Decided on a AEM cold air intake the problem is should i get the short ram for the fit or the normal cold air? I drive a 2006 oz rally na motor planning on strut bars soon i m not sure if it goes that far back though. I want this ordered in soon as I have the cash to get this and pay off my debts

 

I say cold air, thats my personal preference

 

go with cold air if you can if not shorts cool too

 

as i said to another guy in another thread about a cold air intake, buy it off ebay. literly ita a few hose clamps, some aluminum tube, some silicone couplers, a plate to attach to out maf, and a cone fliter. it does the same thing just for a lot less. i bought mine off of ebay and it served me well until i went turbo, then obviously it got in the way.

but DEFINATLY go with the cold air intake. get the filter out from the engine bay to where it can brethe!

josh

 

I'm gonna say this to you man....

I've read a few of your posts as of late; from what I can tell, what you're trying to do is turn your Lancer into an EVO. Put a turbo in, upgrade the ECU, and leave it as that. You'll end up spending $20,000 (including the 9K for the car) making it into half an evo (FWD and half the horsepower).

I'm not bashing you or anything. I'm just saying the truth.
My suggestion, coming from someone who owns a regular Lancer AND an EVO, is upgrade the suspension before you do any power mods. The 4G94 is a stout motor, but it's never going to break 250HP without serious work. Even if you boost it to 7psi, which will be a SAFE max for stock internals, you'll get only 140-150hp at the wheels. And to do it right is going to cost you $3000 or so.

But to your orignal post. Cold air will just be louder, a Short Ram intake will be quieter. There is very minimal gains on the CAI over the SRI (maybe 2-5hp, depending on temp and humidity)

 

what do you have against me? im just like everyone else, lookin for more power and to turn some heads in the process. i have it and im happy. just from racing last week i had evos, sti's, integras, you name it and they all asked what was under my hood. im not trying to be the evo. i know what does and waht doesnt work. ive done my homework. i researched what evo parts will fit, which wont, and then sourced my parts from there (///RRM and Speed Corps to name a few). i have only spent 2g on my entire turbo setup, done the tuning myself thru ecu flash and have learned quite a bit about the lancer platform and saved some money from all of this.

as for this thread the guy had mentioned that he was trying to pay some debts. i am still in his boots. i know how it feels (trying to pay off 40k in school debts alone). i was just making a suggestion to him to save a little money. thats all. you dont have to bash me for making a suggestion

josh

 

Ok so I am not going to bash anyone as everyone is entitled to there opinion but here is off the first post in my build thread:

List so far:
Turbo with 9.8 hotside: Have
FMIC with UICP and LICP: Have
440cc injectors: Have
Walbro 255: Have
O2 housing: Have
Openport 1.3m: Have
Evo 8 ECU: Have
Forge WGA: Have
EGT and Oil pressure Gauges with senders: Have
ARP Head studs: Have
Timing belt and Head gasket: Have
Megan Evo 9 manifold: Bought and now sold!!!!!
16G 4G94 Manifold: Have
Boost Gauge, and A pillar: Have
Forge spring tuning kit: Have
Slim Fan: Have
AEM Uego: Bought and waiting for
RRM Clutch Disc and PP: Bought and waiting
Lightweight crank pulley: Bought and waiting
Evoscan: Have

Total so far: $1797.97

This is my actual cost thus far and with less than $500 worth of parts left to get I will be getting 200+ at the wheels garaunteed, I think its well worth it and anything else anyone wants to do I say go for it, its only money you earned it spend it as you please

 

thank you. thats all i have to say. +1 to you and anyone else that has/will do this

josh

 

Wasn't to you man, it was to the OP. Read some of his other threads, especially the one where he said he street raced an evo and won. For all you that put in the time and effort for your turbo setup, I respect that.

The OP from what I'm seeing so far, is really trying to turn his OZ into an EVO. I'm just letting him know you can get an evo for about $16,000 in pretty fair shape. Thats only $7,000 more then the orignal cost of his OZ. It's all I'm saying.

 

he means its in term of money to performance ratio
its better to get a second handed evo

 

^^ Agreed however we are simply saying were not out to have the fastest thing around, just a really fast base lancer that we can say we built ourselves and are proud to say we did

 

I respect that to the fullest. Just I like seeing a lancer stay a lancer.... not become something it's not. I'm sure everyone here can agree with me on that. The OP power mods are pretty solid IMO but the appearence mods need to stay Lancer oriented.

Have some love for the base Lancers guys!

 

get short ram and leave the piece that goes from bumper to intake there