Originally Posted by drucea

if you mean $6500 is the total of having it completely installed, then I'd say its really worth it. Cause a turbo only gets you a little more than the HP from an evo engine. And it costs about $5000. So you can then build on top of that rather than topping out your daily driver at maybe 300hp.

Originally Posted by HobieKopek

It's amazing how after 5 years this topic still makes me want to punch people in the ****ing head.

0234, if you take the time to read up on engine swaps, and assuming you have half a brain in your head, I think you'd come to the realization that there is no such thing as a cost effective, much less, "drop-in" engine for the Lancer. If you want to play with engine swaps, buy a Honda. If you want to build your Lancer, be prepared to work with the 4g94 or pay out the anus for an impractical swap with little benefit over simply turbocharging your existing engine.

Originally Posted by jdm4g63tgalant

yea, traction is an issue but fwd cars are not meant to be launched...from a roll it's a completely different story.

you say 300whp and fwd as a negative yet then you say just get a turbo kit?

why all the negativity? there's no reason to refurbish, rebuild, etc anything if you shop around carefully. i mean, it's not like you need a motor mount kit or anything it drops right in. and suspension, tires, etc are kind of a given i dont think many would try to run a swap with skinny tires on a 16 in rim.

like i said, the only real downfall is the cost of an engine right now (i would only deal with VIII or IX motors for the simple fact parts are easy to get) and if i had to pay somebody to do it i sure as hell wouldnt have even bothered.