The Top DSM Community on the Web

For 1990-1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon, Plymouth Laser, and Galant VR-4 Owners. Log in to remove most ads.

Please Support STM Tuned
Please Support STM Tuned

Eclipse is a girl's car

This site may earn a commission from merchant
affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

man_of_saturn

20+ Year Contributor
168
0
Aug 31, 2002
Temple, Texas
Just a title! and now offense to females.
I just wanted to say for the longest time I thought eclipses were sissy cars. Until Fast and the Furious came out. Which after watching it about 20 times in a short period you find out all the crap that in the movie. But about 4 month later I found my self in a 95 gst. And wish I would of bought one insted of the saturn(yes a saturn is any more mocho than a eclipse) I had bought. But now the saturn is gone and the Eclipse is here. Eclipse is alot more fun, gets alot more girls and there is plenty of parts to give it a beefy look and sound.
 
Originally posted by metalli-chris


finally, someone who knows. man, i got sick of that after FnF came out. for anyone who doesn't know: it stands for Nitrous Oxide Systems. therefore it is pornounced N, O, S. not naws.

to the former saturn owner: great to have you as a dsm lover. good choice. one thing about FnF though. that eclipse, in the movie, isn't actually fast. if you pause it whne the hoods up, it's a GS. and the conspicuous lack of a front mount intercooler tells that it prabably doesn't have the turbo or at least not a T4.

but anyway, good choice on the car. welcome to the realm of boosting. now forget everything you wanted to do to the car that you saw in that movie. to quote yoda: "you must unlearn what you have learned." not a put down, i had to do the same thing.

Fast and the Furious is like sport compact crack.

Yeah after watching fnf about 100 times i start to notice all the flaws. Like when he pop his hood of the eclipse and start listing off all the parts off his car. First he said he had a cool air intake and a turbo. Know I'am still kinda new to the game, but I don't think you can have both. And I paused the movie and saw that it wasn't a turbo and all it was a cool air intake and it had no fmic. But all in all it's the best movie out that shows import racing. Probly cause it's the only one out. But if theres is other please let me know.
 
quoting me - you must unlearn everything you think you know about "import racing", and never say the words again. ever.

that movie has changed what meeting up and dragracing on public roads is. it used to be awesome, around here at least. people would meet up at a circuit city, home depot, and the target parking lots, and head out in a few groups to some of the inconspicuous back streets that happen to be about 1/2 mile long (all those parking lots are on one main street that is 4 lanes wide+shoulders.) they would check to make sure there was nobody outside their house, then block off hte few side streets there were. the cops around here are actually somewhat content with this as long as we dont have any wrecks or hurt anyone. then there would be a few runs(2 cars at a time) and everyone would roll back to the parking lots and chill for a while then head back home. nobody raced for fukin 2000 dollars, nobody even had that much cash.

now, since almost 3 months after the movie came out, some ricers whose only expierience stems from that film have just about ruined it. now, there is a group of about 150 of them that come out and block off that main road and line the shoulders even where theres no roads. they race 3 and 4 at a time. they even have a "leader", who is just some guy with the coolest looking show car in their little group. they all, with the exception of a few volkswagons and toyotas) hondas. not tryin to knock on hondas but when theres about 140 of them after the movie came out theres gotta be some kind of relationship. well one time one of them collided with a minivan coming from the toys r us. well for about a month the cops have been around there like flies on sh!t. well since then one of us had this idea to race the "leader" of their group, and whoever loses has to keep their group away from the "spot". the guy with the idea has the sweeeeeetest older body style supra i have ever seen. the "leader" of the other group doesnt stand a chance if this guy in the supra bogs the launch and misses 2nd 3rd and 4th. well they raced one day by themselves and the supra obviously won and, to make a long story short(like it isnt already long enough) the ricers actually havent returned since. now the cops are pretty much gone because they dont really mind of we do it believe it or not(sometimes they even watch) because we have never gotten in any accidents or fights or anything.






so the moral of this story is, if you wanna drag on the streets, go to a few runs and just watch. the expierienced people(around here at least) usually wont mind a few questions either.


sorry about the length, im venting;) i always get pissed when i hear somebody comparing their kills on the way to pizza hun on their lunch break during school to that movie. they always call it import racing so i realted it. well whatever sorry about the length.:dsm:
 
