hey whats up. i have a question. i searched and really didnt see anything. i was wondering. im about to order the roadrace short ram intake kit. and i wanted to order the roadrace testpipe. i have an auto 2k2 ES and i was wondering

a) how was it to install? did you do it yourself?
b) How was it power wise? did you notice anything?
c) is it wirth getting even if my car is fully stock?
d) how did you do on gas milieage/highway? cause i noticed it said not for highway use.
e) how does it sound? i do not want this to make my car sound ricey. id ****ing be pissed!




any help would be cool. thanks dudes

 

its only 4 bolts and the o2 sensor, i did it myself. I didnt really notice any gains, did seem a lil smoother. I dont know about if its worth it... it barely gives anything but everything adds up so, that decision would be up to you. I dont think it really changed gas milage, it says for off road use only b/c it is technically illegal to have on your car driving around. If you are totally stock it wont even change the sound, people say you start getting kind of raspy though if your exhaust work done, (havent put mine back on yet after i got my mid-pipe made)

 

on a mainly stock car, this is prolly somethin you wanna hold off on. install is somewhat easy, just need a little bit of muscle. youll notice youll lose low end but gain high end power. but the weight savings compared to the stock cat will make up for the loss. and you wont like the sound, i know i dont.

 

1.install is ez, might have a lil trouble taking off the bolts on the cat
2.don't expect 10 whp for each, realisticly maybe 5ish
3.you have to start sometime if ur car is stock, and intake and exhaust, or header are a good way. MIght wanna get that instead on the testpipe.
4.gas mileage stays the same or even gets a lil better
5.car wont sound rice

 

If you really want to, you can bore out your cat. thats what i did. i pulled the cat out, vised it up, and went to work with a little jackhammer. once everything was out, i put a straight pipe through it. this way, when questioned, you have a cat! but you know you dont. and no, it doesnt throw a CEL.

 

yeah cool thanks guys...im not gonna do much to this car. i just want it a little better in performance and sound. right now my main goal for the future is actually buying a 2nd gen teg project car and using the lancer as my daily driver. and i just want to do some little **** to it that isnt expensive and will help me out with performance.