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Looking good. Have you had a chance to take that little beastie to a road course and enjoy all the add-ons yet?
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yep, took it to a small track that we have around here (actually the only one) and it did pretty good...... in the corners, down the straights i couldn't pass anyone, but then again the only other "slow" car on that day was my friends Audi TT quatro the rest were all Porsches, BMW M3s and some american V8s
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Sounds fantastic - get some video next time you are out there - its always great fun to ride along with other folks.
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how much will it cost you to get all the parts for a turbo kit? my friend says it took him like $3,200 to get every thing he needed, including injectors, fuel pump, fpr, boost controller, used Apexi S-afc, a 13g turbo off a second gen eclipse and custom made manifold, he is using an intercooler from a 96 Talon tsi that he got from ebay for like 100 bucks, but of course he did all the welding, cutting and made his own piping, he does have the 4 cyl GS model like yours, he is now making 267fwhp and trapping 109mph and 13.xx sec quarter on pump gas and get this, he has the tiptronic trans, which is a feat of great proportions, at 7 psi but of course also his car has no ac and he is on stock internals so he can't push it too much yet, I believe there is potential for your car, I don't think that was a lot to spend to be faster than even the newer V6 eclipses, but I must also mention that he gutted the car of almost all creature comforts and back seats are gone
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I calculated it to be the roughly the same for the parts (in USD, exchange rate will rape me a bit in these times) but i'd also have to spend money on tuning (haven't got a clue how to tune) and a new computer either piggy back or standalone, and add on all that taxes and shipping for some of the parts to canada and it would total up to almost $6000 Cad. in my opinion it's not worth it for an extra 80 or so hp.
So i was just thinking of keeping it NA and add some headers and a proper cold air intake and continue working on the suspension and then in 2 or 3 years sell it for a car that comes stock with a turbo that i can then upgrade, my car currently has almost 200,000km |
get a second gen eclipse GSX, easiest car to mod there is and is AWD turbo, heck even a VR4, but I must tell you that modding a VR4 is not cheap, not for one second, neither is the FD, I dumped close to 25 grand in my FD over the years... that is why that car is never getting sold, I am planning on getting my hands on a supra one of these days... just so I can open my garage and see all three in there, hopefuly I'll be able to with my bonus, in 5 years my little girl will be able to drive... I may get her an eclipse, I am not sure yet
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nice, a whole mitsu family :)
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Update march 27 2010
Rear drum to Evolution 8 disc swap This is what the drum looked like inside..... plenty of meat still left on the shoes http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/v...ke_swap_02.jpg Drum and Hub off, caliper and line on http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/v...ke_swap_04.jpg All back together http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/v...ke_swap_10.jpg so now my car has the same braking system as a rally car :) took it out for a test drive earlier today and what a difference disc brakes make. stopping requires even less brake pedal force and it is one of the best upgrades i've done |
I love my brembos...but they squeal like hell
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love the Nordschlife decal :)
Photos look good :) While your car continues to look better, mine is going the other direction LOL. Time for a new car soon I think! |
^^ thanks
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The car looks really clean, lower it a little ? I wish you were closer to Miami, I would like to take some pictures of your ride.
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