1st Turbo 2008 Lancer?????
 

I saw a 2008 lancer today and it was loud and it had a turbo decal under the lancer one. had a strait pipe no exhaust and was being drove by a blonde girl. looks like she was testing it because the exhaust wasnt fully mounted and she was going fast i was impressed i think she broke the 250hp mark easy. is this the 1st lancer turbo?????

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more info!!!!

the exhaust wasnt mounted it looked like there was just a strait peice of exhaust pipe coming out the back. i was turning right when i heard it coming and i saw it was an 08 i waited to turn until green light. i saw the turbo decal so i got a pic on my cell phone u can barely see it. my gts looks alot nicer but she made me jealous with the turbo and i thought i saw an intercooler in my rear view mirror but was hard to tell. i wish i wasnt at work cause if i was in my gts i would of got her phone # easy. she wasnt far from my house so i hope too see it again soon.

Interesting....
Im jealous.

you know that since you mentioned this it is your sole responsibility to track that lancer down right? Like now... I want more info! :lol:

Me too. She must be a tester because i have searched for hours for parts and have never seen a turbo available yet.

If that's a GTS, why the base rims??? Maybe the wing and kit were added as options... Just a thought...

No side spoilers either I don't think???

it's not a gts just has the spoiler... that doesn't matter though, if it's turbo we need more info

hm.....I would laugh if the girl was a sick ricer and just added the turbo decal for ****s and giggles.

yea i will try to find out asap. it was within a mile of my dealership so im thinking she got it at the same one. i also want more info and the mechanics # for my car.

so a honda with a type R badge is a type R?

a straight pipe exhaust doesnt mean she has a turbo, means she wants a loud car

did u hear the turbo spooling or the BOV? if "she broke the 250 hp mark easy" then you wouldve heard something and she wouldnt be in your rear view mirror

the sound of the bov is what made me look and she launched at the light and was gone. the car was idling very high didnt sound like it was running 100%.

She launched at the light? And how do you know it wasn't those stupid ebay tools that make the bov noise?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fake-...spagenameZWDVW

http://www.srtforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=371944

after you read the first post go to the 5th post down and read that :lol:

i wish i knew, i also have many doubts but all the signs were there. alot of custom shops in the area that will turbo anything.

fabricating a turbo kit isnt the easiest thing in the world for any shop, hint why there isnt one out already or we just dont take our lancers to the nearest shop to get a turbo kit

i base the hp compared to my van that is actully faster than my gts ;-( being a 2007 ford van and she beat me easy.

believe me its way too easy (if you mean just fabrictaing the part...to do them right and reliable, thats what takes long (R&D, tuning)... fabbing a manifold/downpipe, very easy. My friend has slapped cars together with turbos and you'd be surprised how fast and reliable they are with just basic parts. Reason they take long to come out is because they have to be tested. A shop does not want to release a kit and then 2 months or less later all the customers come back with messed up stuff because they never took time to develop

are you sure it wasnt a TURBO Cherry Bomb sticker??? because if you say it was as loud as it was then her BF or somone might have beefed the exhaust with a pepboys cherrybomb, dont get me wrong no dout it sounded nice but i would have never of thought that a cherrybomb exhaust would sound louder and nicer then the Apexi N1 i built for mine 08 lancer?? oh well....

im not shure ive never heard either muffler, but i dont think it had a muffler at all it was too loud. since im tracked by gps i could only follow her for a 1/8th mile.

Sadly, I'm moving this thread to where it goes . . . the technical discussion forum.

Also cleaning the OT banter...

lol yea i was thinking about posting here but i didnt think it was technical until i got a pic of the actual turbo setup. whats OT banter?? i wouldnt of posted it if i thought there was just some woman fooling around. 1st thought was that i read that the 4b11 was sensitive to back pressure in the exhaust. if so wouldnt just a strait pipe loose power? and if so how could it be faster than my gts? the entire engine and exhaust were vibrating badly causing a metal ping under the car. when she took off alot of smoke came out the exhaust. the turbo decal was a close match to the lancer decal same size and crome. she was very good looking. ive got quotes to turbo my lancer as low as $1500 custom everything. only reason i havent done it is because i have the cvt and im not wanting to kill it so soon. im split even on if it was real or not thats why i posted. i hope its fake because i should of had a turbo by now in a cvt lol.

