lancer? oppinions?

ok, I want everyone with the 2002 lancer in the US to give me your opinions on your new car, I am thinkning of getting the OZ rally edition since it already has the pretty good rims and aluminum trimmed interior and the shift knowba nd wheel and whatevcer else it has sportier than the ES, and I wont have the money for rims for a few months so id ratrher have somehting than nothingh for these few months, then I am gfonna get 18" quantum Tek s-08's they are only 161 a peice for 18's and they are so nice! they are one of my favorite rims out there. they are propably heavy since they are so cheap. also, I will do things like I/H/E, I get everytthin exhaust wise for cost, my friends dad owns a mufler shop and i get free labor and pipe is like less than a dollar a foot and mufflers are like 35 bucks each.

If you intend on squeezing 18's under the fender of the OZ Rally, then your mistaken, or going to have a very narrow 20 series tire on them.

The max is a to fit under there with rubber mounted is a 225/45/R17
The max rolling Diameter you can have is 26 Inches. The above mentioned tire that I rates is at 25 and some fraction of an inch. You will rub with turning radius on your 18's no matter what tire you go with.
Go talk to a tire store, and measure. Maybe i'm wrong, but My guy at Big-O tires says no. He's the man who's been doing this for years, so I don't think he's wrong.

oh at les schwab it says that to keep the stock tire diameter of 23.5, thoruhg plus sizing, you can get 23.9 with a 215/40/18

because 18 inches plus 2 x 40% of 215mm which ius 6.75 inches about is 24 inches so i dont see what the problem is, as for rubbing, as long as i get the right offset and dotn get real wide, then it will be fine right?

YO THIS CAR IS A VERY NICE RIDE I THINK.THE ENGINE IS VERY POWERFUL FOR 120 HP. I SOULD KNOW I BEAT A MAZDA PRO 5,94 ACCORD EX,2001 CIVIC EX,98 TOYOTA TERCEL,ACRUA INTEGRA GS. THE TERCEL, ACCORD EX,CIVC EX HAD SOME PERFORMANCE PARTS ON IT BUT REST WERE STOCK.SO IT WAS COOL TO BEAT THOSE CARS WITH MY LANCER OZ.ALSO THIS CAR HAS ALOT OF MOD'S COMEING OUT FOR IT INCULDEING INTAKE'S,TURBO KIT'S,SPRING'S,Cat-back Exhaust System'S,AND HEADERS,and some body kits for now.

lanceroz17,

hey, that was dope that u beat those cars. i've got some on my list too. but wut i wanna kno is can u let me kno were i can get some MOD's for my OZ. thanx a lot. the best i could do was the evo 7 body kit but i don't wanna go w/ them. any thanx again.

<OZ RULEZ>

Originally posted by lanceroz17
YO THIS CAR IS A VERY NICE RIDE I THINK.THE ENGINE IS VERY POWERFUL FOR 120 HP. I SOULD KNOW I BEAT A MAZDA PRO 5,94 ACCORD EX,2001 CIVIC EX,98 TOYOTA TERCEL,ACRUA INTEGRA GS. THE TERCEL, ACCORD EX,CIVC EX HAD SOME PERFORMANCE PARTS ON IT BUT REST WERE STOCK.SO IT WAS COOL TO BEAT THOSE CARS WITH MY LANCER OZ.ALSO THIS CAR HAS ALOT OF MOD'S COMEING OUT FOR IT INCULDEING INTAKE'S,TURBO KIT'S,SPRING'S,Cat-back Exhaust System'S,AND HEADERS,and some body kits for now.
wow what a freakin kill list........get over yourself......so you beat some rice cars that shouldnt be racing anyway......lets put away the sharp objects before we pop your head

for the price of this lancer i could have one of those "RICERS THAT SHOULDNT RACE" that would leave the lancer OZ behind like it was standing still. I just want to know peoples oppinions of this car because I would like to go new with warranty instead of a older car with a swap and SC. but think about a civic wiht a ITR swap and JRSC? cheaper and FAST! but no warranty. and my ins. co. dont like the idea of a car with a different than stock engine.

who said there is cars that dont race? EVERY CAR races.. drrrr haha

sometimes cars arnt just meant for just daily driving.. minivans and trucks are fixed up in japan and europe.

save your money and get a neon....

