Eclipse haven't had turbos since the 2G series ('95-99). They've been NA ever since. The GT is a V6.

Regardless, nice runs.

 

I came up on this newish Mitsubishi Eclipse.

I think he was refering to a few model years ago with this comment, at least that was my take. The only two Eclipses turbo'd were the GSX (AWD) and the GST (FWD).

 

I dont know what model it was, I can't remember the badging on the back. But it sure sounded like it was spooling when he got on the gas.

It had the big round spoiler that was a constant arc from side to side.

Kinda like:

 

That was the 2Gb body style, the second generation on that platform, which did include the GSX and the GST, they were from 97-99. If it was a GSX or a GST it was spoolin!

P.S. I really dont know that much about Eclipses, but my roomate is a Eclipse guy

 

I don't know fellas... growing up (like through high school and whatnot), I always considered Eclipses to be chick cars. Guys just look out of place driving them.... even with neons and shiny wheels and obnoxious spoilers and double-fisted exhaust tips....

 

From a roll the GST is stronger than the GSX. This gen suffered from crank walk. But with some bolt ons they can be very quick. The 1st gen motor is nearly bullit proof and supports about 400hp without getting exotic at all.

 

From a roll the GST is stronger than the GSX.

AWD vs. FWD - FWD has less power train loss therefore will be stronger from a roll on the same motor, also has a slight weight advantage.

 

Man in school I would have given my left nut to have a GST Eclipse... That was the bomb in cars around where I was at.. (next to anything Honda). And if you were really lucky and your parents loved you you might of had a Galant Vr-4 or a 3000GT Vr-4.

On the side note..... the GSX was heavy as a mother!! and suffered from a seriously parasitic AWD system that robbed more power than it helped.

 

Man in school I would have given my left nut to have a GST Eclipse... That was the bomb in cars around where I was at.. (next to anything Honda). And if you were really lucky and your parents loved you you might of had a Galant Vr-4 or a 3000GT Vr-4.

On the side note..... the GSX was heavy as a mother!! and suffered from a seriously parasitic AWD system that robbed more power than it helped.

My parents must love me since I have a Galant vr4

 

many many people turbo eclipses here. Most of them out here on our streets are turbo. We have a couple really quick ones in our car club... most of the eclipse tuners out here leave the body stock too.

I raced one the other day on HWY 16. 2nd gen that was turbo... it was very loud and slower then my car running stock ECU with a major exhaust leak from my flex pipe.

*edit.. the moral is that they dont have to be one of those two models to be turbo

 

*edit.. the moral is that they dont have to be one of those two models to be turbo

But those were the only two models that came turbo'd stock - and they were the 2nd gen.

 

Well if it had one of those spoilers it was most likely turbo... those spoilers came stock on the GST's.... plus if he was even able to hang with you for a little bit then he was definately turbo'd....

 

Going from a roll, starting at ~80mph, he walked me at the start, I only caught up when I got going faster than him around 125mph.

My guess is he was downshifting to 4th, where I was stuck doing a pure 5th gear pull due to my inability to shift from 4th to 5th quickly and efficiently.

 

my car is at the perfect rpm when on the freeway for 5th gear pulls. at 65 i think its at 2800 which is the earliest rpm i get max boost. If i downshift its a waste of time. I have different gear ratios because of the first year 5 speed and its for a n/a from the factory. It is SO nice.

 

I have also notced the power of the "no downshift" on the highway. At 70 or so, I'm just below 3k RPMS.

I press down on the gas about 2" or so and all of the sudden this big rubberband is attached to my bumper and then I'm going 85.

I love it.

 

yea, from 65-85 (as far as my speedo goes) happens so fast its scary.

 

It's going to be more scary in a few months.


Yes.

 

Is your SPG geared different than my '87 900? I remember not being able to go much over 120 and I thought that was about tops for the classics?

 

There are several gearing varients on the c900s, well not really gearing varients, but rather different final drive ratios and different primary drive ratios.

My first c900T went up to about 135mph.

 

It all depends on if you had a 4, 5 or 6 series trans as to what the gearing is. I had a 5 series in my C900 (1986) and I was able to hit almost 140 with it.

 

I have not tried for a top speed yet cause my brakes suck, but I feel that 130 or so would be somewhat reasonable speed for my car.

 

I think 130-140 for any C900 is a good top speed... I know with mine the rattles and shakes it had made me kind of scared I would lose pieces of my car LOL!!!.. felt like the guy in Fast and Furious when he lost his floor plate!!

 

haha I would be terrified to take a c900 up to 140mph. maybe when it was new, but the newest these cars are gonna be is 13 years old so I dont know if I would trust everything as much as when it left the factory.

 

yeah, I took my old red c900T (Natalie) up to about 140 several times.... it wasnt that sketchy and there was a giant piece of the frame missing due to rott.... thank god the control arm didnt snap going 140 and instead it snapped doing about 30.... lol....

thank god my dumb driving days are over lol.... I was so retarded come to think of it... ask DeLorean or PaulH about how bad Natalie's frame was lol....

 

yeah it was probably about 10x as bad as my 91 900, that car saw the pin on the speedo several times (140+) as did my notchback. if your car was topping out at 120 it probably had the #6 gearset, the early 900s had that, the later ones had the #7 wich is what my 91 had.

Paul

 

The galant Vr-4 was a fun car when properly tuned and setup! I used to have an even better car.... Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 5speed 2.4Ltr RWD 350+HP Rocket!! Man I miss that car.

 

The pictures is the super body style 2nd gen eclipse. Some non-turbo GS's have that body style, so the body style does not categorize turbo and non turbo eclipses. 2nd gen GST/GSX cars actually have the same t25 turbo the 9k's have. 1st gen bar none are the best eclipses. 4g63 with the larger 14b turbo. Its common to see people using the 14b in their 2nd gens. I know quite a bit about DSM's. Crank walk was an issue in particularly in the '96 year eclipse from what ive read, but all in all a WAY over-hyped problem in DSM's.

 

I've never been able to get any of my c900's much past 110. The fastest I have driven in a car was in the 84 vert, I hit 115 after shooting the gap between a car I was passing and an oncomming car because I knew if I didn't pass this guy I would never get to go 115, haha. I wasn't drunk either.

Furthermore I do not trust a classic 900 speedo past 100.

My EMS has really low gearing. I doubt I've gone over 110 in it, but it might go as fast as 120-25. Speedo tops out at 85, which I hit before the end of fourth gear. haha.

 

u drove that "vert" that fast?


balls.

 

Well, I've had a c900 3dr up to 115 with an auto trans and when I put the 5 speed in it I was able to get the spedometer to go as far as it possibly could.

Felt like hell at that sort of speed though.