K&N SRI

Discussion in '8G Lancer - Performance' started by westcoast, Apr 18, 2008.

  1. westcoast

    westcoast Well-Known Member

    ZOMG! Im pretty pumped and hope this badboy comes out soon, i wanna slap that bad boy straight in the "G-whip!" Gonna look and sounds sssoooo much better than stock! Anyone know when or how soon its coming out? Price?
     
  2. Socalheatz

    Socalheatz Member

    last i heard its still in development stage. thing i like about it is the included heat shield. yum.
     
  3. bras_33

    bras_33 Well-Known Member

    Give K&N a call, that is probably your best bet.
     
  4. Karan

    Karan Well-Known Member

    Its still a prototype according to a guy who called them, on another forum. Looks like it might be a few more months before it goes into retail phase.
     
  5. westcoast

    westcoast Well-Known Member

    Few more months?!?! wack.. I was hoping within a month or two at the most. Thats a let down. Sucks how their isnt much out right now for this car.
     
  6. ddboy

    ddboy Well-Known Member

    I'd give it another month or 2 before it comes out.

    Wait till parts for the Evo come out, then more parts will roll out for our Lancers.
     
  7. RedStar

    RedStar Well-Known Member

    What makes you say that? Will they engineer for evo and then downgrade to lancer?
     
  8. Payload

    Payload Well-Known Member

    Kinda... they will make the evo parts and then they will just need to slightly modify the design if at all to make them suit the lancers. Alot of the parts that come out for the evo's and later on the ralli-art should bolt straight up without any issues since they are very similar engines, chassis etc.

    Like they all use variants of the 4B11 now while previous models the lancers and the evo's had completely different engines. So it should make it much easier to get our hands on some of the top end parts like forged internals.
     
  9. ddboy

    ddboy Well-Known Member

    Pretty much like what Payload said.
    What I mean are things like the Evo's Headlight, more body parts, maybe different color gauges, and pretty much every other thing.
    Even the factory air box in the Lancer is the same as the one in the Evo. That's how exact the cars are.
     
  10. Bryn1987

    Bryn1987 Well-Known Member

    u might be wrong about the body parts evo headlights etc. the frame is not exactly the same, in fact in some places it's more then 2 inches off... and well, 2 inches is a big difference
     
  11. ddboy

    ddboy Well-Known Member

    I'm sure that can be addressed.
    I'm no mechanic or specialist, but it probably can be fixed with different mounts or risers.
    I watch American Choppers and when stuff doesn't fit, they add rises, different mounts, or adjust the piece so it fits.
     
  12. Bryn1987

    Bryn1987 Well-Known Member

    I'm sure that can be addressed.
    I'm no mechanic or specialist, but it probably can be fixed with different mounts or risers.
    I watch American Choppers and when stuff doesn't fit, they add rises, different mounts, or adjust the piece so it fits.[/quote:206pyu1i]

    but ur talking about... lets say u wanna buy a side skirt... the skirt will be 2 inches too short... wat to do then? u can try to extend it w/ fiber glass... but unless ur really good w/ it, might come out kinda fugly :-\
     
  13. ddboy

    ddboy Well-Known Member

    I'm sure that can be addressed.
    I'm no mechanic or specialist, but it probably can be fixed with different mounts or risers.
    I watch American Choppers and when stuff doesn't fit, they add rises, different mounts, or adjust the piece so it fits.[/quote:1goc7m7g]

    but ur talking about... lets say u wanna buy a side skirt... the skirt will be 2 inches too short... wat to do then? u can try to extend it w/ fiber glass... but unless ur really good w/ it, might come out kinda fugly :-\[/quote:1goc7m7g]

    Wouldn't companies engineer a bigger/longer panel from the beginning?

    From my perspective, to save money, wouldn't Mitsu engineer stuff to be compatible with the Evo, Ralliart, and the Lancer?
    Which appears to be the case, at least to me.
    I mean look at the headlights on the Ralliart and the Evo, it's probably the same headlight. Look at the taillights on the Evo and Lancer, it's probably the same thing.
     
  14. westcoast

    westcoast Well-Known Member

    Anyone get anything from K&N or an update bout this SRI?
     
  15. Karan

    Karan Well-Known Member

    Still nothing :( Under development I think. I wish they'd hurry up! But atleast it should be better than the mess Fujita put out.