A Rotty/German mix... big and smart

Seriously guys back off the heat for the "G" man. You all know his type and your just adding a clutter to the post which was turning out as a good comparison. The lancer has caught on big time and i see them all over the roads. People that have their hard on's for other cars will never let them down.

Just let it go for now... ignoring his comments will do the most damage.

 

lol chill out man and dont make assumptiong about me, i am not arguing with you. i agree with most of what you said anyways, dont cry. so what cars do you consider to be "big dogs" and do you mean stock or modded or what?

 

Well put... i'm always on the lookout for sweet 1G but everytime i find one a look underneath reveals a jdm motor swap

Very few are left and it kills me every time i go looking.

 

True. 6-bolts are highly sought after becasue of their better build quality. Not to mention all the idiot kids out there simply trashing their cars and then parting them out. This keeps resale high on a good quality DSM, which are hard to find.

 

just out of curiosity garand, what DO you drive?

 

NO, i'm not ignorant, you are stupid. If your talking about going out and spending 30k on an evo, or sti, or 21k on an srt4, and that is a "big dog", then i don't THINK i can run with them, i KNOW i can. I have V8 guys telling me that the money I spent was well worth it after trying to run with me and being hung with or pulled on, surprising the **** out of them. You are completely missing the whole point of everything, put down the pipe and do some research. nobody cares about your thoughts. Go stick your nose up the srt forums *** or something.

 

i agree w/ hotshot. im piecing together a custom kit now and its gonna cost me about 2 g's not 5, and tsi's intercooled kit that is equivelent to your stage 2 is 2800 shipped, prolly same quality as your kit. and your kit is the equivelent of rrm's STAGE ONE, get it right g. so rrm's kit has way better parts than your unreliable turbo kit and its about 4 g's, not 5 a$$. you dont even own a lancer so shut your mouth f a g.
oh and we must be ignorant because our 3-4000 turbo does make us run w/ the "big dogs"
the point is for most, to build a sick sleeper, as i plan to.
this guy if any should be banned.

btw: i say go for it, i am right now and i cant wait to start building my kit.
i already have quite a few parts(700$ worth) but after about another 900 or LESS i'll be ready to install it.

notice his stage 1 = nonintercooled
his stage 2 = only thing different is intercooler, not to mention the cheap parts.

what a joke

 

Every forum and every type of car has their haters. The true enthusiasts know the potential of their vehicle and where they want to be with that vehicle. I'm done with the childish games that are going on. We know what we want to do and we do it, and people from every facet of automotive backgrounds are impressed. I have everyone from people who drive GTOs, to people who drive EVOs and WRXs complimenting me on the performance of my car, not to mention the GTO driver who drove my car and felt as though it pulled nearly as hard as the GTO would. I don't need to brag and I don't need to degrade other vehicles. I simply do what I have been aiming to do, and I reap the rewards along the way. Notice that RRM doesn't need to come on here and try to defend themselves, becuase they know exactly what they have brought the community and they know they have no need to back up or show any more support behind the potential of the Lancer. This goes for any of the manufacturers, wheter its RIPP, RRM, TSI, and EssentialSpeed, whatever kit, and whatever manufacturer there is, they know what's going on, and the people who are running their parts know what kind of power they are making and how much fun they are having.

 

so back to the topic.

 

New rule - whenever someone comes to a forum for a car they don't own just to say "why bother, because your car isn't that good" they should be banned. Immediately.

Matt - go boy.

 

There always will be people who want to make their car go faster, no matter what car they drive. Some people don't have the luxury of going out and picking a specific car to purcase with the intent to modify it. Younger guys or people with less money who still want to be a part of the tuning community have to work with what they were given (by parents or what they already had) no matter what car it may be. I am a die hard tuner and have been for years. I would modify a yugo if I had one! Obviously I work hard and do have enough $ to afford my car and mods. I chose a lancer becuase when I purchased it, the evos weren't available yet and I figued that since they were such great cars in japan, that the scaled down versions could be modded to evo-like performance. And that's what I'm doing, and so far I can keep up with and sometimes beat evos. I said this before and I'll say it again; evos have more potential. But I get more respect for what I have done to my car than someone who went out and bought a stock evo. I don't know too many people who have the $$ to purchase and mod an evo. There are people who do it, but most of us don't have that option. My car hangs with evos on the road and at car shows. Judges like it more because a regular lancer has to go the extra mile to compete with an evo. They like originality and the fact that it is different. It's not always about what car performs best either. If I could have purchased an evo or wrx, I would still have purchased my lancer for a few reasons. First because I like to modify. If I had purchased an evo, I wouldn't have been able to mod since I would be broke. This was the most economical car I could find, that would be reliable as a daily driver, and had just enough aftermarket support that if modified would stand out at shows because not as many people have them. That's right, I purchased a car on purpose because of the lack of other ones on the road! It pays off at shows. In a plethora of civics, eclipses, evos, wrx's, I am one of the few nice lancers and the judges love it. The bottom line is, to each his own. We all have reasons as to why we drive what we drive, and what mods we do. If you can't be open minded you shouldn't be a part of the tuning community.

 

I got my car and the turbo charger and all for 14k... and i intially just bought my car for it to be an econobox... nothing more... now I work at RRM and I am slowly doing stuff to my car cuz I love it. I am a true ethusiast. If you still debating turbo or no turbo, in the end... your going to love your car more and more each day as you keep getting down and dirty with it, just my personal experience.

 

amen to that! The more work you put into it and make it your own, the more you will love it. Especially when turbo is involved!

 

yeah, every mod after turbo just makes you love your car soo much more, it's honestly like driving a brand new, completely different car after its turboed. The entire powerband and overall feel and characteristics of the car are altered after boosting, it's awesome. Plus, once you go turbo, every bolt on you get after it does that much more for you, because your freeing up restrictive stock parts, and on our car, they stock parts are very restrictive, you can tell by looking at them that whoever designed the motor they wanted it to make NO power, it's hilarious looking at the stock parts.

 

Oh, what's that? A turbocharged 2.0 jetta for under 10 grand? Over 200whp?
Oh damn. Yup that's my friends 2.0 turbocharged jetta, and you better believe
he gets more respect for his car than the 1.8t guys do. I'll take the equivilence
to this anyday.