kain

i know. but the thing is, most people here are just relying on hearsay.

ba4turbo

There leaky ticky bastards but they can make decent power on stock block....

hyper4mance2k

I've never understood the rotary mith either. My car had a ---- load of 1/4 mile runs and many many days on the auto x, and the engine lasted 177k. I had a 13b with hundreds of 1/4 mile runs, it saw redline at least 5 times a day and probably 100 hours of auto cross on it and it lasted over 240k. It depends on how you treat and care for the engine.

hotrex

in the right hands they are deadly

have seen multiple 500whp stock block setups fun for thousands and thousands of daily sdriven miles

built the whole turbo kit on a talon that goes consistent 9.60s 828 whp second season on the same motor

id build one over a honda if i were to have a choice for a project car again.

there is something to be said about consistent 1.5 60 fts on crappy srtreet tires.

Toysrme

It's a 300hp engine thats unreliable without work. Not to mention... DSM's were the thing when I was in high school in the 90's...
THERE ARE NO VIRGIN TURBO AWD DSM's in the world so give that idea up right now.


60' times mean a big deal... if you're 2wd. they don't mean ---- awd. massive drivetrain loss is for losers.



and just because the engine is on it's second season doesn't mean it can survive more than the what week your average car does? And basing this on history if you claim 828whp then it actually made what? 789whp before the entire thing gave up
> 20psi + stock paper headgasket = hotrex's idea of reliability.

90dx

Great motor.Get a built tranny its lots of money but past that there pretty solid.Overall build & material quality of car especially interior is not the best but good enough.Dont believe the internet hearsay engines are relaible people are not.

rprznt

ha hotrex owned

crx2fast

motor is good i agree.. tranny and everything else on the car is not. just do NOT get a 2'nd gen, now that car right there is a pile of doodoo

E-b0la

My buddy just spent like 5k in upgrades for his 2g, like a 20g turbo, FMIC ....... you know the rest. Guess what?

Crank walk and fucked a rod bearing over.

But 2g's are 7 bolt engines. 1Gs are 6 bolt. IF you do get one get a 1g and only do mild upgrades and if taken care of and looked after it should last.

marcj

I had a 1G eclipse non-turbo for a few weeks..
the transmission sucks bad; 5th gear pop-out was horrible.
the interior is straight up kia quality.
ended up selling the car for 10 bucks