Daily Toy
Specs & Mods
- Ownership Status
- Currently Own
- Year
- 1998
- Model/Trim
- Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
- Turbo Type
- HX35
- Drivetrain
- AWD
- Transmission Type
- Manual
- Build Type
- Street
- Mods-Bolt-on
- 3" STM cat-back
FP 4" intake w/ Evo 8 MAS
Holset HX35 (JW upgraded w/ 55x84 extended tip billet wheel) / 12cm2 twin scroll
DEI Turbo Blanket
Walbro 450 high pressure (e85)
Fuelab AFPR + filter
FIC 1650cc high impedance injectors
ETS 3.5" race intercooler + piping
Go Fast Bits hybrid bypass/blowoff valve
Morrison Fab (Mr. Peepers) twin scroll t3 manifold + hot parts kit
HeatShield Products exhaust wrap: manifold, turbine housing, downpipe
DEI wrap: O2 housing, downpipe
Custom wastegate housing / downpipe
Tial MV-R wastegate
Evo 3 intake manifold (CB ported)
FP2 camshafts
Aluminum radiator
SPAL Main fan
SPAL A/C fan
Optima Yellow-Top
MCR 160 amp 1-wire SE alternator
"Big 3" Wiring Upgrade (2awg alt charge/positive/ground)
Hallman pro MBC
Ducted Intake Feed ("ram" air inlet at stock IC location + semi-sealed filter box)
Prothane mounts
Emissions delete
- Mods-Engine
- Built shortblock:
Evo 8 OEM crankshaft
Manley H-Tuff connecting rods
Wiseco 1400HD 8.5:1 pistons (+.020")
ARP Mains
ACL race bearings
Rebuilt head (Curt Brown):
Evo valve train
Bronze guides
Port work
Revised lifters
-felpro permatorque head gasket
-ARP hardware
-Balance shafts deleted
-Fluid Dampr
-Evo 9 OEM timing belt
-Custom coated valve cover w dual 10an breathers
- Mods-EMS & Logging
- Stock ecu self tuned with ecuflash (ceddymods big maps), Evoscan, AEM UEGO wideband, Glowshift boost gauge, tactrix openport 2.0
- Mods-Drivetrain
- TRE stage 1 rebuild w/shot-peened gearset, Competition clutch chromoly lightweight flywheel, Southbend ssx/b clutch kit, Bones Reds skateboard bearings pressed into shifter linkages, all brass / aluminum shifter bushings, Evo VIII lsd rear diff (awaiting installation)
- Mods-Handling
- Front Brakes: CTS-V calipers / Cobra rotors (hawk hps+ pads / hawk talon rotors)
Rear Brakes: Evo calipers / rotors (hawk hps+ pads / stoptech cryo rotors)
SS brake lines
3g master cylinder
Evo IX enkei rims + 235/45R17 Goodyear Eagle AS Sport
RM rear away bar
misc poly bushings
aluminum strut braces
- Parts Wishlist
- KW Variant-3 coilovers
Carbon fiber hood / hatch / lip / sunroof plug / fenders
some good reclining racing style seats
- Background
- Car was originally purchased in FL by the first owner, sold to the second owner who lived in IL.
Second owner was a truck driver who cared for the car much better than I did. Only drove it when he was home and kept it in the garage, under a cover otherwise.
I purchased this car at 154k miles from Valentin Satri, the neighbor of Owner # 2, and also a DSM Enthusiast; on behalf of the 'true' owner.
This car spent the next 9 years of its life being built while daily driven in Wisconsin. It is now a 500+ horsepower / 11 second daily driver. Reaching 300k miles now and he still loves to party.
Keeping the Old Beast alive, It is now living in Crossville, TN with retirement plans of stirring the pot at the local dragstrip, which is dominated by domestics.
Performance
- 1/4 Mile E/T
- 11.804
- 1/4 Mile MPH
- 121.47
- 1/8 Mile E/T
- 7.715
- 1/8 Mile MPH
- 96.11
- 60' Time
- 1.755
- Timeslip Details
- Full weight/Interior/full fuel tank, 30psi, e85, union grove, almost sea level on street tires
- Dyno HP
- 386 whp
- Dyno TQ
- 323 lb/ft
- Dyno Type
- DynoJet
- Dyno Shop Name
- Late Model Throttle
- Dyno Session Details
- Dyno Day - best of 3 pulls with car tested as-is. 24 psi, e85, 8k RPM redline
(previous 68hta setup, have not dyno'd with HX35)
