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Noise in the front right corner, appears to be a missing bushing, going to get replaced under warranty, hopefully.
Speakers have a crackle now after a mild front end collision.
Overall the car has been great. I think both of the problems with the car could stem from the accident.
After having the car over a year now, I sure wish I had gotten ABS. The strong brakes are easy to lock up under hard braking. I have the GT with sun and sound, basically everything but ABS and leather interior. I feel that ABS, at least 2 wheel, should be included with the sun and sound, or be standard.
The performance is really impressive, but I would personally love to see Mitsubishi come out with a turbo charged model for the V6. AWD would be nice also, actually just making it rear wheel drive would be even better, then only a turbo would be needed. The engine is so strong and seems pretty bulletproof, it leaves me wanting about 50-60 more horsepower to really be a missile. Performance is much better than GSX-T, pulls away from them smoothly.
One last complaint, if they are going to give us 17 inch wheels, make them wider rims and fit them with at least 225/55 or 60 ZR tires! 215s on a 17 inch wheel is silly. I break loose in first and 2nd gear, and chirp into 3rd on dry roads. Need more rubber on pavement please.
Rob.
My GSX-T pulls away from Eclipse GT's like a bat outa hell... They ruined the Eclipse by giving them a V6 and taking away the turbo! The gt's are a lot slower and have absolutly no midrange power. It's a shame...
You might barely pull away from STOCK, worn out GSX's, but not any that have added something as simple as a boost controller--or any car with any mods for that matter. The bad part about naturally aspirated is that is all you every get. Turbo cars are just asking to have both ends uncorked and start making the power. Turbo cars are unbelievable! I don't understand why you can't buy one under every hood! :)
I must agree with the other comments. You said that you could pull away from a GSX? The only way you could do this, is if the GSX was turned off, or if the GSX was in reverse. That would be the ONLY way. I guarantee it.
I own a 2000 Eclipse GT. I agree, the GSX was a much better car. AWD turbo. If they made the new V6 a twin turbo, I might be impressed.
I don't know what your thinking... IMO the new eclipses are ugly and slow, even the V6s... my RS has pulled on 2 GTs all I have is bolt-ons n/a, I've also been beaten by a GT, but it wasn't by, but a half a car... Give me a 2GNT and i'll be happy, then turbo charge that and give it a LSD and your good to go... but that's just my.02.
I want to set everything straight on the 2nd gen. GST models and the GT models. This comment is coming from a experienced shop which builds all models of eclipse. The stock GST will pull 14.8 through the quarter mile on street tires on an average. The GT will pull 14.9 to 15.0 on an average. The GT has great bottom end pull, but does lack in midrange and top end pull. The GT will top out at 147 mph if you do much to the car you will find that it is governed at 155 mph. The stock eclipse GST is governed a hair over 130 mph, but if you get rid of the govenor the car will do 150 mph. As far as the engines go the 4G63 in the GST is by far the best engine ever built I believe. It will handle about anything you dish out. The GT engine is a great engine very dependable. If you are trying to really pump out some serious power out of this engine plan on replacing the pistons rods and the clutch. The rings are very high on the pistons, which makes the piston face very weak. I have turbo charged some of the GT cars. The GT responds to the turbo well, but the piston faces are blowing apart. This is happening at low boost levels. Both cars are great, as a matter of fact I own all three generations. As far a performance the GST blows the GT out of the water. Hopefully this will clear up a lot of arguments, but probably not.
Thank you for reading
Anthony Moore president Full Spool Performance.
I must admit that when my GT was stock it was slow as hell. in no way is a stock GT a match for a 2G AWD turbo. that is just silly.
That said, it is funny to see a 250 hp GSX in my rear view mirror when I unleash the now almost 300hp GT. very funny.
My suggestions, it is way too expensive and time consuming to mod the GT to a point where it can really do anything. a supercharger alone costs 4k. If all you want is speed, get a 2G turbo or better yet an RSX type S.