Hey whats up. You said you wanted opinions on the Lancer OZ from people who own them. Well I have one and my honest opinion is that the car sucks. As much as I hate to say it you'ld be much better off getting a Civic for the price you'll have to pay. I've always owned Hondas first a 91 2.1 Prelude Si that I did considerable work on (15.4) quater mile times then an Acura Cl which was alot nicer car than the Lancer. The car is that bad though I haven't had anything go wrong it and it looks good, just don't expect to out run much except a Geo Metro. And who ever told you they out ran all those cars I'm calling B.S. on it especially the GS Integra usless it car has a bunch of work like maybe a Zex kit or something definately not a stock Oz Lancer.

o0o0o0o0o *jumps up and down*!
I beat my friends '95 cavy. :o Am I in the cool group now? I beat someone did'nt I...?

never ever post anything like that again:bandit:

for everybody that is putting down the us lancer...either shut up or grow a mullett and go join a camaro club . if you already bought the lancer and don't like it, you're a sucker. you test drove it, you saw the engine specs, you saw the sticker price, and you got what you paid for. if you're gonna come on to a forum and complain about how it's not fast enough or you're getting burned trying to race OTHER stock cars against OTHER people who have NO idea how to drive, then that's your fault. how are you gonna post something like "i'm running 17.5 at the drag strip" when your dumb ass bought an automatic anyways?? there are plenty of mods for this car already and it hasn't even been out a full year! the car has lots of potential, but unless you do some serious upgrades to EVERYTHING ON THE CAR, it's never gonna beat the rx-7 or the eclipse from that movie that you all love so much. if you're not satisfied with the performance of your lancer, go to the dealer you bought it from, shake the salesman's hand that sold you the car, tell him you're an asshole, then ask him to show you the rmr upgrades mitsubishi sells for the lancer. (rmr is rhys millen racing, a distribution company that makes some performance parts for the lancer). they aren't anything that's gonna make your car be able to touch kubo's civic, but they aren't bad. or you could go to the website rmrproducts.com. the us spec '02 lancer shares the same platform as the evo vii, and with a good amount of money, some innovation, and the RIGHT TUNER HELPING YOU, it can be a pretty fast car.

by the way, to all you "tuners" out there that care more about the way a car looks than how it drives, go spend $4000 on a body kit, add some stickers and undercarriage neons, go dyno test it, and see your hp gains up to 400%!!!!!! :flipa:

Originally posted by lancer412

by the way, to all you "tuners" out there that care more about the way a car looks than how it drives, go spend $4000 on a body kit, add some stickers and undercarriage neons, go dyno test it, and see your hp gains up to 400%!!!!!! :flipa:

Your forgot the 18' Gold Rims and the exhaust ;) lol

Yeah I might be a dumbass for buying the auto but just remember it's my dumbass sitting in the house chilling in the morning hitting the button on my remote start when your outside in the cold starting your five speed. I know there will be plenty of aftermarket parts for the Lancer, but are they really going to be worth all the time and money for what you will get out of them? I have plenty of friends who have spent bank trying to get their SOHC Civics to run by throwing tubro kits and superchargers on them and after all that post times in the mid 15's in the quater. Most of them have since gone with motor swaps from GSR Integras, VTEC Preludes or DOHC Civic Si motors and run better times with the basically stock motor they just put in compared to the one they have just thrown 4 or 5 thousand dollars into. Most of those kits for the Civics only gave about 6 to 8 psi of boost though. What about the ones that will be availible for the Lancer, and compression as well it runs 9.5:1 that seems just a little to high to get the most out of the motor with a tubro, will it have to be changed?

I really hope you arent saying you cant remote start a 5 speed, all you have to do is bypass the clutch safety switch,... oh yeah, and remember to leave it in "N" otherwise you got a car rolling into your house which dont sound too fun

Yeah I know you can do remote start on a five speed, but it's dangerous. And most places that install them won't even mess with it because of the liability risks. But what happens the one time you let someone else drive your car or you forget to put it in N and hit the button. It might not be too pretty.

well, dont letthem drive the car without you in the passenger seat. I dont let noone take my car out without me (have 1 time but I was getting in to drive it right when i got back)

I am always in the carc when it gets parked even when i wasnt driving, and I get out last to make sure everything is how it should be before it gets locked up.