Hello everyone,

I've been creeping on the forum for a few weeks now as I've been hunting for a Crossfire once I realized my vehicle was becoming a bit of a money pit! Just traded in my Mitsubishi Galant Ralliart in for a black/black 6speed 04 coupe (limited) with 69,xxxx miles. Quite a change from a 4 door, front wheel drive, automatic sport sedan! For those unfamiliar with the Ralliart, it has the drivetrain from the Eclipse GT, complete with 260hp and some other goodies. I've attached pictures of the Galant (please note the plasti-dip white wheels left over from the winter!) and the new Crossfire.

I had fun modifying my Ralliart (CAI, lowered, upgraded brakes) despite the lack of an aftermarket, and it looks like there are similar availability challenges with the Crossfire... I wanted to say thank you for the extensive reading material on this site which I've wasted hours combing through... from what I've gathered, here are the modifications I'm hoping for:

Now here's the big question: I'm ultimately very interested in the turbo project that's taking place and would love to have that as a winter install... With that in the possible future, are any of the above modifications not recommended? I'm assuming the turbo would mean different intake or exhaust at the least?

Last question, more of a poll: if you had $1000 to spend on upgrades/mods for a stock Crossfire, what would you do first...


At any rate, glad to be a part of the community and I look forward to learning and contributing as much as possible

 

I believe most will say that with a $1000 to put into it, Needswinds CAI, a tune and maybe a sprint booster. However, you'd only be able to do a single CAI if you do all three and be in the 1K range. Otherwise, I'd do the dual CAI and the tune on special.

Good luck and welcome.

 

So from all my reading it seems like the Single CAI is preferred over just the devil horns and that the dual CAI isn't necessary despite looking very cool...

I think the CAI and a tune will be the first things to happen, though I am really debating the CF hood as I'm assuming that once they're gone, they're gone.. also, the front emblem on my hood is broken and it seems like its going to be a good amount of $$ for just the emblem so I might as well get an entire hood, right?

 

id buy the piping and fittings myself for my cold air. thats what i did. all for under 100$ with the k&n air filter mounted behind the grill. lowering springs for 250$ range, tune, upgraded TB and MAF and a magnaflow cat back all for 1 grand. and got alot of new toys

 

Duals and tune, skip the sprintbooster.

The Duals look good, and flow the best, and a proper tune will give you the best performance for your buck. Wait on the TB though... There are reasons that you may kick yourself in the *** if you jumped too soon.

 

and what reasons would those be???

if you happen to be talking about the turbo project (maybe you are, maybe you're not but can give some insight), what parts would not carry over once the car is boosted? I'm assuming the exhaust would need to be reworked, especially for a remote mount... the TB and intake too?

 

I'm waiting on drop and suspension for a little bit, at least until the winter so I can get wheels, springs and all the proper adjustments done at once to get a good stance...