it is not that hard to fabricate a turbo. i know 18 year old guys with no educations who throw custom turbos on all kinds of bs. shops do'nt have to install things. those guys who install the turbos at shops have their own cars as well, and they probably do all their own turbos at their house.

also, the fact that it was not a gts but an ES says to me that there is a good chance it was a 5 speed, making turboing really, really possible.

the only reason i think no one on this forum ahs turbod their car is because most of you have CVT GTSs and are afraid. lol like i am.

turboing a 5 speed 08 Lancer would be no more difficult than turboing a 96 honda civic.

i have heard people who do not even own 08s tell me that when they see the car stock drag at events they go to often, that it is pretty quick after the launch. it almost always passes the other car before the halfway mark. that was kind of off topic.



Edit: thos are not hubcaps, they are the Alloys for the ES model.

OT banter was all the stupid posts I deleted when I moved it here. ;) People making comments that had nothing to do with turbos.

Also, if you look at the RRM thread about the front lip they're designing, you'll notice a FMIC. I'm guessing they've already got the turbo done. But I could be wrong...

I have one question. Why were you driving a white cargo van? :p

I think its BS personally. If someone really turbo'd their Lancer I would think the last thing they would do is put a freakin turbo decal on it. Usually thats the kind of crap you see on cars where they just want people to think its that way, but who knows

Sheep I think you are talking about the photoshop job where the guy threw that in as part of his photoshop. If I am wrong though show me the picture with a real one! :)

I'll have go back and look. :o

hmm... maybe this is the first GTS with a turbo, the article says that is is probably the new RA, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. I am more leaning to it being the RA.

http://jalopnik.com/cars/spy-photos/...art-283582.php

it was a es with a gts/ra wing. i was thinking maybee it was a test of some turbo parts because there is alot of high temp testing here always in the summer because its very hot. i couldnt get a front view because she was too fast but when i saw it in my mirror i thought i saw a fmic but it looked more like a stock one than aftermarket.

the van is for work i was going to my office, i wish i could use my lancer isntead i get spectators everywhere i go in that :) . http://a216.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...7aa35e143f.jpg

so when she launched did the car squat and let loose or did the front end pop up off the ground?

dammit... I shoulda waited

if your thinking evo.. the body style is a lil off ;)

oh yeah and the winged ES thing is REALLY common.. dealerships are putting on GTS wings and sometimes GTS like aftermarket rims .. so the people that couldn't afford the GTS have something that looks like one

the local dealership gets all their rims done through the shop I work for ;)

Wouldn't it be quieter if it was turbo ? Even with no cat on the turbo RA it's pretty quiet. I guess no muffler would make it loud again?

most of the lancers at the dealerships i've seen have the spoiler and are ESs or DEs. They also put the ES wheels on DEs a lot of the time, but I don't think I've seen GTS wheels on anything but a GTS yet.

i sold my old gts wheels to someone with a es model but i havent seen the pics yet. he is getting the gts body kit too. https://www.mitsubishiparts.com/defa...5a63b6ae98818c

the stock muffler was gone i could see that wasnt there, but if she had a smaller muffler i couldnt see it. it was so loud she didnt even notice me. im pretty shure it was probally cut back at the axle and probally welded but no mounts.

We need pictures of this mythical turbo Lancer's turbo to prove that it really has a turbo.

Most likely the loudness is from not having a muffler or a huge portion of the exhaust has been deleted and the turbo decal is just that, a decal.

yea i have my digital cam im my gts and ive been cruising around the same area but nothing yet. im going to my dealership today and ask them too. if i can catch her ill ask her for a pic if its real. if its fake ill clown on her lol.

those '09 ralliart pictures.. I noticed ALOT of things on this car and it is so much like the X that it makes me wonder why make a car so close to the X?

it has projectors, dual exhaust, the ribbing going down the roof (aluminum roof?) vented hood, intercooler etc...

only way to keep it from taking X sales away is for it to be FWD and 5 speed. I wonder if it will keep the 4B11

how old are these pictures? if they are old it may just be pre-X pictures like how they tested the X on a previous gen lancer body but I doubt it

here is the new rallyart and evo x on this link http://www.autogespot.com/index.php?id=412

funny the :mitsu: decal on the wheels were covered, like u cant tell those are gts stocks.

chach, from my knowledge the pics from jalopnik were fairly recent (with in the last week).

it prolly sounded like it was idleing high because of the straight pipe exhaust making it a very high-mid range idle sound, a 2.0 wont be deep and sound like its running fast

no turbo...

