GSTurbo1
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- May 2, 2012
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Pickens, SC,
South_Carolina
My 1998 Eclipse GS Turbo BUDGET BUILD
Goal= 300+ whp on a 420a
Car was purchased for $1700 on 05/26/12
Pictures upon retrieval and decent wash:
Engine Bay:
Front:
Side:
Rear:
Dyno On 5psi:
and link to CLEMSON SCC's review for haters http://www.clemsonscc.org/post-138663.html
420a Engine
Eagle Rods
JE 8.8:1 Pistons
Cometic Head Gasket
ARP Head Studs
DSM 450cc Injectors
Walbro 255 LPH Fuel Pump
Aeromotive Regulator
Hahn Racecraft Turbo Kit
Hahn 16g Turbo @ 5psi
I picked it up in spartanburg... These people had no clue how to work on it. They had no clue it was running on megasquirt standalone. I found it underneath the passenger floor mat, I was like is this... a rangom box with a SH!T Ton of wires running through the firewall. Sounds safe to have bouncer around where people kick. I mounted it in the passengers to where it looks pretty sweet with the three leds strobing and is out of the way of feet!
The car ran ok.... but this was my first turbo car so I didnt know what to expect. I end up figuring out to use megatune and get the car tuned as is. So I start driving it thinking that was all it had. I was in for a suprise... (at the time only spooling to 7-8psi on a good run), I did enough research and checked my wastegate arm, it was unhooked from the wastegate acuator rod. Therefore, the flapper was staying open and building no boost.
So I attached it and now the wastegate shutter is incredibly tight. Needless to say I fixed it at work and was like holy balls this thing is about to be quick. I pulled out in front of boss leaving for home and had no traction first, second, or third gear. It sounded like I was riding behind a jet engine.
Now I have a VOODOO MBC pushing about 15 pounds on the car, and getting mad power. I tune almost everydrive on tunerstudio and it only gets faster and smoother. I feel that I have a close to 300 WHP right now.
My friend has a bad rx7 that wear tear up in the mountains in, my friend has 2012 5.0 mustang that thought he was tough SH1t till we hit the mountains.
I love the car but as far as drag racing... this is not the car. 300hp in a 2700 pound car + FWD = No pink slip for me.
If I could harness this power in awd we would be good to go.
Interior:
Early July 2012 I put my fans on a switch, installed pioneer double din CD player and painted the rims black.
The next thing I did was hood spacers by SickSpeed to vent the hot air from my engine bay and pull cool air through the intercooler
Goal= 300+ whp on a 420a
Car was purchased for $1700 on 05/26/12
Pictures upon retrieval and decent wash:
Engine Bay:
Front:
Side:
Rear:
Dyno On 5psi:
and link to CLEMSON SCC's review for haters http://www.clemsonscc.org/post-138663.html
420a Engine
Eagle Rods
JE 8.8:1 Pistons
Cometic Head Gasket
ARP Head Studs
DSM 450cc Injectors
Walbro 255 LPH Fuel Pump
Aeromotive Regulator
Hahn Racecraft Turbo Kit
Hahn 16g Turbo @ 5psi
I picked it up in spartanburg... These people had no clue how to work on it. They had no clue it was running on megasquirt standalone. I found it underneath the passenger floor mat, I was like is this... a rangom box with a SH!T Ton of wires running through the firewall. Sounds safe to have bouncer around where people kick. I mounted it in the passengers to where it looks pretty sweet with the three leds strobing and is out of the way of feet!
The car ran ok.... but this was my first turbo car so I didnt know what to expect. I end up figuring out to use megatune and get the car tuned as is. So I start driving it thinking that was all it had. I was in for a suprise... (at the time only spooling to 7-8psi on a good run), I did enough research and checked my wastegate arm, it was unhooked from the wastegate acuator rod. Therefore, the flapper was staying open and building no boost.
So I attached it and now the wastegate shutter is incredibly tight. Needless to say I fixed it at work and was like holy balls this thing is about to be quick. I pulled out in front of boss leaving for home and had no traction first, second, or third gear. It sounded like I was riding behind a jet engine.
Now I have a VOODOO MBC pushing about 15 pounds on the car, and getting mad power. I tune almost everydrive on tunerstudio and it only gets faster and smoother. I feel that I have a close to 300 WHP right now.
My friend has a bad rx7 that wear tear up in the mountains in, my friend has 2012 5.0 mustang that thought he was tough SH1t till we hit the mountains.
I love the car but as far as drag racing... this is not the car. 300hp in a 2700 pound car + FWD = No pink slip for me.
If I could harness this power in awd we would be good to go.
Interior:
Early July 2012 I put my fans on a switch, installed pioneer double din CD player and painted the rims black.
The next thing I did was hood spacers by SickSpeed to vent the hot air from my engine bay and pull cool air through the intercooler
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