2.4l Lancer GTS w/ Ralliart turbo kit options
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Absolutely. They even had a website with a "Coming Soon!" banner for ralliart upgrades. It was obviously a ploy to get people to buy the base lancers. Sometimes its a lot cheaper for a company to offer a glimpse of hope and get sales then to actually go through with it.
Let's think about it. Take a GTS, add a turbo charger at a dealership. This will cause excessive wear on the tranny, axles, everything! Let's not forget emissions and safety testing etc. Mitsu would never enter into this because its going to cost them tons and tons of warranty issues and stupid kids blowing trannies and overheating their unbelievably traction-less fwd lancers.
Also, have you ever spoken to mitsu techs before? Some have been wonderful, others will give you the wrong oil filter and not even know the correct intervals for maintenance! I would never want to a run of the mill mitsu tech installing a turbocharger on an NA vehicle without sufficient performance background. Neither would Mitsu.
Now, I am totally not against RRM or other aftermarket turbo upgrades. Why? Because everyone who goes this route USUALLY knows what they are getting themselves into. A turbo lancer could be great fun, but only if someone has researched the hell out of what they expect from their car and what needs to be done with car.
I would love to see Ralliart suspension upgrades though.
Let's think about it. Take a GTS, add a turbo charger at a dealership. This will cause excessive wear on the tranny, axles, everything! Let's not forget emissions and safety testing etc. Mitsu would never enter into this because its going to cost them tons and tons of warranty issues and stupid kids blowing trannies and overheating their unbelievably traction-less fwd lancers.
Also, have you ever spoken to mitsu techs before? Some have been wonderful, others will give you the wrong oil filter and not even know the correct intervals for maintenance! I would never want to a run of the mill mitsu tech installing a turbocharger on an NA vehicle without sufficient performance background. Neither would Mitsu.
Now, I am totally not against RRM or other aftermarket turbo upgrades. Why? Because everyone who goes this route USUALLY knows what they are getting themselves into. A turbo lancer could be great fun, but only if someone has researched the hell out of what they expect from their car and what needs to be done with car.
I would love to see Ralliart suspension upgrades though.
i do think although that it is possible that they will offer this turbo in the lancers and warrenty it though..but theres always a catch if they do this im sure that it wont be fully coverd it will be a short term LIMITED warrenty if so. so say a 3 year 20,000 LIMITED warrenty not covering engine blows or think that would be caused from abuse of the turbo somthing along those lines for example
do i think they will start this soon? no but i do think eventually with the tuners growing by the thousands..that mitsubishi will respond in some way
some good points..
i do think although that it is possible that they will offer this turbo in the lancers and warrenty it though..but theres always a catch if they do this im sure that it wont be fully coverd it will be a short term LIMITED warrenty if so. so say a 3 year 20,000 LIMITED warrenty not covering engine blows or think that would be caused from abuse of the turbo somthing along those lines for example
do i think they will start this soon? no but i do think eventually with the tuners growing by the thousands..that mitsubishi will respond in some way
i do think although that it is possible that they will offer this turbo in the lancers and warrenty it though..but theres always a catch if they do this im sure that it wont be fully coverd it will be a short term LIMITED warrenty if so. so say a 3 year 20,000 LIMITED warrenty not covering engine blows or think that would be caused from abuse of the turbo somthing along those lines for example
do i think they will start this soon? no but i do think eventually with the tuners growing by the thousands..that mitsubishi will respond in some way
Good point! I definitely think Mitsu should/will find a way to cash in more on the demand for aftermarket tuning. I'm not talking about catering stock cars to tuners, they have already done so (come on, think "OZ Rally" God what a joke). But I could easily see a limited, special warranty offered for performance upgrades.
I would like to see each trim level of the lancer completely capable of a parts swap. I know in the UK Ralliart will upgrade your base car with compatible parts from higher end vehicles. I dont know the differences between the 4b11 found on the base lancer as opposed to the evo's turbo variant, but perhaps making the drivetrain identical sans the turbo could make this very possible.
I have actually driven the 2.4 Lancer. Be it only about half a mile at low speeds, but I have been in it. I cannot speak as to the possibility of a turbo option as I was not aware of this.
IMO
Mitsu is not going to want to cannibalize sales of the RA by offering an aftermarket turbo kit for the base lancer/gts/2.4 gts. By the time all is said and done the kit would cost approx 5-6K, putting it right in RA territory anyway. Just my take on it of course.
