customizing lancers
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customizing lancers
Hey guys,
Im new to this forum. Just a quick question, and many more to come. I don't have a lancer yet, but i'm looking into one seriously. If i get one i want a good and fast one, but i like to do things myself. SO... if i get a lancer should i get one that is completely 'done up' or should i buy a normal lancer and put tons of junk and a crapload of money into it? which'd be cheaper, considering i'd just buy the gear and put it in myself?
thanks
j33nYu$
Im new to this forum. Just a quick question, and many more to come. I don't have a lancer yet, but i'm looking into one seriously. If i get one i want a good and fast one, but i like to do things myself. SO... if i get a lancer should i get one that is completely 'done up' or should i buy a normal lancer and put tons of junk and a crapload of money into it? which'd be cheaper, considering i'd just buy the gear and put it in myself?
thanks
j33nYu$
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Originally posted by j33nYu$
Hey guys,
Im new to this forum. Just a quick question, and many more to come. I don't have a lancer yet, but i'm looking into one seriously. If i get one i want a good and fast one, but i like to do things myself. SO... if i get a lancer should i get one that is completely 'done up' or should i buy a normal lancer and put tons of junk and a crapload of money into it? which'd be cheaper, considering i'd just buy the gear and put it in myself?
thanks
j33nYu$
Hey guys,
Im new to this forum. Just a quick question, and many more to come. I don't have a lancer yet, but i'm looking into one seriously. If i get one i want a good and fast one, but i like to do things myself. SO... if i get a lancer should i get one that is completely 'done up' or should i buy a normal lancer and put tons of junk and a crapload of money into it? which'd be cheaper, considering i'd just buy the gear and put it in myself?
thanks
j33nYu$
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so here are more questions, as promised. How much would you estimate this costing? What are the benefits of waiting for the Evo over upgrading a normal lancer, and vice versa?
thanks, and trust me, there will be more questions
j33
thanks, and trust me, there will be more questions
j33
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Well it depends. if u have at least 32k and is willing 2 wait a while i would get the Evo 7 when it comes out. But on the other hand if u have the same amount of money or less and want a car now get the 2002 lancer and do all the work your self. the only things that the Evo has that the 2002 lancer cant really have without alot of money and work is the AWD(all wheel drive) and the huge brembos(brakes). o ya u would also need alot of money(at least 40k to make a couple of upgrades) to buy and also to hook up the Evo.
go for what ever u think is right.
go for what ever u think is right.
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how hard is it to put a turbo on a lancer (ES AT)? and at the website, when you build a lancer, there are OZ AT, ES etc. Are there any real differences, other than cosmetic? One more (for now), if i buy a lancer how much more power can i get with $5,000 dollors?
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Originally posted by smo0thride
the only differences between the es and oz besides cosmetic is that the oz has a rear antisway bar which will help a lot if you do hard cornering.
the only differences between the es and oz besides cosmetic is that the oz has a rear antisway bar which will help a lot if you do hard cornering.
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Personally I wouldn't pour an *** load of money into a Lancer...I mean..if/when/possibly I have the cash for something like a turbo or a custom suercharger setup, I'd do it but being my first car (well, like 1.5th), I doubt I'm gonna put to much into it. The simplest bolt ons, but hopefully in a few years, grab a faster (not that difficult to find ) car and start from a more solid foundation for tuning. That's my rant.
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The lancer is a great econobox. Incredible gas mileage, looks good, and a 4 door grocery getter. Personally, I would get just simple bolt on stuff, save the turbo and body kit for another car thats much faster. I may have alot of stuff done to my car but most of it is stuff that I can take with me to my next car(BMW m3 or a vette, but I will just use the lancer for now )
Do stuff like exhaust, headers, intake, strut bars, etc....Stuff that cheap and easy to do it yourself.
If you have all this extra money to spend after you buy a lancer.....why not get a better car in general. It seems you have around 23,000 to play with. You can get damn nice BMW's, benz's, etc for that money. And if you want a fast tuner the bmw m3 is a damn fast car...my friend has one and it runs 14.6 stock...which isnt bad. Toss a supercharger on and you're below 14. Plus its a luxury car. Look at your options before you buy anything.
Do stuff like exhaust, headers, intake, strut bars, etc....Stuff that cheap and easy to do it yourself.
If you have all this extra money to spend after you buy a lancer.....why not get a better car in general. It seems you have around 23,000 to play with. You can get damn nice BMW's, benz's, etc for that money. And if you want a fast tuner the bmw m3 is a damn fast car...my friend has one and it runs 14.6 stock...which isnt bad. Toss a supercharger on and you're below 14. Plus its a luxury car. Look at your options before you buy anything.
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IMHO
If you really like the Lancer, go buy it whatever... but if you really are thinking of hooking it up, especially with bolts-ons, you have to consider if spending about $800 for a gain of 8HP (intake, downpipe, exhaust) <forgot the link to this to back the numbers up, o wellz> is worth it to you, I'd say it's a waste.
COmpare that to for example, a WRX (what b mentioned), just a downpipe on that thing alone will run you only about $200-300 and you'll see gains of at the least 12+HP due to its turbo setup.
just my .02
COmpare that to for example, a WRX (what b mentioned), just a downpipe on that thing alone will run you only about $200-300 and you'll see gains of at the least 12+HP due to its turbo setup.
just my .02
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