2001 GT

For the love of god, eclipse GSX's HAVE NO SPEEDLIMITER!!!!!!

Only the FWD models have one at 135 due to there crappier tires. Read up.

They are gear limited stock to about 172mph and quite a few people have gotten stock ones above 150-160mph.



Yes my car was stock at the time, you think somebody switched out turbos on me in the middle of the night and I didn't know it?

Sidewayz6.0

Now that I'll throw the BS flag on.

czwalga00gt

It was dropped out of a cargo plane.

Sidewayz6.0

1999 Eclipse GSX

0-60 mph 6.5 sec
0-100 mph 17 sec
1/4 Mile 15.1 @ 93 mph
Top Speed 137 mph
Gas Mileage 21 MPG City / 28 MPG Highway


I'm not buying a 3100 lb car with 210 HP (Assuming you had a 5-speed) went 145+. And the GSX and GST both came from the factory with the same tires. Goodyear Eagle RS-A.

I'm not trying to start anything, but I'm just pointing out facts here bud.

JD1969

STFU my 1986 Honda Eleite went 140, so an Eclipse will do 175 mph without even trying.

*For those without a sarcasam detector, please note that I am joking*

JD1969

Umm yea, gear limited and drag limited are two totaly different things, my car is geared to go well over 200 mph, but I am not ignorant enough to actully think the car will do that fast.

redass02gt

the 145 was wind assisted. there was a tornado that day.

00steed

Yeah, the highest I had my speedo to in my eclipse was 130, and my sixer goes to 120 and the needle jumps on the tach.

2001 GT

I totally understand, much the same way I wouldn't believe a stock ls1 can put down 300+ to the wheels if I wasn't familar with them and just going off factory stats. Is a 137 from the factory number and me doing 145 THAT hard to believe.

A couple of things at work here

1. Speedos are inaccurate at that speed and i realize that. Me doing 145 could of been 135 for all we know. Though stock cars have done 150+ on GPS.

2. It seems to vary greatly between cars and I've noticed this personally, most of that due to the fact you're dealing with 10 year old beat up turbo cars.

3. I'm well aware where the car is gear limited has no indication on stock top speed as the eclipse no way in hell has the power to hit 172mph stock.

4. They have very low wind resistance and one of the best coefficent of drag ratings out there, .28-.29 depending on source. It helps having the cd rating of a vette.

5. Every other source agrees with me Plenty of stock cars hitting 138-160 below.

http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthre...ight=top+speed
http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthre...ight=top+speed
http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showth...ight=top+speed
http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthre...ight=top+speed
http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showth...ight=top+speed
http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthre...ight=top+speed
http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthre...ight=top+speed
http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showth...ight=top+speed



About the tires FWD/AWD, different speed ratings..
Now back to your regulary scheduled program