I was just curious what was the difference between a reg Mitsu Lancer and an EVO....like what different parts you would need to convert a Lancer to an EVO.
I am pretty sure the EVO has a turbo and the Lancer doesn't and the EVO also has a different hood and body kit and wing.
Are there any other differences?? or would it just be easier and cheaper to buy a EVO?
thanks in advance!
buy an evo, it's not worth the conversion, plus if you ever get rid of it, all the parts you used to "make it an evo" are worthless, where the EVO will retain some value.
cavalierdrew wrote:I was just curious what was the difference between a reg Mitsu Lancer and an EVO....like what different parts you would need to convert a Lancer to an EVO.
I am pretty sure the EVO has a turbo and the Lancer doesn't and the EVO also has a different hood and body kit and wing.
Are there any other differences?? or would it just be easier and cheaper to buy a EVO?
thanks in advance!
well there on the same platform, thats about the ONLY thing they have in common. its a whole different engine/driveline alltogether.
ok, maybe I'm retarded.....the more I look at the 2 cars the more completely different they appear. Are their headlight and taillights even the same??
The whole body of the car is different.
I don't even think it'd be possible to do a conversion unless you went the body-off route, and even then it's rediculous to even attempt it.
The lancer is FWD, Evo is AWD, different body, different motor, different transmission, different...everything.
I think the only thing the same on the two is the Mitsu logo haha.
It's based off the same platform, but i think even there they're very loosly related, like DizaCav said they're completely different, it would probably cost your twice as much to do a conversion as it would to just buy one. Not to mention as far as resale value a Lancer is always going to be a Lancer whether you convert it or not. But if you buy an Evo, it's an Evo.
ok, thanks. I wasn't sure if the cars were really similar or just loosely based on the other. I see now that they are completely different. thanks for the quick info!
The Impreza and WRX on the otherhand are more similar, body, AWD layout. Beyond that the engine, tranny, brakes, suspesion are all different. As far as the body goes. The WRX has an aluminum hood with a scoop, the Impreza's is steel.
But even with thier similarities, the cost of the conversion, plus the cost of a standard Impreza would go far beyond the $15,000 you can find a used WRX for.
I imagine the evo would be alot different because you would need to pu a whole new suspension, a-arms, halfshafts on the rear. And the chassis may not even be built to handle the added stresses of AWD. And I doubt things would bolt right up.
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like a v6 camaro and a ss camaro etc
cheaper to buy the right one from the start
theres so much stiffer chassis... its reinforced more in the evo. if not... that would be a beat up lil lancer body i'm sure
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actually i believe they arent on the same platform.
if i remember right the lancer es and either the lancer ralliart or the other lancer version where on a different platform.
and one of the lancer ralliart or (cant remember name of other version) is on the same platform as the evo
but even the one that IS on the same platform they are still dramatically different. more different than the difference between a v6 camaro and v8 since ud have to do ALLLL kinds of chasis work engine/tranny and awd install
i could be wrong thats just what i thought i heard
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GreenFire wrote:like the difference between a srt-4 and a neon. But greater!
The srt4/neon conversion is actually easy. The parts can be found for under $8,000 with real low mileage. Wouldnt do it though. The SRT4 is valued higher. He,he
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how about a WRX and an STI?
those are far more comparable, right?
meaning, it wuldn't be AS difficult to make a WRX an STI, right?
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Lets put it this way....
You can make a regular WRX faster than an STI, but I still wouldn't put STI badging on it and call it an STI. I have a friend thats pulling better times in his 03 WRX than any stock STI. It's not that he converted it.... he just made them comparable.
The chassis is similar but not the same. They have the same dash...
If you want some visual help with the chassis. Compare the wheel well areas between the models.
If I remember right they are two totally different cars. Not the same platform, not the same anything. The EVO has more in common with the 1G and 2G eclipse than it does with the regular Lancer. The driveline is very similar between the EVO and DSMs except the EVO has a MHI 16G turbo as stock equipement.
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EVO has a 4g63t, Lancer has a piece motor same as Neon.
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you might as well buy an evo, the cost of a conversion would cost more.
as for the srt-4 swap...put it in a mid 90's neon and hold on, plus no one would think of you having that swap until it was too late.
i have to agree with jkhd03cavy. the motor in the lincoln mark 8 is kinda the same motor as the cobra, only diff is that the crank has a smaller stroke and no forged internals. but tuning this car to get into the twelves would make a good sleeper. nut i wouldn't badge it with svt decals.lol
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