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Lancer GSR

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  • 27-11-2007 11:03pm
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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    Im thinking of trading up my 520i for a 96' lancer gsr. Is it difficult to get much more out of them? Say bring it up to near evo standard?

    Tomy


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    mac500
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭mac500


    sorry a bit off topic but what the insurance like on those and are they heavy on juice, hoping to buy a mitsubishi in the next week or so and am looking at lancers and carismas.

    sorry again for been off topic and not answering the original question.


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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Well I wanted an evo but it's not gonna happen, ferrari style insurance policy for them no thankyou. I think a GSR would give an evo the skeevy jeevys with a few modifications, bigger turbo etc...

    I reckon they would eat the fuel like any turbo car..


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    Mr.Boots
    Registered Users Posts: 1,313 ✭✭✭Mr.Boots


    I stand to be corrected.... but

    Would it not be cheaper to buy an EVO rather than go to the expense of modifying a GSR's engine, brakes, suspension ect,and at the end of the day you would have an EVO and not a modified GSR.
    I guess the EVO would me easier to sell on later once you've had your fun.


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    And of course, if you don't tell your insurance company about the mods under the bonnet they'll point and laugh at you if you do have a claim.


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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭mondeo


    A modified GSR would still be cheaper to insure. I've been doing a little bit of research and found the car favourably insurable compared to the evo even with a modified turbo.. I cannot complain really.

    I'm sure the evo would be a more desirable car when selling on, some GSR's out there are fetching decent money.. They arent as in your face looking as the evo "iv" I wanted, maybe thats a good thing it will attract less attention. Looks exactly like a lancer mivec with same bodykit except it would eat ya :p


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    Gumbo
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    your GSR will never match a genuine evo. the money you would spend trying to get the GSR up to evo power, it would be cheaper to buy the evo and pay the insurance hike.

    with the evo you get better power, better handling, active yaw control etc etc etc etc........


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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭mondeo


    kceire wrote: »
    your GSR will never match a genuine evo. the money you would spend trying to get the GSR up to evo power, it would be cheaper to buy the evo and pay the insurance hike.

    with the evo you get better power, better handling, active yaw control etc etc etc etc........

    Maybe


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