Mitsu is not going to want to cannibalize sales of the RA by offering an aftermarket turbo kit for the base lancer/gts/2.4 gts. By the time all is said and done the kit would cost approx 5-6K, putting it right in RA territory anyway. Just my take on it of course.
i started this thread in response to "what a dealer told me" I totally agree that it would make ZERO sense to put a 3-6K turbo kit on a 19K langer gts, because what you get is a new RA,
what excited me was the possibility of a base lancer with 2.4liter engine say starting a 14K, and when combined with 3-6K turbo kit, you would not break or bearely brake the 20K, and that would make sense since RA will be starting out at 25.
If that were the case, which i now think is NOT going to happen, Mitsu would have had 3 turbo charged cars at 20, 25+, and 33+ K price points (2.4 lancer w/turbo kit would be a 2-wd car) and that would have made a total sense from market coverage perspective
what excited me was the possibility of a base lancer with 2.4liter engine say starting a 14K, and when combined with 3-6K turbo kit, you would not break or bearely brake the 20K, and that would make sense since RA will be starting out at 25.
If that were the case, which i now think is NOT going to happen, Mitsu would have had 3 turbo charged cars at 20, 25+, and 33+ K price points (2.4 lancer w/turbo kit would be a 2-wd car) and that would have made a total sense from market coverage perspective
IMO
Mitsu is not going to want to cannibalize sales of the RA by offering an aftermarket turbo kit for the base lancer/gts/2.4 gts. By the time all is said and done the kit would cost approx 5-6K, putting it right in RA territory anyway. Just my take on it of course.
Mitsu is not going to want to cannibalize sales of the RA by offering an aftermarket turbo kit for the base lancer/gts/2.4 gts. By the time all is said and done the kit would cost approx 5-6K, putting it right in RA territory anyway. Just my take on it of course.
i started this thread in response to "what a dealer told me" I totally agree that it would make ZERO sense to put a 3-6K turbo kit on a 19K langer gts, because what you get is a new RA,
what excited me was the possibility of a base lancer with 2.4liter engine say starting a 14K, and when combined with 3-6K turbo kit, you would not break or bearely brake the 20K, and that would make sense since RA will be starting out at 25.
If that were the case, which i now think is NOT going to happen, Mitsu would have had 3 turbo charged cars at 20, 25+, and 33+ K price points (2.4 lancer w/turbo kit would be a 2-wd car) and that would have made a total sense from market coverage perspective
what excited me was the possibility of a base lancer with 2.4liter engine say starting a 14K, and when combined with 3-6K turbo kit, you would not break or bearely brake the 20K, and that would make sense since RA will be starting out at 25.
If that were the case, which i now think is NOT going to happen, Mitsu would have had 3 turbo charged cars at 20, 25+, and 33+ K price points (2.4 lancer w/turbo kit would be a 2-wd car) and that would have made a total sense from market coverage perspective
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i started this thread in response to "what a dealer told me" I totally agree that it would make ZERO sense to put a 3-6K turbo kit on a 19K langer gts, because what you get is a new RA,
what excited me was the possibility of a base lancer with 2.4liter engine say starting a 14K, and when combined with 3-6K turbo kit, you would not break or bearely brake the 20K, and that would make sense since RA will be starting out at 25.
If that were the case, which i now think is NOT going to happen, Mitsu would have had 3 turbo charged cars at 20, 25+, and 33+ K price points (2.4 lancer w/turbo kit would be a 2-wd car) and that would have made a total sense from market coverage perspective
what excited me was the possibility of a base lancer with 2.4liter engine say starting a 14K, and when combined with 3-6K turbo kit, you would not break or bearely brake the 20K, and that would make sense since RA will be starting out at 25.
If that were the case, which i now think is NOT going to happen, Mitsu would have had 3 turbo charged cars at 20, 25+, and 33+ K price points (2.4 lancer w/turbo kit would be a 2-wd car) and that would have made a total sense from market coverage perspective
i dont know if money was an issue for everyone here...but i could have afforeded a ralliart if i would have waited..just the insurance was the problem..paying another 200$ per month for a turbocharged car would be like another car note...so paying the insurance im paying now..and having a turbo'd car..thats why i would spend 5k on a turbo from mitsubishi
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