umm yeah. not suprising. coming from a dsm background, the 90-99 eclipse/talon/lasers (in fwd turbo and awd turbo trim, not the ****ty non-turbo crap), are by far the best car with the "money spend per power gained" ratio.
the 4g63 motor alone, without touching ANYTHING, can handle 23-25psi, and roughly 400-450hp depending on tuning. now stick in some arp studs and a better head gasket, and it can handle 30psi and 500hp with the right tuning.
i had a 1997 GST Spyder. the only reason i dont still have it, is 400hp+fwd=worthless, and the awd swap was out of my realm of abilities. mods included:
Evo 16g Turbo @ 20psi
SBR Cast Manifold (Ported to match turbo hotside)
Custom FMIC + Piping (By me)
550cc Injectors / 190lph Pump / DSMlink for tuning(the laptop program thats basically standalone)
intake / turbo-back exhaust (3")
act 2100 clutch kit
on the freeway, in 3rd gear, as soon as it reached 20psi the wheels just broke loose until they heated up so much theyd finally catch, and by then i was already in 4th and at about 115ish(3rd gear tops out at 105mph). the car was stupid fast, from a roll. from a stop, well, lets just say the car was fwd, and 1st-3rd were useless in anything over 1/2 throttle. i remembered cruising just to find LS1's and GT guys to tangle with, just so see their faces. and i did, many times, all of them met "yeah, its fast, but its still a 4 banger", some people are just sad. the saleen guy i raced one night, got so pissed after 3 runs and 3 losses, he went into oncoming traffic, after i had hit the brakes and coasted down to reasonable speeds, just to prove he is more "hardcore" or something.
then i got the stang and realized that even though the eclipse was way faster than my stang now, the stang is just so much more fun to drive, and even the ****tiest exhaust on a stang sounds better than the best 4banger exhaust. and getting sideways with a slight blip of the throttle owns.
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