just wondering what engine mods i can get for a carisma 1.6 glx as i cant find any thing is this model known as anything else out of the uk any help please thanks jonny :blink:

Carisma was only sold in europe,Quite popular to modify in germany,netherlands and their abouts.Try asking on some german sites(if you can)
The 1.6 engine is the same engine as fitted to 1.6 spacestar,colt,lancer.Stuff for it isnt common but their is stuff out there if you look hard enough

Hey i have the same problem. I have a 98 carisma 1.6 GLX and i cant find anything for it
i know you can get power boost vavles for it but apart from that nothing.You cant even get an induction kit because the air box has a square face inside and the air flow sensor is attached to this part. I have 17inch Wolfrace Mantis alloys on it and they rub the wheel arch. Trying to find somewhere that can suggest ideas to altering the arches and not just say " get smaller wheels"

Hello there i'm new to the site and a new carisma owner. I'm having mine modded at a local tuning garage. The guys there say they can do just about anything to it. If a part doesn't fit then they'll customise it so it will.
My car can't be much different to the other Carisma's out there though.
It's a 1.6i Elegance 03 plate . Iv'e also seen a full body kit and spoiler by a German caompany who have distributors here in the uk.
Well thats it for now but i'd like to keep you all updated as my car 'morphs'
:P First step this sataurday is a performance filter for a bit of growl and also (hopefully if it arrives off ebay in time :angry: ) a supercharger
TTFN
James

it was suggested to me that you get the arches "rolled" to sort out the rubbing wheels ( i thin kthe paint is heated and then the metal of th arches is worked outwards), havn't gotten around to it yet but it's high on the to do list as the rubbing every time I go over a speed bump is enough to drive anyone nuts!

dont know if youve had it done yet, but rolling the arches is where they bash the lip of the arch to give it more room, had mine done to fit mania jade 18" alloys, carismas have a poor arch that struggle with 16s let alone 18s.

Hi everyone i am new to the site but have had my carisma for 5 years now. Just like to say that the HKS induction kit for an Evo 6 will fit no problem, it will cost about £150 and take about 30mins to fit. Would love to know from anyone who has sites I can look at for other engine mods, Bodykits as I live in shetland and there is no tuning garages here but I am a trained mechanic and should be able to fit them myself.

Cheers

Garry

Hi folks,try these links,may be useful...

http://www.japshop.co.uk/

http://www.japspareparts.co.uk/

http://www.funkystyling.co.uk/catalogue.php

Good luck all :beer:

What kind of performance increase can you get? I have a 1998 carisma 1.6 glxi

:crying: not one of those attach to the air filter electrical superchargers by any chance? dont waste your time or money..

The 1.6 is just a standard n/a engine.. the only thing you can do to increase power is to adjust the timing and fuel curves.. but it'll be marginal at the expense of something else. The ECU will probably only revert back to base timing and maps anyway.

Ignore any ebay claims of air filter superchargers, filters, ecotek or anything else. Its all crap.. Tuning a modern normally aspirated engine for anything more than a non-noticeable 5bhp is virtually impossible.

dont fall for it...

hi there guys. i am new to this forum. i own a mitsubishi carisma 1.6i GLX 1998. please send me a copy at vlapelos@yahoo.gr. By the way, does anyone know if the tire size 195/65/r14 is ok for the car? i mean is it going to fit without causing any problems?i ask you because the original size is 185/65/r14, so there is going to be a slight difference. thanks :clap:

What about the 1.8 GDI. Is it possible to get any more oomph from it? I know someone that has a non-standard air filter on his carisma, but i don't know if that's for performance or accoustics only.

thanks!

nope an air filter wont do anything other than sound nice and look nice.

I've managed to mod my 1.8GDI ok so far, i happened to have a left over K&N 300+ universal cone filter lying around and as a Christmas present my best m8 was able to find an adapter that fitted between the filter and the MAF sensor, i'll ask him where he found it. i've also de-cat my exhaust, this is easy, go to a scrapyard and ask them for an olld cat, they'll grind it off for you then you take it home, unbolt the ends then ram a crowbar down through it until you've gotten all the ceramic out, or just grind it open, take out the insides then weld it shut, i did this and now it acts as a resonator making the car sound pretty nice.

you CAN get a considerable performance increase out of a normally aspirated engine with lots of little mods, a good way to go is with a cold air induction system, this is a pip taking air from a cold place and not from inside the engine bay and then you fit phonic (SP?) spacers between the head and the intake manifold and then between the intake manifold and the throttle body, these are just sheets of thermally insulating material the same shape as the gaskets placed in between to stop the intake manifold heating up. if you can be bothered i polishing your intake manifold too, the die-cast aluminum creates a lot of drag and saps up HP, just take it off and get some polishing tools. also, taking the engine cover off your engine then putting a bonnet vent over where the intake manifold is can also help keep it cool. it's a lot of work but every step gets you (on average) an extra 5BHP, and i think it's more fun! they're mostly cheap mods too if you do them yourself. alternatively.. just NOS it, probably about the same to fit, will give more power but you'll just have to fill up with nitrous oxide as well as your normal 95RON.

Also, i'm not sure what engine the 1.6 carisma uses but i think it's the 4G62, now the 4G62 1.6 and the 4G63 1.8 blocks are pretty much identical, it might be possible to fit a 1.6 risma with 1.8 internals as an upgrade, i've been meaning to look into it as is struck me as odd that they have the exact same cylinder bore but different stroke lengths.

Solouko

Would be really cool if you did a photo tutorial of all this. :D