At my work a kid just bought a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST ( the one with FWD and a turbo) ok so he think his car will run all over mine. My car (in the process of building) will be a 355 with vortec heads, Compcams XE 272 cam, vortec heads, edelbrock performer intake, Holley 650 DP, Dyno dons headers, and a 3" flowmaster cat-back. It will have a shiftkit as well as a 2500 stall on the converter, and a 4thgen 3.23 POSI rear. How do you think it will turn out? This spring were taking them to the track, i'll let you know how it goes.

 

What you are about to do to him is not legal. That's rape buddy. Not cool.

 

His car is gonna break down before that anyways... Eclipses are pieces of junk, at least mine was...

 

I had a 98 GSX. It was a quick little car-until I started modding it. I'm sure everyone has heard of the famous DSM jokes...

 

lets hear some jokes lol because i live wit a kid who owend one and he thinks it was the fastest thing in the world every time some one says something about there car he always says my talon would eat that car lol

 

Ive raced both fwd and awd elispe.Be glad its not awd lol.They can be quick lil cars if built and driven right but if this kid is new to the car then teach him a lesson in the school of hardknocks.Your going to eat him off the line if you can hook the car nicely and then mat it.When he hits 3rd..toy with him lol gain a lil bit and then give more throttle.Make him think his car could hang...then break him down hard on round 2.Lol

 

Heavily depends on his mods, and if he knows how to launch the car. The FWD Eclipses are preferred here at the track over their AWD counterparts. I helped my friend Tony w/his '95 Eclipse, we upgraded the cams, turbo and exhaust. After tuning it with DSM-Link, the car suprised me by running a low eleven second pass on just the second time out....

 

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That crank walk pic always makes me lol.

 

HAHAHA this are pretty funny, hahaha and this kids car is bone stock, he knows DSMs but he doesn't want to mod this one.

 

what does DSM means?

 

diamond star motors.

they can be quick... or really slow... depends on mods and driver.

 

and another funny thing, he says his car is making 275hp stock! HAHAHA

 

My old pickup (95 Ram, modded 360, 4x4) would have killed him, you should have no problems.

 

Thanks for all the responses guys.

 

DSM stand for Diamon Star Motors

Turbo Talons and Eclipses make 190hp stock. The stock turbo runs out of breath at 14 psi, but thats good bit of an increase.

Though I've seen modded ones hit 16, but they're good for low 15's high 14's stock. They can be a handful to drive.

 

Thanks for the info two60two

 

Yea if his car is stock you will walk all over him, a good buddy of mine had a built one that he got to run 12.9's and low 13's. Upgraded the turbo, exhaust bov, all those goodies, fuel management system etc. Needless to say after he dumped so much money into it he went and bought an z06. Lets just say he saw the light lol

 

haha yea i agree.

 

My Girlfriend had a 97 eclipse N/A with under 100K miles(Auto) I had a 91 Probe (dont laugh it was only $200 and I needed a car) 5 speed with 275K and it would walk the dog on her eclipse.She would give it all it had but that dog just wouldnt hunt

 

ive raced several eclipses all with different trim packages and walked off on every single one of them. my friend has a 97 with all kinds of mods on it. he thinks its the shizit but it didnt stand a chance against the 'maro. i had a 2.8l v6 at the time btw. i cant wait till i get the 350 in the car. i know itll be rape but i love the look on ricers faces when they get walked off on. they have some of the dumbest excuses too... "like i wasnt ready" or "my car wasnt ready" or "your tires must be stickier than mine"

 

I knew a kid in high school with a turbo 4 cylinder, stick, and he had done a few mods, not sure what all he had, but it would run 16's consistently. Probably the driver though

 

if his car is stock you should beat him like a red headed step child

 

Your tires are sticker than mine. hahahaha JDM lol.

 

This thread is all over the place. The Eclipses came in a few trims which where RS, GS, GST, and GSX. The RS and GS came with a 420A. Which is the DOHC Neon motor. The GST and GSX came with the 4G63. They are two very different engines and shouldn't be grouped together. A 2.8 may hang, but even if it did just barely with the 420A. Most people who have them can't drive or maintain the faster ones. It's really not hard to get an Eclipse into the 11's especially with the GSX. You have to give credit where credit is due. I saw a 350 powered thirdgen with nitrous run a 16.23 one day, but that doesn't mean they all do. It just means some idiot drove it.