What if she is hot and it is a fake turbo?

Then you clown on her even more than usual :D

so why is there 2 brand new 08s, ones an evo and the 2nd an RA?, in a crappy trailer park?

lol i thought that too. theres a thread about it in the future evo section that has it translated. i guess its a campground they were trying to hide at.

^^lol. really underground i guess.

i dunno. they look like GTSs to me. one has an evo hood but a GTS spoiler and the other has a GTS hood and something that could be an evo spoiler... neither of em have the molded rear diffuser that i can see. i suppose the one with the evo hood could be a ralliart.

if that is the Evo I'm kinda disappointed. i thought its body would be different from the lancer in some way besides the front bumper being replaced :/

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The 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer is already on sale in three different models (DE, ES, and GTS), all powered by a 2.0 liter inline 4-cylinder engine. Now these latest photos taken in Death Valley capture a high-performance prototype being tested in hot weather conditions.

One look at the huge dual exhaust pipes makes it clear that this is not the standard 2-liter engine. A look at the front also shows an intercooler mounted just behind the lower grille opening. Without question, this thing is turbocharged.

But what is it, exactly? Mitsubishi is famous for its high-performance Lancer Evo, but the Evo always has a huge rear spoiler and bulging fender flares. This wolf in sheep’s clothing has the body of the standard lancer, and wears the 18 inch diameter allow wheels of the Lancer GTS. The front grille is unique, however. While most Lancers have a grille mesh that is flush with the front end, this one has the mesh recessed a couple of inches back.

Perhaps this indicates that there will be a new performance model with a powerful engine but without the over-the-top racer looks of the Evo; a new Ralliart for those who want speed but discreet looks

Lol, Jake... should have clicked on the link I posted earlier... haha (yawn)
Oh, this is probably the ralliart from what everyone is saying...

Why the fog lamp on one side but not the other??????

That's not a foglamp. They just left in the foglamp bracket to suck in air (the filter is probably near that area). The other side was probably pointless, so they just covered it up.

the evo is wider than the rallyart.
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i want the grill and hood of the new rallyart for my gts looks like a huge shark mouth. there lucky they parked the ra behind the evo x cause if i saw that ide take it lol. jk

i saw the video that was leaked about the evo x i saw part 1 and 2. its so nice i cant wait to get it. the sst is cool.

i think the RA makes perfect sense.

why doesn't everybody here get an evo? for some it's the price. for others maybe they need a family car. maybe some want something less conspicuous than the evo. either way the RA fits RIGHT in between the 2 cars.

while the GTS looks great and comes equipped with everything, it's slow. the evo is gonna be expensive, fast as hell, but full of things most of us will probably never use namely S-AWC handling and brutal turbo power.

the RA will still have a sensible family car style with some things that hint at it's power (most likely the GTS wing, dual exhaust, vented hood, etc) without the bulging wheel arches and giant wing of the evo. it'll have sporty AWD and enough power to be fast yet not so much that we are paying for power oft not used (legally at least :lol: )

so the RA is THE car to get for most of us. it's priced correctly at $25-30k. has the civil looks and creature comforts of the GTS. has a lot of the AWD handling and power of the EVO. all this and it looks just sporty enough to not attract thieves and punks while still having ample road presence and it still garners that special smile from the cognoscente who know what they're looking at. {thumbup}

so everybody thinks that there will be an RA all-wheel drive lancer turbo? i understand it finally being turbo'd but why would mitsu make a mini version of the X with all-wheel drive? cause people will just buy the RA not the X!

Ever heard of the WRX? I think it makes complete since, lower priced semi performance car to compete with the wrx... It's awd and turbo but it seems like the STi is still doing well...

^^agreed.

kinda back on the subject

it would be pretty easy to turbo the lancer... wouldn't even need to build a manifold

build an extension to bolt to the OEM manifold, with a couple brackets on it to secure it to the same studs the mani bolts to the head with... oem exh flange on one end, turbo flange on the other, maybe 4inchs long.

you'll have to make about 18inchs of exhaust pipe to make a downpipe to remount up to the factory exhaust.

the rest is tuning.. and that can be done with split seconds FTC1 piggy back (stand alone style tuning) and a RRFPR for fine tuning. honestly.. you should be able to do it for around 2 grand plus your time if your so inclined... personally I would prolly charge someone around 1K for the fabrication, installation time

I personally would also add monitoring equipment like a wideband o2 sensor and gauge, and a gauge to monitor knock, injector pulse width .. just to help make sure the engine doesn't go BOOM

as for the hard parts... I would use a CT26 from a supra, and a water to air intercooler from a JDM STI ... but that is my preference.