E-Z now fellas..... remember this is a movie, and just that. It's not meant to educate anyone on much of anything. It's supposed to take a look into the world of import racing (and make it look as fun and apealing as possible...) by displaying icons of the import world and having them be extreme examples. There's nothing exciting or that will sell tickets about the struggle of some guy spending thousands....learning to drive, doing mod after mod...breaking part after part....with weeks of trial and error trying become the "man" in the street races only to get his ass handed to him buy some rich kid in a Supra or RX7 TT like the real world. It's a movie and it's supposed to be extreme and unrealistic. That's what makes it a movie and not an informative documentary.
But still to side with all the rest it does leave us a lot of crap to clean up after.........
 
yep, just a movie.
same thing happened here. cops started looking for imports instead of just muscle cars. tons of kids bought civics and think they are fast. everyone calls it naws.
they should make fast and the furious two about a kid from upstate new york who buys a dsm. saves his money and doesn't race. over the course of five years he slowly builds his car up to peak performance. then when he gets done he realizes he put too much money into the car to risk an accident racing it. so he sits in his driveway, drinks a beer, and looks at the car.

now that's a movie i can relate to.
 
Originally posted by TrippleStar


LOL, you must be a newbie to just think sh!t is cool through that movie. what else do you like? altezaas, under glows, and stuff by apc? you probably think N.O.S is the best mod for a car cauz of FnF.. man thats g@y, N.O.S Ages your car every single time you use it and in the long run your sh!t wont even run cauz of that #@%#@%#@%#@%... i love reading sh!t that you post up! did you like cars and sh!t before you saw the movie? LOL
and this is a flame if you couldnt tell...

Yeah I'am pretty much a newbie, But hey every one got to start somewere. Right? But what start me on hot roding import on Granturismo. That game is sweet. Liked it so much that I wanted to have one of those cars in real life. So thats what started me off. And yes Altezaas are sweet and clean. Under glows are cool if done right. And APC do make some good stuff. N.O.S is not the best mod for your car. But is the most HP per dollor though. And you can't say it isn't. Yes it slowly kills your car even if you have the right set up. The wrong set up will just kill it even faster. What got you into liking cars? And how long have you been into cars. I been into cars since 96. Back then I had a 1968 VW bus and a 64 Beetle. I like all kind of cars. Don't know every thing just the basics. And flamin me is like trying light a wet news paper. But it's all good.
 
Originally posted by TrippleStar


N.O.S Ages your car every single time you use it and in the long run your sh!t wont even run cauz of that #@%#@%#@%#@%... i love reading sh!t that you post up!

there seems to be a lot of misinformation and confusion about nitrous with some people who don't know what they're talking about (notice i say nitrous--because not all N2O delivery kits are made by Nitrous Oxide Systems). nitrous does add extra wear to your motor, but so does the turbo most of us run in our cars. to be general, pretty much any bolt-on that increases performance past factory specs puts extra wear on your motor. nitrous is just as safe as any other major performance enhancer as long as it is installed and used properly. the guys who misuse it are the horror stories we all hear and lead to the stigma against the juice. it is a fine engine mod when used properly and with moderation. esp. now with the newer computer controlled systems that retard timing when you shoot, etc.

just think: in the seventies, they had turbo f-1 cars that blew up all the time but we still love turbo right?
 
Originally posted by TrippleStar


N.O.S Ages your car every single time you use it and in the long run your sh!t wont even run cauz of that #@%#@%#@%#@%... i love reading sh!t that you post up!

there seems to be a lot of misinformation and confusion about nitrous with some people who don't know what they're talking about (notice i say nitrous--because not all N2O delivery kits are made by Nitrous Oxide Systems). nitrous does add extra wear to your motor, but so does the turbo most of us run in our cars. to be general, pretty much any bolt-on that increases performance past factory specs puts extra wear on your motor. nitrous is just as safe as any other major performance enhancer as long as it is installed and used properly. the guys who misuse it are the horror stories we all hear and lead to the stigma against the juice. it is a fine engine mod when used properly and with moderation. esp. now with the newer computer controlled systems that retard timing when you shoot, etc.

just think: in the seventies, they had turbo f-1 cars that blew up all the time but we still love turbo right?
 
Originally posted by TrippleStar


you probably think N.O.S is the best mod for a car cauz of FnF.. man thats g@y, N.O.S Ages your car every single time you use it and in the long run your sh!t wont even run cauz of that #@%#@%#@%#@%...

there seems to be a lot of misinformation spread around about nitrous (i say "nitrous" because not all N2O delivery kits are made by N-itrous O-xide S-ystems)
nitrous does add wear to your motor but so does the turbos we all run (or wish to run). to be really general, all mods that take your car above factory performance add extra wear to your engine.
nitrous is a perfectly fine major power enhancer as long as it is installed with all the proper safety equipment and used correctly and with moderation. it's the schmucks who use it all the time and ruin their engines that add to thr stigma surrounding the juice. it can be a perfect added power boost for racing if used correctly esp. with all the computer controlled kits now that retard timming when you shoot, etc.
think of it this way: in the 70's they had F-1 cars with turbos that blew up all the time but we still love turbo.

to tripplestar: don't try ripping on a new guy without knowing what you're talking about. i've only had my dsm for a month but i clearly know more about cars than you. on the subject of FnF: if someone sees the movie and gets into cars, then weeds through all the BS and pick a good car to build the how can we fault them. at least they didn't buy a civic. ya know?
 
