new lancer owner looking for ideas

Welcome to LT. Other than intake and exhaust, there's not much else you can do to not void the warranty. I think we made a thread somewhere about what voids it and what doesn't, but that may be somewhere else I'm thinking of.

 

Not without voiding the warranty no. You should be able to get an intake and exhaust from your dealer at a "PRICE". But to make you faster you can add all sorts of things to your car like header, crank pulley, etc. All of which will make you faster, but if you don't get them from the dealer you will void your warranty on certain parts of your vehicle.

Here is a link to performance parts for you. You are the 2.4 liter lancer correct. Well here is your page of goodies.

http://www.roadracemotorsports.com/..._23_24&zenid=41925113f1225e42b5ef7ce09c0a6c1d

 

no. your warranty will void if you buy and put it on yourself. You would actually have to go to dealer. And performance chips will void it as well. I'm curious though...when you say performance chip what exactly do you mean? Point me in the right direction for this performance chip please.

 

I couldn't tell you. It's always been that way. Honda's 2005 Civic ex puts out 7 more hp at that crank than Mitsubishi's OZ Rally. The two cars...Lancer and Civic have always been in some kind of battle since the Lancer hit the states. But the Evo is in a class to their own so we won't mention them. Lemme put it to you this way. Civic is a catch up vehicle where as Lancer is off the gun vehicle. Although the lancer has no low end hp..it makes up for it in torque. Civic is the exact opposite. They have always been this way. They are pretty even in competition. But the SI is more along the lines of the Ralliart than the gts. Well in the 7th gens anyway. Im not exactly sure on the 8th gens. I assume same story.

 

Jog is right. I actually asked the Service Manager at my dealer and he said "Cold air intake does not void the warranty UNLESS you hydro lock because you sucked in water, then it voids it. Cat backs are ok, Hi flow cat is not." And he also told me that you'd be surprised at what people will do to try to cover it up.. Like swapping back to the factory stuff but the screw heads are a little stripped... Or paint is chipped on factory screws etc... They can tell when you mess with your stuff and try to swap it back.

If you're gonna do any real HP increases you pretty much gotta void the warranty. And what makes it tough is Mitsubishi's warranty is too damned long and good to risk it. I think with non-warranty voiding upgrades you can up HP around 20 hp +/-. If you void your warranty you can get over 100 HP increases. Check out the video (and the smokin hot chick) on Road Race Motorsports Lancer (do a YouTube search for Road Race Motorsports Turbo Lancer). Basically makes a Lancer as fast or faster than an Evo...

Theres a shit load of arguments about it... I say, MOST tuners are 2WD that you see at shows, tracks etc. So we fall into that catergory. I'd rather take a Stock Lancer GTS, work it and beat the Piss out of a stock Evo than just going out and buy the Evo... Why.. Shock value for 1. NO ONE will expect a Lancer to beat an Evo... EVER.... So the respect meter goes WAY up. Also, people don't realize that the Evos turbo lag is pretty bad and Evos lose HP to the 4WD. Don't get me wrong.. If I wanted the car payment, I'd have bought the Evo in a New York minute. But I personally have always wanted a good base tuner that I could develop. The guy at Road Race Motorsports pretty much hits the nail on the head when describing their turbo Lancer.

 

I am ordering the Catback and Ram Air intake on Tuesday. They are my first steps.

 

questions are always a good thing. in terms of an intake, i personally have the CAI rather than the SRI. It is reported that the SRI does get more power (check around the forum). As for exhaust it all depends on what you want whether it be an axle back or a full cat back (increase in pipe dia. after the cat possibly?) check out our main vendor Auto City Imports. They'll be happy to help you and set you up with some nice mods. Also, basic bolt ons should not require a tune if they were built based on a stock tuned car. And as for price, it varies but you're looking at around $250-$300 for an intake and around $400 for an exhaust. Again it all depends on what you want to put on your car. I hope this helps you and welcome to LT

 

I think last we covered this we came to the conclusion that the modification has to have something to do with what went wrong. Like your example, your clutch goes out and the dealer sees you have an aftermarket intake, they can't say your intake is aftermarket so that's why your clutch went out. Thus, saying that it voided your warranty. But, you never know what the stealerships are gonna try to do.

 

I was 100% set on the CAI until I read about the differences. Theres a few other differences to add to the mix that made my decision for me 1) CAI's power comes in at higher RPMs or at the end of a 1/4 your speed will be a little higher. 2) Ram Air gets you the initial launch. 3) Installing the Ram Air is 1000 easier than the CAI because you don't have to take half your car apart to get it where it needs to be. 4) Ram is generally about 100 bux cheaper than the CAI. 5) Ram gives 12.5 HP gains vs. CAI's 11HP. 6) CAI's risks of hydro locking are alot greater because it is down in your wheel well. Our wheel wells are vented so ideally it would be a great thing but it also allows water to get to it. And lastly 7) personally, I think the Ram air looks cooler because you actually see it. And it has less bends so more air.

Cold Air intakes do not void a warranty UNLESS the cold air is directly responsible for the problem ie sucking water into your engine.


I got a question tho.... Anyone know if the Injen Shorty comes with a throttle body spacer? Is it needed for it? Does it make a difference?

 

I don't think I've ever heard of an intake coming with a throttle body spacer. And, from what I've heard, throttle body spacers help. I've never dealt with, nor researched the effects of it.

 

If you wanted more POWA, get the X...

 

I don't trust those chips vs a decent tune. RRM makes a piggy back which is more trusted than that. But you can get it if you want. I wouldn't trust it though not unless I knew someone personally with one. Or they are backed by a whole community on forums somewhere.