Hey everyone 👋
My name’s Chris. Long-time lurker, finally made an account after learning a ton from reading threads here.

I’m working on a 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally (4G94, 5-speed) with ~199k miles. It’s a family car that was passed down to me, and I’ve been slowly going through it front to back to bring it back to life and eventually turbo it down the road.

So far I’ve done:

• Full timing service (belt, pump, idler, tensioner)
  
• Intake manifold deep clean + closed-loop catch can
  
• Short ram intake (temporary)
  
• 4-2-1 header + Magnaflow cat-back
  
• MAF plate mod using senate6268’s guide (huge improvement)
  
• EvoScan + logging setup
  
• Clutch + flywheel
  
• Suspension/brakes refresh
  
• Lots of wiring cleanup (more than I ever wanted &#128517
  

While digging into the wiring I’ve uncovered some… interesting choices from previous owners, so I’ve got a few technical questions I’ll be posting in the proper sections soon.

Just wanted to say hey, introduce the project, and thank everyone here — this forum has already saved me a ton of time and headaches.

Looking forward to learning more and contributing where I can.

— Chris

 

Welcome! Cool to see someone breathing life back into an OZ Rally. They aren't overly popular on this forum but people will chime in on questions if they can!

 

So for the past few days i have been gathering and prepping this car for a turbo not just a slap on have fun i'm making sure i hit every corner to make sure this car will safely and happily handle low boost the car just hit 200,000 Miles and sounds better then when i first got it oddly lol


But my big Roadblock / issue is this





So this is where it hit my turbo road block hahahaah as my car uses the two part oil pan segment a "lower steal Stamped one #8" and a Damn "Upper Aluminum one #6" and i know when it comes to turbo the oil return MUST be above the oil and at least high enough to not allow oil back up the line so that means it HAS TO GO INTO THE UPPER #6 and this is where i stopped this is legit the last thing before i put on the turbo i have everything manifold, turbo, intercooler pipes, oil feed lines, cooling lines for the turbo even a billet custom actuator set to 4.41 psi to start bigger injectors all of it i am ready like i have it all ready but the last thing stopping me is this part i dont have a spare and no "junk yard" has any for me to go scoop up i looked into maybe other cars pans but no luck I want to turbo im ready to lol but what is scaring me is the fact that i only have one upper oil pan part and i either have to no weld bung it with a bulk head fitting or hope to god someone can weld aluminum 100% and it wont leak or fail hahahaha

i can order a upper pan from someone on ebay but "COUGH" stubs toe crys a little over $300 because i have to pay a 10% inport tax fee is wonderful lol it basically has stopped me dead in my tracks




dumb enough thats exactly how my pan looks and it looks like i might have no choice lol so before i go a pull the trigger and buy a used pan from lietuva, lithuania that maybe just maybe someone will have a idea or be able to help me lol

If this helps cars engine is 4G94

Transmission is 5-SPEED F5M42

Car Model 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Oz Rally 2.0L 5-speed manual