GSX Pics and pics of the work in progress

[DSMMAN]

I know you guys and girls arent big on the DSM's here and all that but wanted to see what everyone thought of the progress I was making thus far.
I just snapped this one of the engine since I drove it today so everyone could see where Im at with it.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/eclipse/l_db2ce3e9d1efc0e779a0ca94cf600d4e.jpg
Sorry for the quality took with a cell phone.
When I first got it and a few mods.
This is one reason why I hate DSM paint jobs
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/eclipse/5y9u8sn.jpg
This is the interior I was given to work with. Granted it isnt in that bad of shape at all
You have to love the fine craftsman ship here they invest to make these fine quality seats
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/eclipse/63a82e1.jpg
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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/eclipse/4pdm8u1-1.jpg
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This is after I re did the back seats.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/eclipse/677fmzc.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/eclipse/66btcwn.jpg

These are a few of the mods I have done. a lot more is done just not listed. Ill get more pictures later on tonight when I get in from work. I had these on my laptop and wanted to post them up for the members who have been asking about the progress with it.

Tein EDFC suspension with fabrication
Strut Tower brace
Strut bar
Sway bar lower
Recarro Racing Seats and Momo 5 Point harness
Shepherd Racing stage 3 transmission
ACT 2600 clutch with Streetlite Flywheel
evo316g turbo
Slowboys J-pipe
SS oil lines
Hallman pro RX manual boost controller
Boost Gauge
Oil Press Gauge
A/F gauge
Greddy Turbo Timer
SAFCII
Sony Palm datalogger with software and cable
Greddy intercooler
Venom Fuel Injectors Super Flow Series
Venom Fuel Pump Super cool series
MagnaFlow Exhaust 3 inch pipe

This is yet to be done. I have these parts just getting around to putting them in.
Optima battery with battery relocation kit
Oil cooler
Venom 400 Control Module
Venom Nitrous system with purge
Intercooler Chill bar
Knology plugs and wires

['96GAGT]

It's a mitsu what?

[DSMMAN]

It's a mitsu what?


Ecplise GSX ? all wheel drive turbo ? lol

[Lythium]

I love that gen eclipse.. lookin great! Have u been to the track at all with it, what's she run?

[Sweet98GA]

so have you started your countdown timer for crank walk yet? lol

less than three dsm's, cept for all the problems that occur when you start moddin em!

Either way, slick ride man :)

[DSMMAN]

Thanks, and it has already walked lol.... gotta love that about them.... I havent had it to the track since I changed the mods on it. Taking it tomorrow.

[Sweet98GA]

sweet!

i'm guessing high 12, low 13's?

how many lbs of boost are you shovin down her throat?

[DSMMAN]

Should be 12 right now, its got 18 lbs but in the end , by the end of this month, should be around tens. Im kinda caught in the middle man its like time for the two Grand ams or time for the DSM ? lol... So ive been doing one day for the DIZZIM and one for the GA Although if you look at the thread I just posted of the tranny fluid change for the GA you will see the GA needs more attention than this lol

[Sweet98GA]

ah fug the ga's LOL no respect is given, and the amount of money you'd spend in mods to come close to the dsm is astronomical... get ure 10 second car and be happy :)

[DSMMAN]

Im working on it man lol. Im in the process of fabing my chill bar to the intercooler and all that. Let me see if I can find a pic of mine and my friends together real fast.

[DSMMAN]

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/eclipse/l_a4cf726391bdecad2d84c3aa41ca0a0b.jpg

[matts]

those cars are pretty mean. i'd like to have one to play with........well let me rephrase that: i'd like to have the money to play with one :lol:

i've got a friend that used to have one and it was a money pit

[DSMMAN]

yeah thats the only thing in life i have to really play with though so to me its kinda worth it. Plus I need the car to get me laid once or twice a week. :lol:

[rbharris1984]

Looks good. Friend of mine had a black gst same body style with the same faded spot. How hard would it be to fab some rsx seats in the front? I think they would look nice

[DSMMAN]

Yeah thats a notorious spot for paint fading for our cars. Well every spot is but that one and the back is subject more than any area. I dont know about the seating. I want to put some NSX seats in there just to be different.

[timberwoof]

Hot damn I'm very jealous of you. I've been wanting one of those for a very long time, but haven't been able to find a clean one for a decent price. Where are the pics of the full outside.

[TA^Guy]

James what type of chill bar are you using? N2O, CO2, ice water? Ever consider alcohol injection? Personally I'm not a huge fan o fit, however if you are just turning up the boost for a track day then spraying a little alky into the mix would help protect the engine.