Originally posted by metalli-chris

there seems to be a lot of misinformation spread around about nitrous

There is, but take this into consideration... in the Pro drag racing circuit, where the winner is the person who is fast AND reliable, they avoid nitrous like the plague. If they can get enough power with just the turbo, and eliminate or at least reduce the amount of NAWZ, it makes them quite happy.

Because in thier world nitrous doesn't equal reliability.

I trust John Shepard's opinion more than any else who has posted to this discussion. That's not to say a well placed 50 shot here and there is going to kill your engine, but the fact is that nitrous is far less reliable than the same power made with a turbo.

It's just a fact, like the sky is blue.

:D
 
Originally posted by MaineDSM


There is, but take this into consideration... in the Pro drag racing circuit, where the winner is the person who is fast AND reliable, they avoid nitrous like the plague. If they can get enough power with just the turbo, and eliminate or at least reduce the amount of NAWZ, it makes them quite happy.

Because in thier world nitrous doesn't equal reliability.

I trust John Shepard's opinion more than any else who has posted to this discussion. That's not to say a well placed 50 shot here and there is going to kill your engine, but the fact is that nitrous is far less reliable than the same power made with a turbo.

It's just a fact, like the sky is blue.

:D

i'm sorry, but ANY engine mod is going to add additional strain on your car. whether it's n20, a turbo, ANYTHING that forces increased performance. a nitrous kit that puts out 50hp and a turbo that boosts 50hp are going to stress your engine equally. the reason nitrous endangers many people's engines is that they use some ungodly amount and WITHOUT the supporting mods also needed. just like if you threw on a 100 shot of nitrous without any other mods...if you set your turbo at 25 lbs. of boost without the applicable supporting mods it would do the same thing.

also, in the pro drag racing circuit....i thought the use of nitrous is not allowed:confused:
 
damn, sorry about the triple post. supposed to be on cable, never seen that happen except with dial-up.

about the nitrous issue: i should have kept mt mouth shut. i realize there is still a gigantic debate over the juice. but it is nice to discuss it between people who know something. maybe it's time i graduated from the newbie forums.
 
Originally posted by Nikita

a nitrous kit that puts out 50hp and a turbo that boosts 50hp are going to stress your engine equally.

Nitrous hits like a hammer, a turbo not nearly so hard. I don't see DSM'ers busting crankshafts unless they use nitrous. I guess we disagree.
 
Originally posted by Super16G
You gotta problem with this girls car????????????????:p :dsm:


man you gotta slap on some yellow stickers in there man... it would get a lot more faster... hehehehehehe j/K
 
For all of you anti F&F people who can't just go out and enjoy a movie...there has been a new import movie made. This one, however, has a more artsy edge to it.

http://www.quattronoza.com/

Now, on the topic of F&F....

I see tons of people on this forum pick apart F&F. Sure it wasn't totally accurate, but what action flick is??? Just take it for what it is...A MOVIE!
Why is it any different than any other movie?

IMO, F&F was well made, and for the majority of people on earth who seen it, it was good. Unless, of course, you are a know-it-all, jackass who can't take entertainment for what it worth.....umm...$8.00 I think.
 
I read in SCC that the movie was having problems getting a company (warner, mgm ect. ) to get it marketed and distributed. So who knows if it will ever reach theatres. Might end up as a film festival movie...

The SCC issue is October 2002, there is a few pages on the film and how it was made. It seems quite a bit more genuine than F&F.
 
Eclipse,Talon or Laser it don't matter as long it's not ricey. :thumb: but talon has cheaper insurance. OMG
 
Support Vendors who Support the DSM Community
Boosted Fabrication ECM Tuning ExtremePSI Fuel Injector Clinic Innovation Products Jacks Transmissions JNZ Tuning Kiggly Racing Morrison Fabrications MyMitsubishiStore.com RixRacing RockAuto RTM Racing STM Tuned

Latest posts

Build Thread Updates

Vendor Updates

Latest Classifieds

Back
Top