I am thinking about getting a tubo from Road Race in about 6 months, what should I do before, I am definiteley getting a cat back, high flow cat, and throttle body all throug Road Race, what else should I do?

 

Make sure if your getting header, you get road races because thats the only header you won't have to dent to have it fit properly with RRM's turbo setup. Depending on boost you wanna run, I believe pistons would be a good idea.

 

If you wanna run higher boost then u might wanna beef up the internals with maybe forged pistons. I also recommend u upgrade ur intake manifold with RRM's bored out ones. That's pretty much what I have in mind. Maybe an EMS as well... but im not experienced in the ECU area.

 

Technically, you really don't have to do anything else to run the turbo kit. Any other mod simply adds up to being icing on the cake when F/I'ing this car. Also, from RRM, you won't be getting a catback or a high flow cat but rather an axel back and a non-existant cat (aka test pipe, straight pipe, etc.) Any of your mods are gonna be based around what type of setup you want to run and what your goals are.

 

does RRm's ic'd turbo leave you without A/C?

 

a/c still functions, and i had rrms header and you do have to dent it to get it to fit

 

Just buy the cat-back and save the rest of your money.

 

if you buy the turbo kit, remember that you won't be able to boost too high on stock internals. if you want to go higher than 7 or 8, you'll need forged pistons as paul said. i would prefer to find a place that can create a set with a slightly lower compression than the ones from road race. i don't think these are offered yet, but upgrading the crankshaft and connecting rods to forged units would be essential to high boost. does anyone know of a company that is making forged rods and cranks for the lancer, or of a company that can make them if you give the proper specs?

now, i'm confused as to why paul says you'll only need an axle-back exhaust? are you meaning a full-back, widened out from the downpipe back? turboes thrive on vacuum, so i would rather have less restriction when exiting the system. pipe out one of the cats, and high flow the other one (i enjoy breathing the air we have)

i guess i'm just getting into the expensive icing in my daydreams of what needs to be done to properly turbo a car...-=sigh=-

 

He's saying RRM doesn't MAKE an exhaust other than axel back. They do sell the GReddy Evo exhaust though.

7-8psi is plenty on a Lancer to keep you going for a while. Believe me, it's plenty of pull to maintain a grin on your face for at least a decent while.

 

What kind of 0to60 or 1/4mi times are lancers with 6 to 7psi getting? Still debating if I want to do mine.

 

just search and you'll pull that one up. i think boe is hitting low 15's high 14's with his turbo set to 7-9 psi i think.

 

That's still high. Get the pistons and a bottle of nitrous.. heh.

 

i thought boe was in the 13's...i dunno wut psi that was at though

 

hes in high 13s but he also has a ton done.

 

yes boe is in the 13's deep 13's too. However he is running around 9 pounds of boost and has built his engine, balanced everything and done tons o other stuff.