[XoticGA]

Ooo... I like :)

[car audio dave]

not sure if i missed it, but whats your best track time so far? its tough to get into the 10s, theres a threshold that is different on every car, but getting over it can be very costly.

either way, good luck with these next set of runs.

[Nighthawk243]

Looks like a very nice car. Those are fast too... not some cheap underpowered ricer mobile... this is the real deal.

Yes, I'm jealous :D

[DSMMAN]

James what type of chill bar are you using? N2O, CO2, ice water? Ever consider alcohol injection? Personally I'm not a huge fan o fit, however if you are just turning up the boost for a track day then spraying a little alky into the mix would help protect the engine.



No I havent thought of that. I have a Nos chiller . I might try what you mentioned man. Im taking it to the strip friday. Ill consider that lol
Today was pay day so more toys for it YAY

[DSMMAN]

not sure if i missed it, but whats your best track time so far? its tough to get into the 10s, theres a threshold that is different on every car, but getting over it can be very costly.

either way, good luck with these next set of runs.


The best Dave is 12.40 Im grasping at straws as to what to do next. Everything that can be done has almost been done. Im having some problems and have been and for sometime now trying to get lower but havent had any sucess. Hopefully soon. lol I mean Im happy with what i have dont get me wrong, but I want more

[DSMMAN]

Looks like a very nice car. Those are fast too... not some cheap underpowered ricer mobile... this is the real deal.

Yes, I'm jealous :D

Lol thanks man. I get a lot of hondas trying me and a few days ago I had a hyundai Scoupe reving on me at a redlight. So the guy yells out his window take that rice eating shit home. etc etc. Guys talking all kinda shit. When he took off at the light I took off nice and slow and his shit put out this huge could of black smoke I couldnt even see thru. Had to turn off the headlights and turn on the fogs lol :lol:

I get a lot of people talking shit about it which is given since it is an import, but people have no clue.

[Vampyrate]

sir, i would give my left testicle to have either a tsi or gsx. something about the awd turbo seems appealing to me, awd for the snow here at school and turbo for my "ricer" side

[DSMMAN]

sir, i would give my left testicle to have either a tsi or gsx. something about the awd turbo seems appealing to me, awd for the snow here at school and turbo for my "ricer" side



yeah i love the subies man. They are my bigest comp at the drag strip

[Vampyrate]

I get a lot of people talking shit about it which is given since it is an import, but people have no clue.

that is the curse of living in TN. im about 1hr from JC, TN so i know about the domestic stereotypes around this area, and the praise imports get and the shit that domestics get back home near the DC area

[DSMMAN]

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/Forum/l_24f4cc3becc0af2b7f16e88cf68f96d2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/Forum/l_f1cea61b84ab4a46e49e17925e51940e.jpg

[DSMMAN]

that is the curse of living in TN. im about 1hr from JC, TN so i know about the domestic stereotypes around this area, and the praise imports get and the shit that domestics get back home near the DC area


Holy shit man not johnson city lol. im an hour from there too bro. Thats where those pink pictures of eclipse came from lol. I have ran both of them and many SRT 4 neons over there. Have you seen the little Greeen Hyundai Elantra over there that has the VENOM NOS system ? lol

Shit is so funny man lol. Ill try to find a picture of it .

[DSMMAN]

Look at this shit ...


http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/Forum/m_54a9223a5e3d41116dbaee9412298979.jpg


Nice very nice lol

[bballr4567]

DAMN!!!! That is freaking hot. Aside from the paint (happens on every DSM Ive seen of that era) those cars are really great looking. Hardly anybody gives them respect. Looks damn good. The rims match it pretty great.

[DSMMAN]

Thanks for a while i thought i should have went with chrome. later changed my mind. Glad I did. Thanks Josh

[bballr4567]

Yea that was a very good choice. Too bad the roof paint is all messed up though. Looks like the rest is in rather good shape.

