Stock 1.8L Coupe what to do first?

Yeah I agree with you, I think its probably a good way to go for now plus its cheap :p

Is the one you have a bolt on or welded? I take it it just slips over the stocky pipe?
 
skippy said:
BTW res, is your bumper a different white then your car or is it me trippin'?
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think u be trippn bro, might be the light shining on it
 
electronix said:
Yeah I agree with you, I think its probably a good way to go for now plus its cheap :p

Is the one you have a bolt on or welded? I take it it just slips over the stocky pipe?
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mine was nothing just a metal tip, i cut off about 2cms off the end of the stock tip (the knoby end and a tiny bit more so it didnt protrude out the new tip)
then i slid the tip over till it touched the muffler (was a very loose fit cos it was 2.5" expanded to 3" tip, made it fit flush with muffler

then got a roofing screw and drilled it in from the bottom so that it pushes like a clamp type thing on the stock tip and holds it on with 1 screw

then touch over the screw lightly with some black spray apint (make sure u put the screw under so its rather hidden

alternativly u can get it welded on but thats extra $$$
 
@ JD Nah Adelaide. LOL. Keen for a road trip? :p

@ res sounds like an awesome Sunday job, might do it in the morning. Cheers for the idea man. Did you just get one of those supercheap ones?
 
electronix said:
@ JD Nah Adelaide. LOL. Keen for a road trip? :p

@ res sounds like an awesome Sunday job, might do it in the morning. Cheers for the idea man. Did you just get one of those supercheap ones?
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I was actually going to road trip down to Melbourne to pick up my new engine. Adelaide ins't that far off....
 
electronix said:
Did you just get one of those supercheap ones?
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yes, for me it took about 2hrs of work to get it perfect with little tweaks, its not hard to do, just make sure u do it as neat as u can, cos presentation is everything
the better and more seemlessly u fit it the more ppl will beieve u have a nice performance zorst thats is ninja
 
Ah cool. I was thinking of going with the twin exhausts I reckon they might look cool.

As for cutting the stock pipe: how did you do it? I have a severe tool shortage here so best I have in the shed is a hacksaw :thumbdown:
 
electronix said:
Does anyone on here have experience with the K&N replacement panel filter? It seems like the best option but Im a bit sceptical about whether the "claims" of horsepower gains are actually noticeable.
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I had noticeable increase in speed of revving, logically I must have had some power gain. The real benefit here is you can clean it and re-oil it often. Normal pleated non-reusable filters suffer badly when they become dirty and often people don't want to spend the money keeping it up-to-date. They're expensive for a throwaway item...

Keeping a K&N clean, keeps your car breathing better and keeps fuel economy as good as it gets...

WRT the power gains, I also have a full zorst and a DIY CAI from the front of my car to the panel...so it's the best 'I' could make it.... The power gains were good (with the whole-lot done), a little over 10%.
 
electronix said:
Ah cool. I was thinking of going with the twin exhausts I reckon they might look cool.

As for cutting the stock pipe: how did you do it? I have a severe tool shortage here so best I have in the shed is a hacksaw :thumbdown:
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twin zorsts on a lancer is kinda lame, but if its your tastes then go for it, but u may well lose power and it may well drone alot
some ppl on here have done it, i thing lancer99 and one other....

i used a grinder to cut it off, if u wanna go hacksaw then do it, but i can see that being a pain in the arse
 
resuliac said:
electronix said:
Ah cool. I was thinking of going with the twin exhausts I reckon they might look cool.

As for cutting the stock pipe: how did you do it? I have a severe tool shortage here so best I have in the shed is a hacksaw :thumbdown:
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twin zorsts on a lancer is kinda lame, but if its your tastes then go for it, but u may well lose power and it may well drone alot
some ppl on here have done it, i thing lancer99 and one other....

i used a grinder to cut it off, if u wanna go hacksaw then do it, but i can see that being a pain in the arse
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Twin tips with a mivec v6 conversion however ;-)
 
Ok well I got a quote from AAA Exhausts for $280 + zaust tip for a Lukey Ultra Flo muffler fitted. Going there tomorrow. Good deal? Yay/nay?

What tip should I go for? Sizes? Pics? Scrap the twin zaust idea, not worth it if I can run into trouble.

Thanks guys! Great site you have going on here Ive been looking for this sort of forum for a while now :D
 
geezus, $280 is a bit steep for just a tip, as far as i kno most ppl can get fulll catbacks including muffler for $350-ish
 
tru tru, i wouldjust fork out the extra few $$ and go that catback at the same time man
u might aswell if ur gettign a performance muffler
 
Well I was considering getting this now and later down the track possibly looking into full zaust replacement with headers, cat and then just re-use the muffler. Unfortunately money situation doesnt really permit that much seeing as I have to get windows tinted and spoiler resprayed coz I reckon the clearcoat is on its way out.

Does it really matter about catback? For now Im just going for better looks and when I have more $ Ill look into go fast bits :p
 
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