New member & proud owner

[douglaslovin]

So as the title says I am a new member and a proud owner of a 99 eclipse RS I just purchased. For the past 6 months I have been driving a beat up 95 avenger with a 420a and well I really like it. I have been looking for an eclipse for awhile now cause I know it has the same engine and I finally found one.

This is my new car. 1999 Eclipse RS (non-turbo automatic)

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My future plans... completely rebuild the engine in the Avenger (cause the heads already have 20 hours of port work) new cam, gears, pully, pistons & full machine work to the block. swap the automatic for standard tranny. and finally turbo

i plan to start the motor rebuild soon and then next summer probably take a 1 week vacation at work and do the swap.

Hope to participate in the forums more!

 

[psx]

nice eclipse
try and get some OEM foglights
it makes the car ohhh so sweeter
its good to hear somebody likes 420as
good luck on your swap

 

[BlackDSMCR]

I like it, very clean.

 

[Tanro]

Very Clean 420a. If the 420a is your cup of tea it sounds like you have a very solid plan of attack.

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

Nice lookin eclipse. Very clean. You shouldn't need a week to swap the engine out. it drops out of the bottom fairly easy, Ive dropped engines in both NA and turbo DSM's, got them both dropp0ed out in a single day.

 

[douglaslovin]

1 week off is for tuning and enjoying it!

I was just watching videos of the brian crower 280 cams ...

was wondering.. is there a transmission that is strong enough for the 420a thats automatic? (after boost)

 

[TotalEclipse21]

420a ftw!!!!!!!!

 

[whitesmoke]

looks good. clean 420a

 

[douglaslovin]

I just hope the wife doesn't fall in love and try to steal my car.

 

[slugo17]

Very clean! I'm not a big fan of the wheels, however. Get some OEM GS-T/GSX wheels and fogs and you're exterior will be pure secks.

 

[95'EclipseGST]

Nice man, real clean. I had a 99 eclipse GS, I loved it mine was fresh, and I was going to turbo it as well. My motor was fully re-built. It was a fun car now I have a 95 gst fully built haha, have fun with it man

 

[dsm_danny]

wow, it looks very very clean! congrats

 

[cyexmaster]

Nice..! looks like mine when I got it except mine had the fogs and the gs-t wheels...

Looks like you have one solid plan to go with, but about the auto tranny I dont know anything about that but I guess it would be really cool to have a 400+hp auto 420a... Good luck with the build!

 

[cficare68]

Very nice and clean looking Eclipse. I really like that color.

 

[douglaslovin]

Yea I'm not a big fan of the rims either but I have some good rims and tires ready for it.

definitely will not be staying auto. looking for a donor car with the standard tranny things i need.