I stand corrected......

[:-]I thought this thread was about 2V's [:-]

 

oh crap what was I thinking? Must've been a result of lack of sleep[:@]

 

i thought that he was talking about running S197s?

 

Yes it was.

 

Yea, the guy came in talking about how he beat a few 3V GT's with his CAI/tune Eclipse GT. I won't sit here and call BS.....cuz I know firsthand some of thetotal losersthey have riding around in S197's right now. But half a decent driver in a 3V GT shouldn't have their hands full with a light bolt-on Eclipse.

I mean honestly, how hard is it to get the car lined up on a road and mash the pedal to the floor?

 

i live in cottage grove, for whoever asked. i will not be at UNI this summer just got work im getting deployed in JUNE.as for as TC and SC they make a stage one SC on a stoke eclipse GT with 6lbs of boost is pushing 390HP, a greddy turbo is in the works but from sounds of it we are looking at about $9,500 for the kit with the SC being 4,100. and i forgot to add that when i ran the 13.8 i was on 110 oct fuel about 2gallons of 92 oct and 2gallons of the 110. i dont know what that dudes deal was that i had 2-3 cars on but he was an older guy (50's) not saying that is old. i would ask you guys if you want to know more check out Club4Geclipse .com ....
one thing i do find kinda funny is the guys that buy sports cars import or amarican for buy a car for 26k or 27k (stangs) and think they are so cool for beating a 19-22k dollar car (eclipse) i would hope so. i got beat buy a stock audi A4 buy a bout 3/4 to 1 car lenght and he thought he was so cool. i have also been beat by 89 civic rusty but total sleeper. come to find out he is running 550HP. hope this helps you guys if you have anymore questions feel free to ask

 

You're gonna get that with ppl who drive almost anything....regardless of whether it cost them alot of money or not and regardless of whether it is domestic or import. I have a neighbor currently that owns an 06 350Z that can't for anything stop being snide about how much nicer his car is to mine. Nevermind he paid nearly 5K more for his car than I paid for mine and it still was lacking in HP/Trq compared to my GT. And since he found out I have a blower, he's always dropping hints about how he's about to drop a turbo inhis Zand put 500 to the back wheels and blah, blah, blah....The guy just can't give in to inferiority of any sort. Can't be faster now so he just has to let on about how he's gonna be faster "someday". It's all good and well, but some ppl just think their car is god's gift, and I for one don't get it. My car is far from the fastest thing on the road, but95% of the time it is faster than the fool next to me who will try and instigate a race (cuz I, as a rule, don't instigate races).

Fortunately, the newer Eclipses around here seem to be owned by more level headed ppl........as I have never seen any acting like fools or any that have been pimped out hideously.If there are any seriously modded ones around, they haven't shown themselves around me yet.

 

there are not to many heavy modded ones out there because there is still not too much stuff out for the car,with the new motor and all, the only ones out there that are modded are the company cars, (WORKS, GREDDY, HKS,and GT PRO). and those are mostly prototype parts. for the most part the only engine mods out are cai, exhaust, pullys, headers just came out, and suspention. and all the parts are F ing spendy coated headers are like 1,500. oh they make a LSD also. but for the most part you will see body kits. Me on the other hand i am trying more for the show not so much go portion of it. yes i will add a SC or maybe a turbo within the next few years.

 

I heard somewhere that Using Race Fuel can actully hurt your cars performance/not improve preformance if your not running HIGH horsepower or a Boosted car??? ne one?

 

[sm=dontgetit.gif] I chirped the tires in my buddy's mom's Mini Cooper. Chirping 2nd gear means that it has at least 73hp.lol

Is there something i'm misreading? How is 270rwhp from a GT "similar" to 260 hp at the fly? And torque is that much more of a difference.

I'm gonna step out of a limb here, and say those eclipses are easy even for a stock New Edge.


Holy crap. Dont pull that ****. And you think you are so cool for beating a $5,000 fox body stang, or a $8000 LS1 Camaro???????? Oh wait, you cant beat either!!!!!! OR EVEN GET CLOSE. [sm=welcomesign.gif]