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.

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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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	Posted 10-02-2009 at 12:53 AM by sax_man

	Very nice, cool video too.
	Posted 10-02-2009 at 08:23 AM by ImportEvolution

	Man that sucks with the engine failure, I really hope you guys are coming back next year bigger and badder than ever!
	Posted 10-02-2009 at 09:26 AM by MichaelSuch

	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.
	Posted 10-02-2009 at 02:04 PM by endeffect0

	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.
	Posted 10-02-2009 at 04:57 PM by 10fold

	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.
	Posted 10-02-2009 at 07:14 PM by gixxerdrew

	Very nice Drew. So sorry to here about the engine. I hope you get it put back togther fast! Good luck! Kevin
	Posted 10-02-2009 at 10:07 PM by greengoblin

	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?
	Posted 10-02-2009 at 11:53 PM by costas14

	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
	Posted 10-03-2009 at 07:40 AM by greengoblin

	Very cool man, and being a part of that had to have been a blast!
	Posted 10-03-2009 at 07:45 AM by tragdor

	Thats awesome, my son grabbed that issue with that article in it.
	Posted 10-03-2009 at 12:39 PM by snakeyes711

	Does anyone know what DSPORT issue has my car in it?
	Posted 10-03-2009 at 03:55 PM by gixxerdrew

	I have that issue Drew, you have not seen that yet? aite, peace.
	Posted 10-05-2009 at 10:55 PM by KBR

	Yah I have never seen it i was in Japan when it came out!
	Posted 10-06-2009 at 12:29 AM by gixxerdrew

	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!
	Posted 10-10-2009 at 06:17 PM by RipperXX

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Originally Posted by gixxerdrew

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

Posted 10-10-2009 at 08:50 PM by gofer gofer is offline

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