Eclipse GTS TURBO the Movie - Video

 

I don't post much on here, but I have read every page of this thread and I'm very surprised to say the least this car ran for as long as it had.

Is it still alive? Anymore changes? Learned anything else since your last post about the car?

 

Yeah same, whats the followup on this? did you blow your rings out? crack a piston? warp a head? blow a headgasket? whats up!!


i gotta give you MAD props on the build. last night at 2am i needed some comedy and found this thread. but the thread got less and less funny as i kept reading it kinda saddened me, but for you to give a big "---- YOU" to the guys over here, and the guys around where you live... mad props..


on another note... dude, save up some cash and get a proper exhaust manifold setup. they shouldnt be too expensive, im looking at your riceboi front bumper and thinking to myself.. you could of had a wideband for the same price, or a proper exhaust.


im glad you got a proper piping setup for the intercooler too. the W2A was a joke. but it worked and thats what counts right?


i think with 1 step colder injectors, and a little timing retarding you could run a little more boost. over at the DSM boards, there is a guy running 11PSI on stock motor... minor tuning (injectors, plugs and wires.. nothing ecu related)

i vote.. STICK WITH IT KID.
take it easy on this car cause lets be honest.. it is a ticking time bomb, and im sure you dont know how to read spark plugs to prevent future damage (black soot, white caked, etc)

you are light years ahead of where you were at the beginning, you could also purchase some proper steel that has bends in it.

for instance, on your exhaust you have 3 different 45 degree angles. that kills flow. and kills performance. if you bought 3 45 degree manrel bent pieces, you could weld those up instead and gain horsepower.

 

1 step colder injectors? <-----this is a new one!!!!!!!

minor tuning(injectors, plugs, and wires)?? how is this even a tune. putting larger injectors and installing plugs and wires in the vehicle is not a tune. a tune consists of re-mapping the ecm's fuel and timing curves. injectors are not going to do anything unless the ecm is tuned for them. the engine will run shitty until the ecm is tuned for the larger injectors.

 

ive done a little bit of reading and semi-quoting what ive read over there at DSM.
running low boost doesnt require a FULL remap. that is completely untrue.

if you are running boost, the worry comes from detonation, when you are pinging hella bad (detonation) you run colder plugs, and retard your timing a little it will stop detonation (pinging)

that is what kills your motor in the end. if your AIR/FUEL are spot on you can run stock motor with upto 8-10psi easily without worry. likely you wont be making enough power to need reinforced rods or rod bolts. head studs ect..


atleast this is what i have gathered over there lol..

 

injectors are a damn good start if you dont have alot of cash to do it proper. obvious the PO doesnt.
running a boosted car will require alot of things. Injectors are just 1 part of the equation. you cant pick 1 element from the equation
and base your info on that alone. there is a bigger picture. Fueling should be your first concern. not running enough fuel, causing lean out issues.
that will kill your motor probably the quickest..

Now, lets put all of that asside, without a wideband or narrowband at least. he wont know what his AFR's are.
so how do we know if he is running lean or rich?
there are little things that you can do to get your car atleast running "safe" like piggybacks.


My vote says
1. Monitor - wideband to monitor your AFR (Air/Fuel Ratio)
2. Fuel - You will probably running too lean.
3. Tune - not for performance, but for reliability
4. Invest - pistons, rods, rod bolts, head studs, cams, valve springs. this beefs up the internals of the engine so you no longer have to worry.
5. AEM - Aftermarket Engine management
6. Rethink - this is where you rethink your build.. you either rethink about continuing, or you rethink the build itself.. this is where you clean things up a bit, better manifold designs, bigger turbo, better intercooler ect.. whatever it may consist of.. this is fight or flight.

 

heres this, couldnt make a run bc it started raining!!! only problem i've encountered was extreme overheating -____- but it turned out it was from a exhaust weld leak right on the radiator!!! got it fixed, now it runs like a champ, no dyno number though lol, maybe in winter


YouTube - Turbo Eclipse GTS engine and body

 

yeah as for AFR, i got the narrowband just to make sure im not running lean at full boost!!! other than that its w/e. lol i have no engine knock and im getting 22mpg city

 

glad to see that thing running still!


give us your butt dyno inquiry lol...
how does it feels vs stock? what does 5 lbs feel like in a sheclipse?

and which narrowband did you go with?

 

narrowband from autozone.

it feels great vs stock lol, dropped a little over 1 sec from stock 0-60, WOT in first feels like its hard to build boost..

10:1 comp ratio helps keep the low end pushing hard. i need to get a 1/4 mile this winter