Why are they in a trailer park?

^^theyre being ninja.

yes im thinking easier than normal with the extra space under the hood, im still waiting on the cvt hp raiting to see if i will turbo or not. i just want like 300hp to hang with some of the new v6 cars.

300... your prolly gonna need injectors , pump, full exhuast, and a lil bigger turbo

I'd think 250ish would be very much do able with what I listed above... though that depends on the oem injectors and pump.

yea im thinking 250hp without fuel management and 300hp with it. pistons are always a good idea unless the exo x has the same internals as the lancer + a turbo. that would be cool if the engine could handle that well without going inside but i doubt they will be the same. anyone know if the stock pistons and rings are any good yet? any engine swap ideas?

Still wanting a 500hp cvt gts. {pcfreak}

i want to put a v6 in this. i know it would have to be a 5 speed cuz the mitsu suv with the 6cylinder CVT doesn't have the paddles.

a V6 Lancer? there is a V6 Mazda 6. if it mounted that would be so awesome... i'd do that **** tomorrow.

I'll never understand the draw in buying a brand new car and then going "damn, I gotta do a motor swap!" Maybe after the warranty ends, but in my opinion, if you wanted a V6 you should have bought one... :lol:

I doubt the pistons and rods will be the same. I'm sure they will have much beefier internals with something more on the order of 8.0-9.0/1 compression. They will also have oil squirters.

if they had a V6 that looks as good as a Lancer, I would have.

heh... pretty much all of my vehicle purchases up till setting up this lancer (I HATE waiting) have been atleast partially based on "what can I put in this"

but I've also never paid more then $800 initial purchase for a vehicle or owned newer then 1988 .. I have however put over 10K into a couple of those purchases LOL

lol yea theres alot of room under the 08 hood a v6 would prob be too heavy though. im thinking more 03-06 evo motor. i know the manifolds are reverse but is there room to adapt? swap the engine to save your nice new stock one. this car is just too slow for how fast it looks lol.

This is why we have RRM turbo kits. Just be patient. :D

yea ill just wait i know it will be worth it. im usually very patient but i think the shark eyes have hypnotized me. :helpme:

You would prolly spend less by just buying a new EVO when they come out

If you find this girl agian take a pic of her, and the lancer, turbo if there is any and give her # to me also lol... I am waiting on the RRM Turbo!

Good idea... At least then you know that it will be safe and reliable.

yea i will get that in a year but thats along time to me lol

ok i spotted that car again and i was in my gts. i saw her going oppisite way down street so i make a u-turn at next place possible. there was alot of traffic so i lost sight of her. but i caught up finally but got stuck going strait a where she was turning. but i did get 2 car lengts over and could see her turbo sticker was gone and she had a bunch of flower stickers on window only now. exhaust had been mounted and muffler added it wasnt as loud. she saw my gts and stared at me and didnt see the light change so she got beeped at lol. so still not shure if its a turbo but i seen her twice at same time same place so its prob her work route. i asked my dealership too and they havent heard of a turbo 08 yet.

good keep on her tail and let us know what you find, I think she probly put the Turbo decal on there for **** and giggle. And took off the exhasut at the rear axle to make it loud... just to fool people.

thats is amazing that he knew all of that just by looking at a pic:rolleyes: :lol:

.........I want a turbo :(

XtremeBoost in Orlando Fla has been working on a turbo kit for the new Lancers, we've been using mine to make the kit. Not completely done yet, but a few days more and we should be done with the prototype {thumbup} check this out.

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sweet i live in florida! i could practically go there. im actually going there in the summer just to chyll with some people maybe i can drop my car off and have them install it. if they have a cvt version

for now its just mt. we may venture ino cvt a little later on

i u need to use my car, ur welcome to it

OK, we already have one thread about xtreme boost. And this thread is way too old to drag back to life. Closing. Post any new info about XB in the actual thread please.