But I fell in love with the look of the car. and 10 grand later I'm loving it. still, 10k into a 2G and you'd have a 13, maybe 12 second car. the GT is just a high 13 second car.
So get it cause you want one. not cause you think its fast, cause it is not on its own.
A GSX-T will pull away SLOWLY as long as the driver knows what he is doing. I have beaten GSX-Ts while stock. good, well kept ones. It is really a drivers race from a stop. on the highway, the turbo kills the V6.
I just wanted to know what is better on a Mitsubishi Eclipse 2000 a super or turbocharger, the only thing I want is speed. Email me at angelpabellon@yahoo.com.
U guys really confused me.. i was goin to buy a V6..but when I read all that stuff I backed up a little...I'm lookin for both speed and comfort.. like 50% speed 50% comfort.. i like the looks of the new generation.. but I certainly don't have money to mod nything in it.. so wat's the advice??
The eclipse is not a bad car I have had my eclipse gt for the last7 months, it has power and comfort, I ran a 12.9 in the quarter mile, in the track in Montgomery AL. I have race a camaro V6 and won, and a bounch of other cars to, and that just with an K & N Air filter on it, everything else is stock.
You know I must agree with some of the people above, but with all do respect for those people who think they are street racers with there stock gsx-t you really need a reality check. Look into the specs on the car, the older gsx are awd that is the only reason you can leave a new gt off the line and they are strong fast motors no doubt, but the gt is a 210hp v-6 factory. Gruanted it lacks the turbo, but does more than make up for it in the comfort. Spend $2500 on the ripp mod supercharger as I did and kiss that awd gsx goodbye. With all those basic upgrades everyone and there grandma buys for that gsx-t that eclipse with a supercharger and a v-6 is un-matchable to the gsx-t.
Good luck to everyone and as for the posting asking which car to go with I would defanitly buy a 00 up. It has comfort that the older ones greatly lack, reliability which obviously any reall mechanic can tell you the gsx-t lacks, and it is not super fast stock, but has the potential to be and the price for a new one is less than the gsx-t and well worth every penny.
P.S. supercharger is the only way to go for the guy with a gt asking about turbo or super.
I have a 2000 mitsubishi eclipse all modded up and up to date and I have beaten a GSX easly I m telling you people that a stock eclipse will no way beat a GSX.
I have gotten beaten like 9 times (when my car was stock)
now I got some payback time.
Hey, I don't mean to be dissing turbos here, but I got to state a few points about them. There actually is a dark side to turbos. Now, I know a lot of people will hate me for saying that, but I believe it is my right to express my opinion, so here it goes. 1) The cost of repairing them. Turbos don't last forever, eventually they will start to break down over time. My friend had a 98 eclipse gs-t, bought it with bout 150,000 and on the second day of ownership, it blew. It Costed him bout 1500.00 to repair. 2) Turbos constantly put stress on the engine. There a forced induction system, so they'll always be trying to compress more air and fuel into each cylinder which causes a larger explosion in each cylinder, but eventually turbos can't handle the same routine, over and over, and then they just "die out". anyways, those r my thoughts on turbos. Personally, for me it's a coin toss whether I should get an eclipse with a turbo or not. I'd never get a second generation eclipse due to the 4 cylinder engine, I just don't believe the engine could handle a turbo after about 100,000 without proper maintenance. Overall, it all depends if your willing to take the risk with them.
If your friend bought an Eclipse with 150,000 miles on it then they should expect it to have some problems. To say turbos are bad because of that experience is pretty uneducated. Anything on a car will wear out eventually especially if driven hard and not properly maintained. I am sure that your friend didn't get a detailed report of everything the previous owner did to maintain the car and I am sure they have no knowledge of what kind of driving it was subjected to. I can't imagine ever even buying a car with that many miles on it, but I wouldn't complain about it breaking if I did. The previous owner probably dumped it knowing something was going to blow soon!