eclipse motor swap

[guedo512]

will a 3000gt motor fit into a 95 - 99 eclipse? i heard rumors and if any one has pictures of a swap done id like to see. thanks.
- frank

 

[diambo4life]

NO. 3000GT motor is very different from the 420A. It's the 6G72 motor and it is a V6. The only other car that I can think of where you can drop the 3000GT/Stealth motor unbelievably is the V6 Hyundai Sonata.

 

[guedo512]

wow a hyundia. thats suprising. ill be careful now when i see one of them on the rode . im still trying to fix up my 96 eclipse gs so i want to see what options are available.................. frank

 

[DMS-WhiteGSX]

hyuandi used mitsu motors for a long time.. I want to put a 4g63 in my ex's accent.. now that would rule, a 2200lb gs-t

 

[1TuffRS]

There are a couple different engines you can fit in our engine bay

2.5L V6 used in the last generation avenger/sebrings
-Difficulty level is pretty high (this has actually been done)

3.0L V6 used in current eclipse GT
-Difficulty level is the same as above since the blocks are nearly identical, this has yet to be done to an eclipse but it has been done to an avenger so its possible

2.4L 420a This can be found in the Dodge cloud cars (Cirrus, Stratus, etc), and a few other vehicles (including the new turbo neon).
-This is by far the easiest swap. All you need is the bottom end from a donor car and basically everything else will bolt right up including your tranny and head. The motor mount near the cam gears will need to be modified slightly though. There are also a few other things that need to be done such as wiring etc. but thats normal with motor swaps. One of the guys on the 2gnt board has done this swap and he said that before he went turbo his engine felt as strong as a turboed stock engine at 5psi (if that makes any sense). Ive also heard that the sound of this engine is incredible. This is something that I definitely want to look in to doing down the road.

If you have any ?'s let me know and Im sure I could find the answer for you

 

[guedo512]

do you know a company that makes strut bars for a 96 ECLIPSE GS that actually work and are not for show?.....................frank

 

[deyes]

procarparts.com

They all work just as good in my opinion. It doesn't matter after 15mins of driving you'll forget it made a difference.

 

[1TuffRS]

well I have 2 front upper strut bars, so I dont know which one really made a difference. One is a Nuespeed bar which mounts in the back of the engine bay near the brake fluid resivoir and the other is a cheap ebay bar that mounts in the standard location. I got the nuespeed bar in a group buy that ASOG and 2GNT put together and it is no longer in production. Im sure that they are willing to do another buy if you get another 70 peeps like last time.

 

[guedo512]

nice a nuespeed bar. ive been looking for one for a while, mainly on ebay but i cant find one. you lucky guy.