Hi Everyone,
I'm new to this forum, and I did a lot of reading, but still haven't found answers to my questions. I drive a RSX-S with all the bolt on goodies + some more, and my girlfriend loves driving my car. She started getting a little jealous when I put in my tuned ECU. Now she's got the tuner bug and she wants to modify her 2004 Lancer OZ.

She's just as interested in sound as performance, and she has $500 to spend. I know a good bit about modding my RSX, but not so much about the Lancer. I was thinking about going with a used SRI (maybe a new cheap Ebay intake) and a decent exhaust (Greddy or Borla).

What do you guys think I should get? Is the intake/exhaust combo the best route? Also, which years and models can I swap parts with? I ask this because I found a RRM SRI on this site for $100 shipped, but it's from a 02 OZ. Will it fit? Are there any cheap onlne sites out there? Where does everyone get their bolt-ons? Are there any good how-to articles on intake and exhaust installation? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! You guys rock!

 

first of all...search.

second we cant answer soem questions unless we know what model she has, but exhaust and intake will add minimal power so imo is poinltess unless you havea turbo.

just check out www.roadracemotorsports.com

 

PGMike, thanks for the useful information. Did you read my post? She has a 2004 Lancer OZ. It is a manual if that helps at all. I also mentioned that she wanted it to sound tuned just as much if not more than she wanted performance. I realize that the exhaust won't do much performance wise, but the SRI should add 5-7 hp. The main question that I had was whether or not the 2002 OZ intake would fit on the 2004 OZ. I didn't find anything regarding this AFTER using the search button.

edit: I ran across that website before I posted this, but I couldn't find a SRI, only a CAI. Their site is pretty bad, but it did have a link to 2002-2004 parts. I'd assume that this would mean all parts are transferable.

 

Bad news is the mods won't do much for HP, intake plus exhaust will net around 5hp on the lancer. Does she have the new body style lancer or the old one? Get the Greddy exhaust. Also check out www.rmrproducts.com and www.lancershopper.com for intakes and other crap.

 

Are there more than one body style for the same year, same model car? What implications would this have in deciding which parts to buy?

 

RRM site is far from bad...

 

Check out www.roadracemotorsports.com for some good starter mods. The best she could do right now is cold air intake, exhaust and piggy back ecu. j ust gotta wait for more stuff to become available.

 

Okay, maybe the site isn't "bad", but I thought it could have had a more intuitive layout organization. I just found the SRI on that site. Why was the CAI under engine, and the SRI was under Drivetrain... wait a minute... Hmmm, I think they changed their site around since I was last there. Maybe I'm going crazy.

 

Thanks Bitnode,
The piggy-back ecu sounds good, but it is a little out of her price range. We'll probably add that next time around. Just out of curiosity, how much could I expect from that piggy-back ecu? I know hondata for the RSX can do amazing things, near 20 hp. Is this the same? Also, I know that CAI is always ideal, but how easy is the installation? Do people hydrolock often with the CAI? How are the RRM exhausts in terms of quality?

 

yes i read your post. i didnt ask what year hers was, i asked waht model as in OZ, RA, ES, LS. i answered according to performance bc sound is for ricers. and rrm is not a bad site. and read man the piggy adds 10%.

you need to SEARCH instead of asking so many questions that have been answered 12345098175984752098435098324750982374690824375098 2437980237469082347698273496873214 tiems.

 

Funny, I did several searches :

"2002 fit 2004"
"Intake fit 2004"
"2002 part 2004"
"What years fit 2004"

and NONE of the posts that came up answered my question. Could you stop trolling and help me answer some questions? I am all about go before show, but some girls don't think the same way. I want to make HER happy, and she wants it to sound nice. BTW, I mentioned it was an OZ in the original post.

 

Well first off, everything RRM is good quality, and concidering that they have the only cold air intake as of right now, its kinda your only option for intake mod. The install should be cake, just a few bolts. As for hydrolock, i have yet to hear of anyone having that problem with a CAI on a lancer, be it 02-03 or the new 04.

now with the piggyback ecu, im not sure how much you'll get with just the ecu and everything else stock, maybe 5-8 HP, the piggyback will help you take advantage of your other mods, ie. exhaust, intake, etc. So i'd say go for exhaust and intake first, then try out the ecu, then it should give you upwords of 8-12hp maybe.


EDIT: also, as for 02-03 parts being compatable with the 04, i dont think many of them will. The car is pretty different in terms of engine, tranny, exhaust, intake. That i know of at least. i havnt seen under the hood yet. The OZ may be similar, but i know the Ralliart is very different.

 

cais are easy to install and how often the hydrolock is relative, but ive heard of a few on these forums in the past months. rrm exhausts are good bc they are greddy and magnaflow, but since it seems she doesnt really care about performance jsut get the rrm axleback since its cheapre and it still gives you the sound..

 

very true, if she isnt really worried about performance, just wants it to sound better, it would be cheaper and easier to just get the RRM magnaflow axle back.

 

or really dont even get the axleback, jsut get a new muff.