turbo ECLIPSE GT vs...

TuffGuy

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got this from the 3g forums. kinda exciting since aftermarket support for my car is scarce at best.

I went to the track friday, but I didn't get there till 11:00 so I decided not to waste the extra 11 bucks. So I decided to go up to a place everyone goes on saturday after midnight to race. I had one person in my car.
97 (bodystyle) TA WS6 -

Dude had his girlfriend in his car, my friend looked over and ask him if he was "ready" he looked over laughed and reved at me. Light turns green, he jumps a car on me (turbo lag) but I pull ahead and am up by 2 cars at 70 mph. Conclusion: he can't drive very well.

91 Mustang GT:

Friend of mine. He ran a 14.2 friday. From a stop to 110 I jumped on him and he stayed at my tail lights all the way.

98 Cavalier:

The guy wanted to know how his car would do against a new eclipse gt. I told him that I put a turbo on it. He said he didn't care. From a stop to 50 I got 5 cars. It wasn't even fun, I quit accelerating at 50.

97 (body style) TA Auto

The guy still had his timeslips from friday. Consistent 14.0's. He said he had a broken tranny mount, but had just fixed it earlier. We went from 0 to 100. He beat me by 1.5 cars. (.5 car in between my front bumper and his rear)

Overall I was pretty happy with the night. The WS6 cracked me up b/c he laughed at me and then couldn't even drive his car (i'm guessing, or it could have been a stock auto, if they even make an auto ws6). I'm going to try and make it to the track again friday, to run this time.

Oh, and I have a terrible exhaust leak before the turbo (new exhaust, they missed a spot when welding) so I was only running at 4 lbs max all night. I'm pretty sure I will be at high 13's low 14's friday.
 

RedRooster

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So what do ya suppose a GT is putting out with 4 lbs of boost? I know it's at 200 without the turbo, would 220-230 be a reasonable guess?
Wish they were available in Canada, those are sweet looking cars.
 

TuffGuy

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RedRooster2K - probably. it's capable of running 8psi with stock internals, which is good for ~300hp.

rhinox99 - pontiac Trans Am
 

Triumph

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that's nothing compared to what the older gen's will do. if the car says TSI anywhere on it, run for the hills. (modified ones at least)
 

Aenygma

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.... my Kawasaki... oh well, I will sit at the end and wait for you to catch up ;)