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Redneck98Eclipse
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- Mar 26, 2018
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Bloomingburg,
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I will reiterate my path.. Im sticking with the 420A platform Im going to build it for 15 lbs of daily boost by upgrading the rods and pistons, brian crowley stage 2 cams with a ported and polished head upgraded springs and retainers valves reseated.
Sending the block out for +.02 bore work, crank to get balanced.
I think that for what I want and what I will use this for as a daily driver during the summer only and for my ohio to update NY trips, I will have one hell of an amazing , fun and zippy ride with a proper tune running 91 oct or better with 15 lbs of boost, I will have a very very very fast ride, and none of the tuners around me will even be close except for the wrx and evo guys.. but to hang with those guys is not my desire or intentions. My dreams and aspirations for this build are to have a extremely fun and stupid fast daily driver and for my twice a year 9 hr drive to upstate NY on the open interstate roads alot more enjoyable... even if I come in low and only get 275 hp on the build I will be pleasantly satisfied because 275 hp on a little eclipse body is fast.
I get what you other guys are saying 4g is better start there etc etc.. Ive tuned that out because I want to take something that wasent and make it into something that is. I already know im going to put $3000 into the motor with turbo kit included I know this but I will have built this monster myself and I know exactly what I have in it.
It will be fun to build this with my wife and kids. My wife and I are building this together she and I both loved the green eclipse from the F&F movie a,d since there are maybe a hand full of eclipses from that era still on the road in the greater columbus area, maybe 1 or 2 are gst or gsx and the others are on their last legs and since there has never been a replica of that car in this area, that onle will set my car apart and the fact that it will have turbo on the 420A makes it even better. I will start stacking the trophies up from the car shows..
So while I respect the 4g guys yeah yours is factory turbo, setup better for it and you might be faster then me, but there is only one way your ever going to find out..
in the meantime for those that are interested and following the build, I have the car up on stands, I have the rear quarter panel , front fender and half the hood sanded down. All body kit pieces removed, lights removed. its coming along.
I have another 420A motor and 2 new doors Im picking up in 2 weeks. The motor will go on the stand for rebuild while i keep mine in to enjoy it in the N/A state while im building the other. The doors well, all of the panels on my doors were busted and handles busted. speakers ripped out etc. the doors im getting have been well taken care of everything in them and on them work i think it has alpines in the doors for speakers aswell (bonus!!) I went to the pick n pull and found a gold mine of factory parts. I got the full rear tail light kit and even the silver eclipse lettering is still intact and looks good, got full factory headlights both sides just needs the cloudy crap buffed off, and even came out with factory fog lights. all from a 99 eclipse , new trunk shocks to boot. I even scrapped the "Limited edition" factory emblem off to put on mine when im done..
Sending the block out for +.02 bore work, crank to get balanced.
I think that for what I want and what I will use this for as a daily driver during the summer only and for my ohio to update NY trips, I will have one hell of an amazing , fun and zippy ride with a proper tune running 91 oct or better with 15 lbs of boost, I will have a very very very fast ride, and none of the tuners around me will even be close except for the wrx and evo guys.. but to hang with those guys is not my desire or intentions. My dreams and aspirations for this build are to have a extremely fun and stupid fast daily driver and for my twice a year 9 hr drive to upstate NY on the open interstate roads alot more enjoyable... even if I come in low and only get 275 hp on the build I will be pleasantly satisfied because 275 hp on a little eclipse body is fast.
I get what you other guys are saying 4g is better start there etc etc.. Ive tuned that out because I want to take something that wasent and make it into something that is. I already know im going to put $3000 into the motor with turbo kit included I know this but I will have built this monster myself and I know exactly what I have in it.
It will be fun to build this with my wife and kids. My wife and I are building this together she and I both loved the green eclipse from the F&F movie a,d since there are maybe a hand full of eclipses from that era still on the road in the greater columbus area, maybe 1 or 2 are gst or gsx and the others are on their last legs and since there has never been a replica of that car in this area, that onle will set my car apart and the fact that it will have turbo on the 420A makes it even better. I will start stacking the trophies up from the car shows..
So while I respect the 4g guys yeah yours is factory turbo, setup better for it and you might be faster then me, but there is only one way your ever going to find out..
in the meantime for those that are interested and following the build, I have the car up on stands, I have the rear quarter panel , front fender and half the hood sanded down. All body kit pieces removed, lights removed. its coming along.
I have another 420A motor and 2 new doors Im picking up in 2 weeks. The motor will go on the stand for rebuild while i keep mine in to enjoy it in the N/A state while im building the other. The doors well, all of the panels on my doors were busted and handles busted. speakers ripped out etc. the doors im getting have been well taken care of everything in them and on them work i think it has alpines in the doors for speakers aswell (bonus!!) I went to the pick n pull and found a gold mine of factory parts. I got the full rear tail light kit and even the silver eclipse lettering is still intact and looks good, got full factory headlights both sides just needs the cloudy crap buffed off, and even came out with factory fog lights. all from a 99 eclipse , new trunk shocks to boot. I even scrapped the "Limited edition" factory emblem off to put on mine when im done..