Im thinking of turboing my Eclipse

Take my poll and let me know what you are think.

gsx

I almost did that but im not sure if I can sell it haha its my first car

Turbo, and Drive it till death(of the car)

I say Turbo......but, if you were to do it, remember yu will have to keep it tuned!!!

I have a friend selling his kit cheap so Im thinking about it but im going to check my compression first and try to get a back up engine so when I blow the one I have now ha

amskater wrote:

Iget a back up engine so when I blow the one I have now ha

If you tune it right and not ride it so hard, you wot have to worry abut an engine swap.

yeah but even then engines dont last forever and I wouldnt be riding it too hard and it would be low psi

Yea...If thats the case....get a lower mileage motor and then put in the turbo. If you have super high mileage, then your chances of blowin the motor will be greater even if you do boost really low.

or just ride the high millage motor with the turbo for a while, and when it goes kapput then get a new motor, transfer the mods, Drop 'er in and play

Mr.Squiggles wrote:

or just ride the high millage motor with the turbo for a while, and when it goes kapput then get a new motor, transfer the mods, Drop 'er in and play

Thats exactly what I am thinking I rather test it out and see what it can do on the engine I have now if I get a back up so when I do blow its no biggie haha

If it blows, are you going to get a GS-T/GSX motor? If that's what you do, then you could just jump straight to that first since it's already has a turbo in it.

However, using the GSX motor might not work because the GSX is AWD instead of FWD so you might have a problem.

^^^^I'm not 100% though because it's a Mitsubishi and my knowledge about Mitsubishi cars is limited. With Toyota, the 2JZ-GTE and 2JZ-GE use different trannies[when using manual trannies] and different drive shafts, rear differentials, sensors, brakes, etc. so it might be like that too. Just a heads up.


If you need a mechanic, I know just the right person. MrSquiggles can vouch for me.

both the GS-T/GSX have the Same 46G3T Engine but to put one in my car would take too much custom fab and money people have done it but if I was going to spend money like that Id find a clean GSX to buy. Thanks for the offer for the machanic but I would have a few guys that may help me that have done a few times before but they would be there to keep an eye on me no better way to learn your car than to do your own work

amskater wrote:

no better way to learn your car than to do your own work

Thats the truth!!!!!! But you can always get help from others you know!!
Besides....you can always watch and ask questions...when I did installs, people would always ask me questions and always hovered over me when I did installs. LOL

Chyea, Turbo that Sish, OORR Supercharge, Everyone underestimates the power of a supercharger, Cheaper and no lag. OORR and exhaust whistler

The thing about the SuperCharger I dont like is that it takes power from the engine to run although the no lag and wine would be sick too though ha but turbo lag is fun too cause your just driving and then when you hit boost it feels that much faster

amskater wrote:

The thing about the SuperCharger I dont like is that it takes power from the engine to run although the no lag and wine would be sick too though ha but turbo lag is fun too cause your just driving and then when you hit boost it feels that much faster

It all depends on what your going for. If you racing straight aways, then I would get a SC. 1/4 mile you ill want to get out of the hole faster. Hence, SC running at 100%!!! If you just want to sound cool and have power when you are in no rush, TC is fine...with a little help from the bottle for the last minuet races. I would only get a TC for the blowoff valve!!!! LOL!!!

if I had a gsx upgraded how I wanted with anti-lag I would fly out of the hole haha with no need for the bottle

amskater wrote:

if I had a gsx upgraded how I wanted with anti-lag

The closest way you are gonna get that "anti-lag" is getting the HKS Boost Controller and bossting at the lowest setting there is. But even when you do that, at such a low RPM, there might be a chane a turbo lag still since the turbo hasnt spolled up enough air and could "blow it up" I have seen it happen to a couple of Hondas.....but of course, they were Hondas...LOL!!!!

I have seen a few of my friends launch with there sick GSX's with anti-lag and they were not boosting low and they f*cking took off haha one of them did bust there center diff shiffting into second but he still trapped over a 120 and he was only boosting half of waht he could of

amskater wrote:

one of them did bust there center diff shiffting into second

So....what have you learned from that....LOL!!!!

when I get a GSX im going to upgrade the center diff

amskater wrote:

when I get a GSX im going to upgrade the center diff

I like the sound of that!!!!

but in his defence his car is a 9-10 second car and *********** will break

Well even in the twisties, a no lag response is good, but the power it takes to power a SC is the same as your AC, but think of it this way, SC cheaper and -15hp to gain 60, fair trade to me