lol machron u are right i never had a car with such keep up i had a bunch of cars to this thing is crazy mantince, i had a turbo vr6,m3,is300,couple of other volkswagen's, a jeep and i spent more on this car the all of them put togther im only 27 and this thing is killing me,63,000 miles 360 to da wheel would i get another one, yes sir!

 

i apologize if i came off a lil strong but "imo", its not worth the timing and effort to put that much into a lancer. sounds better?

 

 

oh snap! BURN!

 

"IMO" hobbies aren't worth a damn thing except to the person who is doing it. I had a FWD Eclipse GST which wasn't "worth" modifying because it was FWD...but it was what I had, and I had the urge to modify, and modify I did. From that experience I learned a lot about the 4G63 in general which increased my tuning knowledge and let me make better decisions later. I tuned that thing on a shoestring with an S-AFC, EGT, and the raw voltage readout from the non-wideband O2. Yeah it was a waste of time and money, but I wouldn't have given it up for the world.

 

if i wanted an evo i would of got an evo.........but i also want a clutch that doesnt burn out after 30,000 miles as well.......so for realz what would some one do n this situation

 

How long do you think the clutch on your Lancer will last if you are putting out Evo type horsepower numbers with that turbo kit?

 

Already upgraded clutch and flywheel internals all already done all im waiting on is this kit

 

bottom line is he's putting in the work for what he wants to do, if you don't like it, oh well it's not your car payment, It's my opinion that his Lancer is nice and a good sleeper just like the GST's quite a few of us used to have, just because it's not an EVO doesn't mean its a POS.

 

yo sawgunner have fun with traction

 

I have an evo and a lancer sportback. I'd love to mod the heck out of the sportback if I had the cash, though I'd prolly go all show.. any car can be made to go fast.. some just come fast stock.

 

[QUOTE=machron1]LOL yeah and then he'll probably double his insurance and car payment, and triple his maintenance bills...you gonna give him the difference in cost?
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Plenty of us already know that turboing a NA motor, while not at all a bad idea, isn't a good one from an economy standpoint. Costs for parts, install, tuning, maintenance and additional wear usually far outweighs whatever the short-term gains looked like. I don't know much about this particular kit, but you could then also run into the additional hassle of emissions and *then* there's the added risk of losing your entire investment in an accident situation (regardless of liability) when an adjuster sees a non-stock snail under the hood.

Again, not a bad idea, but not a good one based on the "difference in cost."

I actually was in an almost identical boat with the original poster. Bought a turbo for my 3G Eclipse a few years back, and ran into the same old lies, delays and ultimately, missing parts and a seller that declared bankruptcy. Oldest game in the book, just Google "John Hennessy" for some *great* horror-stories. Hopefully yours turns out a lot better.


-doug