school me on eclipses

i saw a nice looking eclipse for sale. 95 for right under 6g. 5 speed with a couple of mods on it. considering buying. what kinda trouble spots should i look for? looks like it was well kept/tuner owned

Tuner owned = bad I think

find one owned by a grandma or something

well har to find granny owned sticks...from everyone i know that ive hung out with..tunrer kids take care of their cars alot more than grandmas. oil gets changed, and things get fixed

just have to watch out for clutches and tires on them lol

I know some eclipses get rust really bad, check the engine bay very closely, and in the trunk. It's a hit or miss with those cars

Is it a 95 GST, GSX, GS, or RS?

Losing quickly wrote:

I know some eclipses get rust really bad, check the engine bay very closely, and in the trunk. It's a hit or miss with those cars

west texas sees very little rust but ill check it out


as for model...i looke din hood and it didnt have a turbo, so its either a gs or rs...im thinking its a gs

For the most part its a pretty reliable car if you don't mod it out that much. I think the 95 and 96's had a little more of a problem with ECU's crappin out and some little things like headlights turning yellow pretty badly. If its a GS or RS though, it's gonna be SLLOOWWWW unless you plan to turbo it or something.

beware that if it has typical "ricey" mods on it that it was probably owned by someone who was just trying to make the car fast on the cheap and beat the hell out of it.

dont buy it.

Why would you want to go from a Fiero to a damn Eclipse

Dont downgrade man.

I want something with a little more room and potential. The fieros fun and has nice torque but its an auto and id rather have something more "tuner friendly"

Eh, Non-Turbo Eclipse isn't worth "Tuning". It's not worth trying to get decent power out of those engines.

theres a very fine line between the terms tuner and ricer

88Shelby wrote:

Eh, Non-Turbo Eclipse isn't worth "Tuning". It's not worth trying to get decent power out of those engines.

who said itd be staying non-turbo?

haha, turbo it! that's what i'm doing right now to my non turbo eclipse.

stasis- wrote:

who said itd be staying non-turbo?

That was sort of my point about trying to get power out of it. It isn't worth trying to turbo the Non-urbo Eclipse motor. Even the ones with tons of money and time into them barely break 13s.

I don't think a 95 is worth 6k

I wouldn't pay that much for it. I was under the impression a mint would still be under 5k. High mileage is a big thing to watch out for on any turbo car also.

Kelley Blue Book Retail: $4,750 – $7,075

17 inch wheels, new engine, the usual extras

by new engine is it a six bolt swap with a bigger turbo and first gen bov as usual extras?
cause if not, then i wouldnt waste the money right now.. unless your looking for just a daily driver

dont buy it, only way you could turbo that thing is to buy a turbo engine...preferably a 6-bolt out of 1g eclipse/talon/laser. better off just buying a gsx.

get it and drop in a 4g63t engine. thats the evo3 engine. perfect fit. friend of mine has it in his. of course...his also has about 20k worth of bodywork and engine work...but its niiiice.

its impossible to find an eclipse gsx...there were 11 on ebay, and way too far to check out

you can't just drop a 4g63 engine in that thing. well you could but the headache with it just isn't worth it. the 420a engine isn't that bad though. it can handle about 250hp with stock internals and if you get forged internals it can handle a lot more. Theres a lot of guys from 2gnt.com that are running 300whp and over with a 420a engine. Plus with the 420a engine u dont hafta worry about crankwalk like the 4g63's

whats a 420a engine? im clueless on mitsubishi cars except the basics. ive been looking for a gsx though. if not plan b is a modded gs. plan c, if i decide to save money from air force is an 02 camaro ss with a SC

420a is the RS/GS engine. It's made by chrysler not mitsu. the 4g63 is the GST/GSX engine, it's the one made by mitsu. The 420a can actually be made fast, regardless of what people think. The head is good to like 400hp and the block is real strong. If you really wanna boost the crap outta the engine you hafta replace the internals with forged ones and tune it well. Theres lots of guys that run 15psi daily and 22 at the track with no problems.

i love the body style so i may go for a gs just to get one if i cant find a gsx. if i wait til after BMT maybe i can ebay it up and drive it home

its just a fancy lookin neon dude.