpipe/test pipe/muffler. that's just what i would do. i have the injen intake and custom exhaust. stock cat and stock headers. when i buy headers im just going to replace the rest of the stock exhaust system.

 

Engine upgrade path for the Lancer!!
1.Intake
2. Exhaust
3. Test pipe
4. Throttle Body


ROAD/RACE

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yeah ROB!!!! can't wait for the test pipe to come, too bad it won't be here in time for my trip into the mountains tomorrow. Thanks anyways

 

thanks guys, i was just wondering, cause it's the cheapest so i could doit now

 

Keep the mountains green, not black with smog.

What am I turning into a hippie or something?

I know it's a lotta money to dump at once and tb isn't totally necessary, but it's kidna good idea to get the tb and intake at the same time if you're lazy (like me) so you only have to do the install once. If you're not lazy, the tb can wait indefinitely.

 

and wouldn't you have to port the tb to the intake manifold?

 

Porting the TB itself will do you little good since you can only open the aperture before you have to build a new unit. As for the manifold, apparently the Lancer doesn't like it since it doesn't know what the hell to do with it all until proper head and block work is done ($), at least according to RMR.

 

oh okay. i was kinda hesitant to get the tb cuz it seemed it would be useless without porting the manifold. hmmm, maybe i'll get one now.

 

Disagree with RMR on that. Guys with T.B. all say they noticed improved performance. Manifold has long runners for more bottom end power. The intake ports are big and clean for(relative) stock stuff.

ROAD/RACE

http://www.roadracemotorsports.com/

 

interestingly enough, the big elk fire (bout 15 miles from my p's house) was caused by a failed cat converter from an offroading cj7 last week. thank god it rained tuesday, and it ended quickly. a plane crashed starting another fire and killing two aboard trying to put it out. weird stuff.

I'm not gonna shoot flames out of the sohc lancer am I? any risk of somethin like that I should know about?

 

silverr6, you cant run fast if you cant breathe. the factory intake box is pretty restrictive and it sits right next to the hot engine. you want to take that air from outside the engine bay. firsth thing you want is a cold air intake. preferably ceramic cos its better insulated than steel. figure that if every 10degrees colder the air is you get about 1whp. and by taking the air from the road you will have colder air, and more of it. this is fairly inexpensive. you can find no-name ones for around 150-200, but i would say go with someone you know you can trust, AEM or injen. they are the best.

now that you are done with breathing in, you gotta breathe out, expand your exhaust pipes...not too much, you're only running a hundred hp engine. go with something that will flow nice like 2-2 1/4" piping, and get a free flowing exhaust. there are many with different sounds and different tips...the smaller the tip the smaller the sound (usually). dont go with the test pipe, just go with a cat-back system. also part of the exhaust is your header, a little more expensive, but easy as hell...anyone can replace a header...

once your done with the easy stuff go onto something expensive...wait till the warrantee is up though for anything major...*cough* turbo *cough*