wow the car is coming together awesome
looks awesome with that bumper. even wingless, (i think that car needs the wing, but for once i like it without)
looking clean!
looks good mark
the carbon and jdm rear looks great
cant wait till i get the money to do the same
I still want to do the smoked marker lights, and the painted headlights, but that’s about it for visual and body mods. Much of what I have done so far has been two-fold. I think it looks much better than when I bought it, but it also has reduced the weight of the car over a hundred pounds from when I got it, and removed a few things that cause drag, which should help for my type of racing.
shoudlve bought my 35r :tup:
Like most, I like it with the wing more. But the bumper is sexy time fo’ sho!
Too much turbo for my goals! Plus its not nearly as snky :snky:
Very nice, I like it without the wing.
Started progress on the exhaust system last night. Big props to emery who helped me get to two “impossible” studs, and got the lower heat shield off for me, which normally requires you to pull the top of the manifold off. :tup:
Started out by blocking the radiator off with cardboard, so we didnt’ damage it. Then cut a slit in the lower heat shield to allow the o2 sensor wire to pass through, and then with lots of force and pulling, we were able to remove it from the bottom. Next, pulled the DC Sports downpipe I had on there, as well as the lower IC coupler, so that we could access the factory o2 housing.
The factory o2 is held on by 3 bolts and 2 studs. The 3 bolts were pretty easy to get too, the 2 studs are next to impossible. The easier of the 2 studs we were able to get a closed-end 14mm wrench on it, and then throw some body weight into it to loosen it up. The other stud was up against the block, and we had to go from below with a 14mm deep socket, and move it about 1/64th of a turn at a time, until it was loose, and then I was able to get the nut spinning with my hand. After only about an hour or so, we got the o2 housing off.
For a factory peice, it is a pretty well designed peice :tup: Its matched up nicely to the factory turbo, and its pretty big inside, and no major sharp edges inside. If you look at the flow, there is quite a bit of turbulance inside from a quick turn, and the way the exhaust has to cup back into the downpipe off off the wall of the o2 housing. My words may not explain it properly, but there is definitely room for improvement in the factory o2.
The new dowpnipe came safely, packaged in a big box. They even included new hardware and new gaskets for both ends of the downpipe. I ended up getting the 2.5" - 3" transision in the o2 housing section of the downpipe, because of fitment issues. The people at MAP told us that the full 3" section requires you to remove the a/c to fit it, and I still have mine. This 2.5" section matches up perfectly with the outlet on the factory turbo though, so it should flow pretty well out of there, not to mention that it has an extra 1.5" of open dump to free up the exhaust flow there!
Tonight (weather pending), I am going to finish this up. Due to the design of the tubular o2 housing vs. the factory cast housing, I think the bolts should go in quite a bit easier. Time will tell :eekdance:
–mark
looking good
Nice looking DP. Its gonna be loud… assuming your staying stock turbo still? or modified stock turbo?
Looking nice. I love seeing build ups where the car was neglected and someone got it on the cheap and then gets the car back in better then acquired shape.
Not that it matters, but I prefer the wing and less CF. Who cares about losing weight out of the rear anyways?
Weight anywhere on the car is helpful, but the wing acts as a wind-plow. Like I said before, its great for some racing, not for what I do.
the wing distinguishs the aggressive look. without it, it seriously looks like a normal lancer from the rear view.
You mean people won’t notice me from far away 
Seriously though, its widebody, people shoudl be able to distinguish it from a regular lancer.
and it says lancer EVOLUTION on the back lol
Put two wings back on, fggt.
The new trunk doesn’t have any badging on it, just a keyhole.