Does anyone know this car for sale on CL?

[Phillie]

I found this ad and interested in it. Does anyone know this person or the car and what it's possible worth. Thanks

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/1748166656.html

 

[L3V3L 7]

All i know is that it first got listed for 3500 and that seemed like a good deal. Then he pulled it and reposted at 5000. not a good deal. Now there is no price. Hum. Sounds like a pain in the ass.

 

[Phillie]

Yea This is what he said "Even though my car doesn't have interior its making close to 500 horsepower(to the engine) with a basic tune... Not to many cars have those numbers for this price."

His ad says he's making 360 awhp and replys back to me saying he's making almost 500 to the engine. Sorry son but how we going from awhp to the crank.

 

[azdave]

Sorry son but how we going from awhp to the crank.

Those numbers make sense if he thinks the driveline is eating up 28% of the HP before it gets to the wheels. That is a pretty high number though.

It doesn't really matter since he's not going to get anywhere close to $5000 for a 20-year old car with lots of interior parts missing and paint issues. That's just the way the market is right now.

 

[Phillie]

20% is usually the norm for parasitic driveline loss and that doesn't bring him anywhere "close" to 500 crank hp.

 

[99gst_racer]

20% is usually the norm for parasitic driveline loss and that doesn't bring him anywhere "close" to 500 crank hp.

He's obviously guessing his engine output and guessing high. 360 WHP is probably closer to 430-440 HP at the crank.

I'm sure he'll come down on the price with time.

 

[gst fat]

that thing aint worth 5k

 

[Purevil]

Thats Luis' car.

Ask Mike (boostedinaz) about it, he knows the car pretty well.

 

[Codester]

Just found this one on CL. A 29k mile 2g.

1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T Convertible only 29,000 miles

 

[CoachDavis]

Well he did say

Clean title and pretty negotiable..

If it doesn't have any major engine probs or anything I'd say it was worth close to that price with the price in parts Magnus IM, lsd, upgraded injector's, etc... But as they say it's only worth what someone's willing to pay!

 

[azdave]

Just found this one on CL. A 29k mile 2g.

1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T Convertible only 29,000 miles

If it only has 29K and has always been garaged then why was the convertible top just replaced? Vandals maybe or?