I actually got in two runs on my way home. The first was with a full-sized Chevy P/U that was zipping in and out of traffic. I caught him at a stop light after showing my interest in racing a little earlier. I was behind him in the center lane. The light turned and we both punched it. He got over to the right once it opened up and I walked by shortly thereafter. He took a right a few streets after that. Not that interesting a race, since I expected to pull him.

Now on for bigger and better kills. A couple miles down the road, I hit another light. I'm in the right lane and am the second car at the light. At the front of the left lane is a burgundy Eclipse GT. I rolled down my window to listen to him take off at the green and what do you know... he's a stick. Oh boy this should be interesting!

I was able to get around the guy in front of me and I caught up to the Eclipse. I looked over at him but got no response. So, I lurched forward a bit and casually slowed back down to my normal speed. Still no bite! D@mn, it didn't look like this guy was going to race!

Well, my street starts to hit the "country" and we go from stop light intersections to stop signs. I'm in the left lane and one car back in the right is the Eclipse. Luckily no one was behind me in my lane, so I waited an extra turn just to line up with the Eclipse. Cross traffic clears and we both punch it. He pulls a few feet on me in first, but due to my tall-a$$ed automagic gearing, he grabs second before me at which time, I pass him up. Now I have a half car and am starting to pull. Through second I stretch it out to about 2 car lengths or so, at which time he lets off and starts to fall back quickly. I realize that they only have 200hp but he was a stick and my car's a dog off the line. Still, it made for an interesting ride home from work!

 

nice kills desert pearl. dont u just love those easy *** wins? though some cars are unworthy to waste our gas against, its still fun to show them who is boss now and then
haha
peace

 

nice kill man!

 

Congrats
Always good to hear about an automagic kill

 

Desert Pearl...how come you replaced your JWT popcharger to OSCAI?

 

I was just trying to quiet it back down. This was done when I was in my noise dilemma after installing my Y-pipe. I really liked the "custom" Greddy cat-back and didn't want to get rid of it, so I decided to see if the car was quiet enough without the intake first. Well, it wasn't and I replaced the Greddy muffler with my stocker, which did the trick. I have since done the OSCAI w/ K&N panel filter and am happy with the results. I'm kinda hanging onto the JWT POP just because I haven't given up on the idea of reinstalling it.

 

did you feel any difference with and without the greddy as far as performance goes

 

Sucka! I'll take yo ***!! That driver sucks. Okay, really, nobody who owns a Eclipse should think that they are badass. It looks like a sportscar but that's it. But! I would still beat you.

 

Well, why don't you just drive that piece of cr@p to AZ and we'll find out!

I used to own a '96 GS-T and was very sorry to see the turbo-4 setup go bye-bye. I dynoed at 260fwhp before I added a Quaife LSD, RRE lightened flywheel and a ported O2 sensor housing. I figure I was making at least 265fwhp after those mods... that's 320 at the crank out of a 2 liter engine. If I could do that on my Max's 3 liters, I'd be making 480hp! Woo-hoo!!!

And Maxx-s-ter, no, I didn't feel any performance difference between the Greddy muffler and the stock muffler. If you check out my website, I have estimated HP numbers for my car at each of it's various stages. I think I gave the entire cat-back an estimated gain of 2hp. Gee, I only need 110 more cat-backs on my car to reach that 480hp!

 

Great kill, More power to the Auto's

 

Nice kill Desert Pearl! My brother's girl friend has a Eclipse GSX. Haven't raced her yet, but when I drove it, it feels faster then my Max.
BTW, nice exhaust tips

 

Nah, I can't win. I mean I could destroy you!! Eclipse SOHC, bad suspension, no ABS could whup you without any problem. Man.....I wish it was a turbo. Now it is completely a chick car.