Help with Eclipse

[shr0olvl]

Sup, Im looking into buying a Eclipse and fixing it up pretty well for the engine and getting some good hp out of it, But is there like a specific year or type that is the easiest to upgrade to get more hp and how much hp can these things hold and wat are some good websites to buy parts and stuff ?

thanks

[GEO-oNe]

id say 2003 or 2004, just an opinion

[shr0olvl]

i heard like the 1995's to like 1999s were the best to get cuse they come with a turbo or sumthing like that and the new ones dont, so thats y i came here to find out if i should get it..

[GEO-oNe]

yeah, but what if he wants a twin turbo :p

[werty]

why buy one with a crap turbo...buy a cheap stock (AWD preferebly) talon, get a turbo, and many other things, and your set ;) :)

[TheOne]

the 91-99 GS-T's and GSX's come with the 4g63 turbocharged engine, the GSX comes AWD. 2000+ come in either a I4 or V6 engine naturally aspired engines.

by the way, don't get an automatic if you plan on gettin a non-turbo version, car is about as slow as it can get compared to a manual.

as far as i know the 91-94 eclipse GSX are usually the best for modding, but the 95-99 are also good. seen those cars pushing 500hp at 24-27 psi, saw a dyno with 27psi and think 50 shot of nos making it to the 600's, but that is really pushing it, those engines can make 400fwhp safe though.(don't know if ya gotta change the internals though). but there's a lot of aftermarket for the GS-T and the GSX.

[Quiggs]

A guy I work with has a DSM Talon TSi. It's currently in his garage waiting for a new transmission. They're not the strongest tranny's. Upgrade that if you're going for lots of power.

[shr0olvl]

yea, I would deffinently go with the twin turbo, do only the GS-T and GSX come with twin turbos or wat ? And anyone know any websites to get like parts and stough

[TheOne]

twin-turbos on a I4....can be done but no, the eclipse comes single turbo. Greddy and HKSUSA sell stuff for the eclipse gs-t/gsx. there's a lot of other websites as well, Google (http://www.google.com) is your friend there.
and yeah, you pretty much gotta upgrade the transmission as those are weak after some power.

[shr0olvl]

how long will the car last, like in miles, over 100,000 or where in there and what is the difference between a GS-T and a GSX

[shr0olvl]

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