Just bought a 2006 Lancer ES a couple weeks ago. Broke it in and drove from Chicago to Texas, then to Minnesota and home! Over 4k miles in a week. But here’s my question, On my trip I saw anywhere from 24, to 30 mpg all highway. Although I was hopping for better I know its not terrible. Was only getting 18 to 25 in my 98 Camaro SS that I had to sell to buy a “family” car. Car is an auto but does anyone know of any good, cheap brands of exhausts or intakes that would help with my quest? Not really looking for a fast car (have a built 94 Talon AWD for that) but I’m not very familiar with the 4G94 so I thought I would seek the help of an experienced community. TIA

 

Good spark plugs , good air filter, good exhaust. The botton line is to get the engine to work less producing more power with less effort.


Carlos

 

Right now with them putting in Ethanol in the gas, everyones gas mileage is going down.

 

ebay intake would be the cheapest .. or you could be like my crackhead neighbor and make one out of PVC pipe..

and i think magnaflow is the cheapest catback out right now ..

 

go to autozone, get a MAF adapter $14, a Steel Mesh Filter $48 and a zip tie.

 

Thanks, is the Magnaflow exhaust a lot louder than stock? Looking for something stock looking and sounding. I can weld on a smaller single or dual tip muffler if i need though. Also are the OEM plugs pretty good or is there a better upgrade for a stock Lancer? Most short ram and CIA's about the same for these cars? I might weld together a CIA and stick a K&N on there.

 

Anything that improves the efficiency of the engine will increase your MPG. Now you need to decide what's important to you: just sound or looks? What about low end and high end power? There's a ridiculous amount of info on this site just waiting to be used. I will caution you against a CAI because you're just asking to suck water and some have reported that the MAS acts "weird" with the longer intake tube (the air is too "straight" or something). I recommend a SRI with a front ram duct.

good luck.