Specs & Mods
- Ownership Status
- Currently Own
- Year
- 1997
- Model/Trim
- Mitsubishi Eclipse GST
- Turbo Type
- T25
- Transmission Type
- Manual
- Build Type
- Showcar
- Mods-Bolt-on
- 0
- Mods-Engine
- 0
- Mods-EMS & Logging
- 0
- Mods-Drivetrain
- 0
- Mods-Handling
- 0
- Parts Wishlist
- Coilovers, XXR's, and new window tint.
- Background
- Found this car on craigslist rotting away in some lady's driveway. She said she didn't know why it wouldn't start, but was sure a new battery would fix it. I bought a new battery before purchasing the car and found it would crank and that the timing belt was in fact turning (so no broken belt and possible smashed valves) and decided I would take the car even though it wouldn't start. Took it home and did some diagnosis and found it had spark but no fuel. I found that the pump had gone bad after sitting in rotten fuel for 2 years. Drained the 11 gallons of sour gas and replaced the fuel pump, fuel sock, fuel filter and cleaned the lines and injectors and voila! I've been daily driving it ever since and it has been an awesome reliable daily.
She said she'd had it since she started driving (she's in her 30's now) and got it from her father. I haven't done the research but I may be the 2nd legal owner of the car. Anyway, this car has never seen a modification, services done by a mechanic or dealership with receipts from last owner (I do my own maintenance), and has never been in an accident.