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Blog Title: Time Attack Build Blog :: 1997 Eclipse GST Spyder :: Andrew Brilliant
The saga of a demon. Striving to create the fastest street driven FF (front wheel drive) car in the US, we constructed a fire breathing monster out of my 1997 Eclipse GS-T Spyder.

This is the same car that blazed across the salt flats in land speed trim during the 2006 and 2007 seasons.




This is the new blog, for the older blog entries go here

2009 Super Lap Battle Finals Limited FF Champions. Driver: Matt Andrews Designer/owner: Andrew Brilliant Crew Cheif: Nick salyer

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Posted 10-01-2009 at 11:22 PM by gixxerdrew

checkout the shots from the helicopter at 0:41 and 0:50 freaking awesome!!!!

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/R...-Ra_710123.htm

Man, we were really moving out there we had a strong shot at street overall before the rock went through the timing belt.. ahhh racing
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    sax_man's Avatar
    sweetness
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    Posted 10-02-2009 at 12:53 AM by sax_man sax_man is offline
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    Very nice, cool video too.
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    Posted 10-02-2009 at 08:23 AM by ImportEvolution ImportEvolution is offline
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    Man that sucks with the engine failure, I really hope you guys are coming back next year bigger and badder than ever!
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    Posted 10-02-2009 at 09:26 AM by MichaelSuch MichaelSuch is offline
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    Hell Ya man. Great video. what are the plans for the car next.

    LMAO at that scion.

    they also have a shot of you on the front row @ 3:30.
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    Posted 10-02-2009 at 02:04 PM by endeffect0 endeffect0 is offline
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    That scion has got to be the ugliest thing on 4 wheels I've seen in a while. I mean...I respect that fact that it's putting down 1,000 hp...but that wing...what were they thinking? I'm sure there had to have been another way to get more traction.
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    Posted 10-02-2009 at 04:57 PM by 10fold 10fold is offline
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    There are better ways to make that downforce, but really that was just a short path between fast and faster. It doesnt do you any good to be monumentally fast if your fast after everyone else is faster. To develop that downforce even with a large budget I would have needed probably 3-4 mos to develop the car with someone just doing the body/molds full time.
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    Posted 10-02-2009 at 07:14 PM by gixxerdrew gixxerdrew is offline
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    Very nice Drew. So sorry to here about the engine. I hope you get it put back togther fast!

    Good luck!

    Kevin
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    Posted 10-02-2009 at 10:07 PM by greengoblin greengoblin is offline
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    so u where going to a race track in the middle of no where and did u not have timing belt covers on ## car or something?
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    Posted 10-02-2009 at 11:53 PM by costas14 costas14 is offline
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    They do not make a cover for his current engine configuration. He is going to have to build a custom one I would guess.

    Kevin
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    Posted 10-03-2009 at 07:40 AM by greengoblin greengoblin is offline
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    Very cool man, and being a part of that had to have been a blast!
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    Posted 10-03-2009 at 07:45 AM by tragdor tragdor is offline
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    Thats awesome, my son grabbed that issue with that article in it.
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    Posted 10-03-2009 at 12:39 PM by snakeyes711 snakeyes711 is offline
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    gixxerdrew's Avatar
    Does anyone know what DSPORT issue has my car in it?
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    Posted 10-03-2009 at 03:55 PM by gixxerdrew gixxerdrew is offline
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    I have that issue Drew, you have not seen that yet?


    aite, peace.
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    Posted 10-05-2009 at 10:55 PM by KBR KBR is offline
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    Yah I have never seen it i was in Japan when it came out!
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    Posted 10-06-2009 at 12:29 AM by gixxerdrew gixxerdrew is offline
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    Disappointing to not see any more coverage of your car than the few glimpses that were there. But that looked like it must have been fun!
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    Posted 10-10-2009 at 06:17 PM by RipperXX RipperXX is offline
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gixxerdrew View Comment
    Does anyone know what DSPORT issue has my car in it?
    november 2009 issue #83 (its got the rockstar scion on the cover)
    DragSport.com - DSport Magazine - Table of Contents
    i went through that magazine though and read that redline article and DEFINITELY would have recognized your car in those pages and i don't remember seeing it.

    i do remember that scion with a spoiler on the hood

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    Posted 10-10-2009 at 08:50 PM by gofer gofer is offline
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    i want to get into doing that so badly you might have some competition in the future
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    Posted 10-26-2009 at 01:15 AM by inthecease inthecease is offline
 

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