You know what I'm sick of???

[Blk95gs]

Every time someone asks me what kind of car I drive, they immediately ask this one question...usually just like this, "Turbo?" When I say "Nope," they start laughing. I'm pretty much sick of it. They act like the insurance on the car wouldn't quadruple what I pay now, and they also act like they don't drive a ****ing Saturn or a Kia. I wish I did have turbo for God's sake, but if all you dicks out there that think my car is pointless without it, go pay my goddamn insurance bill please! I can't even afford to fix the paint on my car between the monthly payments and insurance. So back off my ass people! (Not you guys)

Sorry about that, but it's really aggravating to me.

 

[fast1.8sohcDSM]

I don't mind moron's who ask me if I am turbo, and then they say "You got the wussy 1.8 in there don't you?"

"Sure do, but atleast mine doesn't break timing belts"

"Yeah, but atleast mine kick's the hell out of yours"

"That's right, but when I go turbo, I will own your A$$."


I love people like that, and when I am 1.8 turbo, and running my exhaust system and all my crap. I'll let them come on to me, and bring it on. That will be the best day of my life

 

[Blk95gs]

Hah...I totally hear that. I'd love to throw a nice HRC Stage 3 under my hood and blow their **** straight out their exhaust. I second that...best day of my life man!

Umm...too bad I can't afford the damn turbo though.

 

[fast1.8sohcDSM]

You can afford turbo, just buy little thing's at a time and save up.The truth is your insurance doesn't need to know what's in there unless you get in a wreck when they need to see it. And if your car gets in a wreck where it damages the front end where they need to see yoru engine, that car might as well be totalled anyways.

 

[Blk95gs]

You do have a point...I'm just one impacient kid...by then I'll have to worry about college and stupid stuff like that.

 

[dTERM]

I don't need a turbo. I almost kill myself just fine with a N/A and it still owns 40% of the cars I see. Will a dragster run on pump gas? No? Ok then, I'll settle for 0-60 in 7.

 

[brynden29]

It's all good, I love to tell people that my car is an RS. Most people know that it is non-turbo. Then when we race all they hear is PPPHHHHSSSS-CHICH, and I leave them. hehe

 

[laser9320]

actually i never have people ask me if its turbo just because only 1 person i have talked to knows what a laser is. He(a camaro guy) just said "Those are fast aren't they?"

I don't really see the fact that my car is a non-turbo as a restriction on how fast my car can be I just have more room for improvement.

 

[talon94es]

Yes, its lame that people always are turbo this turbo that. We all know we love turbos but our NT's are way phat also. Don't worry, its only a 70hp difference between NT/Turbo

 

[90Turbo]

I just tell them let me go home and get my other turbo eclipse and meet me here in a half hour with some money. You would be surprised how fast people shut up.

 

[SpyderNT]

Before I bought my Spyder, I had a 95 RS. I had 250 HP (give or take a few) without a turbo. There's nothing more satisfying than blowing the doors off a guy in a turbo. They pull up, laugh, and then suck exhaust.

 

[laser9320]

how did you manage to get 250 hp?

 

[guedo512]

must be nice a 250 hp rs. how did you manage that?

 

[fast1.8sohcDSM]

He probably had a 100 shot of nitrous, intake and exhaust.

 

[guedo512]

probably nos i agree. i hate nos.

 

[Oreopride18]

You know, there is something you guys don't really think about. You have a 130hp car. Doesn't sound like much that makes you better stock than (a) all Civics but the SI (b) Cavaliers (c) Kias (D) Saturns (e) Integra RSs'.

Basically, all the people that probably talk crap about your cars are the above and your cars are BETTER than theirs. I remeber going to an illegal street race meet and watching a guy with a 93 Honda DX clown on a guy with a 94 GS. He was like "You have the slow version? HAHA!" The GS guy said "Yea, slow as in 25 more HP than you slow." Just a thought. Try not to think of the upper level stock turboes. If the GST/GSX trim wasn't available you guys would be classed at about hte same levels as Neons and Civic EX's.

And the guy with the NICELY built 1.8 (fast1.8) good luck. Your setup looks great.

 

[eclipsa]

i def. hear that man i get it all the time and yes i pay a shitload for insurance as it is. im kinda glad its not turbo because i dont need any more tickets ya know? insurance is already killa. lata

 

[SpyderNT]

I didn't use NOS, and I never will. NOS is a wussies way out. I had the engine rebuilt. Everything on it was performance. It was bored out, new intake, headers, throttle body, fuel injectors, cam, crank, pulleys, head, and everything else.

 

[espydur]

wow, that must have costed a $hit load to do. sounds cool, but you could have bought a turbo and done a couple things to it for prolly about the same price.

everyone asks me if my spyder is turbo to...that's the first question....the thing is most of the people don't even know cars so technically i could be like yeah it is and they wouldn't know the difference. i wouldn't do that tho, my car is for cruising, not racing and i know that....when i'm ready to go all out race i'll get a car and build it up where it will blow the doors off any of those punks who talk smack now.

 

[SpyderNT]

It cost $2500. A turbo was about $6000 more than my RS, plus insurance. Everyone in my town thought my Spyder was also a turbo. The easiest way to tell if you know a lot about Eclipses is the brakes. The NT Spyder has rear drums, the turbo has discs. The RS is the only other one with rear drums.

 

[420aVenger]

Can I see a dyno slip of the 250 HP N/A? Until I see it I will say that there is NO WAY that you made 250 hp, especially for $2500. You'd be lucky just to get the bottom end rebuilt for $2500. *edit* And please don't add up like 20 hp for intake and 15 for exhaust. REAL horsepower.

 

[SpyderNT]

You obviously know very little about cars. It is incredibly easy to get 250 HP on one of these. With the proper mechanic, preferably a family friend, you can get it done for cheap. It's possible to get over 700 or 800 Hp with a turbo eclipse. It's all about opening up the airflow.

 

[420aVenger]

Originally posted by SpyderNT
Before I bought my Spyder, I had a 95 RS. I had 250 HP (give or take a few) without a turbo. There's nothing more satisfying than blowing the doors off a guy in a turbo. They pull up, laugh, and then suck exhaust.

Why would you assume that I know very little about cars because I said it's VERY hard to get 250 NA WHP out of a 420a. I DARE you to go to www.2gnt.com and say that you made 250whp in your RS for $2500. Every single person there will call BS. You know why? Because a lot of them know what it takes to do that. Now please before you question my car knowledge again try and remember or better yet go back and read what you wrote. You clearly said (and I was nice enough to make it bold) that you did NOT have a turbo OR nitrous. I know what the 4G63t is capable of but you didn't have one of those. Now are you going to post a dyno slip or not? I want to see a REAL 250 horsepower.

 

[guedo512]

maby he added his possible horse power gain wrong. i wish i could get 250 hp out of my gs for that price but its not happening. my intake and future exhaust and headers are close to that price and i wont hit 170 hp i bet with all that.

 

[SpyderNT]

I didn't waste my money to dyno a car that has less HP than a Mustang. It's only a 100 HP gain. If you get the engine REBUILT with all PERFORMANCE parts by a MECHANIC YOU KNOW WELL, it is easily done. Keep in mind that an S2000 is a 250 HP 4 banger taht is naturally aspirated.