What can we do to make the OZ a good street car!

[bigdaddylancer]

:bandit: We O-Z owners need to get together and help each other out so we can hang with big boys and or main man the EVO so let's do this Holla!!:bandit:

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The Import Brotha's Midwest:bandit:

[bigdaddylancer]

:bonghitte Youe cant tell me there's one out there who no some shit back the OZ

[Lil red '03]

I vote for " it'll take time ". The OZ is basically a new model and the aftermarket gurus have not come out with the goodies as fast as we want them to. I think the oz will become a very respectable car once we get some stuff for it. Hell, if there is a turbo kit out for the lancer already, at least SOMETHING must be going right. It's up to us to find out the skinny on new parts and demand that the people make the parts that we want. Or at least, that we can dream of.

Junior

[rt turbo]

i dont think putting a turbo would be worth it. you might get 180 crank hp out of it... maybe. its just not orth it.

[Lil red '03]

Oh well, to each his own. Personally, I think it would be fun to see what it would do.

Junior

[vdb22]

I voted for "it'll take some time". This is because the 4g94 engine is pretty new. there are many parts that are out that are for the 4g94 engine and, i think, the aftermarket parts market don't recognize that the engines in the new lancers are worth any investment. Which is BS because there are a lot of people buying Lancers or any car with a 4g94. But with the increases in sales of the Lancer, they have no choice but to make parts for us. In fact, some companies have already done some stuff. But most of them are custom made for individuals willing to pay big bucks. But don't worry, i believe the Lancer can hang with the big boys. I took out a an rsx and a civic si a couple days ago and I'm running on a stock Lancer OZ.

[vdb22]

i was searching the web for some parts for the Lancer and i came upon this site. You've probably seen this some time or another, but if you haven't here's the site....

http://www.rpw.com.au/New%20Website/...U200/VU216.htm

[bigdaddylancer]

By: vdb22-( took out a an rsx and a civic si a couple days ago and I'm running on a stock Lancer OZ.)

Good looking out there bro!!! I took out a few civic my self and i only got air intake and new ground wires on my car. I also think that it will take time for the lancer oz to be up to speed with all of the other cars close to its class. And when that time comes......hahahaha you just dont know!!!! Plus if you find any other site for the lancer oz put them up so we can check them out .... Holla!!!!

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2003 lancer oz

[HobieKopek]

The 4g94 is just an overbored 4g93, which is a damn decent engine to tune. If you've seen any well tuned Mirages you should know what I'm talking about. I've driven a boosted Lancer and I know of more than a handful. None of the cars are complete, but the one I drove was quick running only 6psi. Road Race's little project car (owned by an individual outside of RRM) though still not dynoed claims results equal to GS-T's also running only 5 or 6 psi. These claims are hardly outrageous too.

High boost is a bad idea at this point because our con rods are so long they'd likely snap above 9 psi or so, but turbocharging is certain a viable option for those who really want to get some speed out of their Lancer. We do have forged pistons available through RRM though so that's one less weak link to worry about. Once they make con rods, pins and (hopefully) a decompression gasket high boost will be less of an issue. Your car won't be an Evo (don't even get me started), but it will be significantly faster and it's the only way you're likely to squeeze any real power out of the car.

Personally I think street racing is stupid. Plain aind simple it's irresponsible and dangerous. The bottom line remains the same though. If you want your econo car to be fast it's going to cost you. Look to spend upwards of $3,000 for a kit and near $4,000 for an intercooled kit. If you know what you're doing a good custom job should cost about half as much if not less. I wouldn't advise any of this for an inexperienced driver or tuner. Boosting a FWD car creates serious torque steer and without an LSD you'll have traction issues launching and probably even in daily driving. At any rate...good luck.

[Kartoon 1]

RWP has already come out with a 3 stage turbo for the lancer. Stage 3 is 150+hp with 12-15 lbs of boost. My cousins have a 99 civic si. When the put a vortec supercharger on it which gave them 117 extra hp and 10 lbs of boost it would spank stock ws6 trans ams and cobras all day long without a problem. What do you think a 150+hp turbo with 12-15 lbs. of boost wilol do. I'll give you one hint it wouldn't have any trouble keeping up, that I would bet on. :frog:

[HobieKopek]

Yes, RPW does have a kit too. The only install I've seen of it was before they had a fully finished product. A member of another Lancer forum who lives in the area has a hybrid kit installed. He had a lot of trial and error before he got the thing properly tuned. at 5psi he was running lean and he ended up having to upgrade his fuel system and get bigger injectors to keep up with the high stress duty cycle. He finally got the car dynoed and tuned and, last I heard, it'd been running fine since.

Now that's not meant as a comment on RPW's quality because that wasn't their finished product and it had a lot of custom work (mostly piping to add an intercooler) done, but I figured it was worth mentioning that you will not be able able to reliably add boost without upgrading your fuel system.

In fact the only complaint I've heard about the RRM kit had to do with fuel as well. The kit does [b]not[/not] change injectors. It DOES have a new fuel pump and regulator (I'm pretty sure about the regulator, but my memory's a bit fuzzy) but the injectors run something like 90% duty cycles.

Personally I'd say either would be a great buy if you're looking to go forced induction with your Lancer, but I've yet to see or hear of a complete and properly tuned RPW turbo install.

[Kartoon 1]

I heard of the same problem with RWP so I gave them a call. It turns out that now they give you all the piping, injectors, and intercooler piping (if you order the intercool from them since it doesn't come with one) and fuel pump upgrade with the stage 2 turbo, unless they're just bullshitting me to try and get a sale. Either way their name is up standing, and my cousin's who have been addametly upgrading their civic for about a year now say either RWP, or RMR would be a good choice. It all comes do to who gives you the best bang for the buck.