I'm just about to send in my cash for the intercooled turbo for a 5 speed lancer. my question is, how truly difficult is it to install this kit. i live in ohio so getting personal assistance from rrm is not going to happen so im pretty much on my own with this. anybody who has done the install themselves please reply as to the difficulty and whatnot, thanks.

 

From what I hear you should have it professionally done unless you know about cars. They do give instructions (30 pages or something like that), but you have to know a fair bit about cars in the first place. I've installed turbos on my friends cars before but I haven't seen the RRM kit. It will at least take you a weekend from what I hear. BUt damn it would be worth it. I'm going for a Stg 2 myself.

 

you soudl just bring it here abd have me do it. . . lol just playing, id install it if you were closer

its really not that bad i can have them done in about 8 hours if not less but i tell everyone a day just incase i get lazy or have to stop a bit (i got a medical condition)

 

ya im about to install a turbo soon myself. So, you say if you know a fair bit about cars your fine? Well, how much should you know about cars, because i mean, i know the basics, i installed my intake, headers and stuff like that, but i know thats no where near the dificulty of a turbo i would assume?

 

i installed mine myself. Its not horribly bad, i took my oil pan to a machine shop down the street and they tapped it for the oil return line for 25 bucks. oil pan is kinda a pain to get off, make sure to take out your radiator and put something to protect the airconditioning condenser from being punctured when puting the turbo and up/down pipe assembly in.... i punctured both radiator and air conditioning it took me a few days

 

On a scale of 1-10 i'd give it a 9 due to the oil pan and taking out the radiator... but those are not terribly hard, they just take time. Having the pan done at a shop is great as it can easily be messed up and then your screwed. As for the rest its pretty straight forward and the instructions lay a lot out for you. If you run into a tough spot just call RRM or PM me and i'll give you my cell #. You won't be doing it alone in anyway. RRM encourages people to self install and save the money. The only basic things you need are common sense, know how(wrench turning), and PATIENTS! Most people get impatient and skip steps or don't watch what they are doing. That's when things go wrong. My advice is this... Start on a Friday... get the oil pan off and professionally done then as most shops are closed on the weekends. After that just follow thru step by step and CALL if a snag happens. I recommend that if your not proficient in mechanics that you have a backup car/ride in case you need to do some work after the weekend. Better to take your time then to rush and mess something up.

 

yeah, i figure if i just take my time and quadruple check everything, i should be alright, i have pretty good knowledge of cars and stuff and it seems like after tapping the oil pan its pretty much mostly bolt up and running vacuum lines from there. it helps knowing that there is rrm and other people out there who can at least verbally help if i run into a jam.

 

Details are everything with the install. It is not hard but you have to pay attention. Otherwise most guys can do it if they are mechanically inclined. Good thing is our kit comes with instructions for YOUR CAR. Others do not. Plus we are around to pick up the phone to answer questions. You have support.


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hell i am not a wrench head by anymeans but after seeing it installed a few times the only snag is the oil pan. once that is done I could do the install myself. the instructions are great.

 

Yeah... the kit is well put together due to RRM's insistance on "Attention to Details" way of thinking. I know the fact that they answer the phone and walk people thru install trouble is a plus as well.

 

how much would it cost if RRM were to do it

 

I believe its 550 for non-ic and 600 for Ic... i'd call and verify but that seems right to me.

 

Those prices area bout right. Honestly we have installed some other kits like SCs. THey are much harder to install and we have charged up to $1000 to install other comapnies kits. We end up having to redesign a lot of them.

ROAD/RACE

 

I see you're from Mentor. My brother-in-law installs performance parts for people quite a bit. He had a low 11 second Laser up until a couple weeks ago (he sold it). Now he's building up a VR4. If you want to drive the hour or so this way I'm sure he'd do it for you. I'm not sure what he charges though.

He's worked on Evo's, vipers, NSX's, 3000GT's, Eclipse's, DSM's, etc etc (performance wise) and works for Mitsu as a mechanic so he's familiar with the Lancer.

 

hey woody, i'll try to hit you up on aim in the next day or two so we can talk but that sounds pretty interesting, if hes up for it maybe i will take it to him or maybe he can just help me out with it, who knows we'll see but thats good to know. on a side note to all im probably going to create a new post when my stage 1 arrives to make a sort of journal of my experiences and events from doing the install and whatnot.