[Vampyrate]

Holy shit man not johnson city lol. im an hour from there too bro. Thats where those pink pictures of eclipse came from lol. I have ran both of them and many SRT 4 neons over there. Have you seen the little Greeen Hyundai Elantra over there that has the VENOM NOS system ? lol

Shit is so funny man lol. Ill try to find a picture of it .

everytime i drive with Sarah to JC to go to the mall, some ricer in a civic tries a flyby on me. i wait until they are right off my back bumper and just close the door on them if they are trying to pass me. that elantra is a joke too... ive seen it and everytime i think about it, i think i shouldve slapped the driver

[DSMMAN]

:lol: yeah that shit trips me out man. They have a little purple and yellow integra up there by Target close to the mall that sits on friday nights with all the other del sols lol shits funny to me man. I think my car and not mine but more so my type of car the all wheel drive turbo eclipse and talon is in an import league with subies and 300zx and stuff like that not the normal honda civic type ya know

[Vampyrate]

yeah... this friday me and my roommate are heading to the best buy there (not too easy to just go to the mall and all when in Wise, VA at school). so ill take the camera along to see what i can get and start a "show your rice" thread or something

[DSMMAN]

yeah... this friday me and my roommate are heading to the best buy there (not too easy to just go to the mall and all when in Wise, VA at school). so ill take the camera along to see what i can get and start a "show your rice" thread or something

you better take an sd card because theres going to be millions of them out there bro lol. Can i post my car in your thread ? come on man i wanna fit in too lol....

If you hit up best buy check out the black crx there . Very nice car man overall. Gotta respect the fiberglass work hes put into it . He always parks on the side where the highway borders it . Not the side by circuit city but the other side.

[Vampyrate]

ill check it... i just have to clear the card that i have in there that has videos of my roommate destroying a mouse that he got pissed at

[DSMMAN]

ill check it... i just have to clear the card that i have in there that has videos of my roommate destroying a mouse that he got pissed at


lol well dude have fun. I have to work so I cant be over there to laugh at them this weekend.
:(

['96GAGT]

Im not up to par on foreign cars man so I didn't know what it was, you just had engine shots and interior shots in your first post so I wasn't sure.

[DSMMAN]

Im not up to par on foreign cars man so I didn't know what it was, you just had engine shots and interior shots in your first post so I wasn't sure.


Yeah its cool man , no worries. Its nothing special. Just my little toy

[Vampyrate]

haha, just a little toy that makes me drool just thinking about it

[TA^Guy]

James, ever take it to a track? What's it run if so?

[DSMMAN]

I took it last night and ran (in the 1\4) 11.25.... Although John, your going to laugh your ass off... I ran my Almost stock Eagle talon (same car just not turbo or all wheel drive) Just a basic Eagle talon with Cold air intake , and exhaust and ran a freaking 13.20 now tell me something isnt wrong there ! lol

[DSMMAN]

I will post more pictures and a time slip tonight.

[DSMMAN]

Is my shit too ricey now ? Be honest as I respect everyones opinions here more than that on the Eclipse forums.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/576_eugenilegsx1-1.jpg

[bballr4567]

Nothing badder then a blacked out Eclipse. Im sorry even I respect that.

[Shad0wguy]

:drool:

[TA^Guy]

I took it last night and ran (in the 1\4) 11.25.... Although John, your going to laugh your ass off... I ran my Almost stock Eagle talon (same car just not turbo or all wheel drive) Just a basic Eagle talon with Cold air intake , and exhaust and ran a freaking 13.20 now tell me something isnt wrong there ! lol11.25 is awesome, but 13.2 for a NA FWD Talon? Shouldn't that be more towards the 16 second range, maybe high 15s?

Also do they automatically correct for altitude there? Some tracks do, some don't.
Is my shit too ricey now ? Be honest as I respect everyones opinions here more than that on the Eclipse forums.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/wgrjr/576_eugenilegsx1-1.jpg
Ricey? How? I see no stir fry at all. Looks clean to me! Nice car.

[DSMMAN]

No they dont auto adjust for the altitude... I dont think... If you ask me the track is going downhill but they say its level .... yeah for a n\a fwd i was thinking high 16 lol i think the time clock screwed up when i ran the talon man lol ...... had to brother.


Yeah Josh and i talked about it yesterday and were thinking the car doesnt look too bad. I get flamed sometimes on the other forums where other eclipse owenrs are because the blow off isnt loud or the lights arent clear or the color tint lol. So I come here lol

[TA^Guy]

You get flamed for not having a loud blowoff valve? LMAO

I'm sorry but I laugh at the tools running around with a stock motor and a loud BOV. It's annoying and the only reason they have it is so they can impress their ricer friends to show they have a turbo.

Funny in the GrandNational I ran some kids in a Eclipse one night and afterwards they wanted me to pull over to prove I didn't have a V8. (Dumb punks didn't even know what a Grand National was). I open the hood so they could see and count the plug wires for themselves. Then they realized it was turbocharged they said they didn't hear the blowoff valve. :roll: I was working with some real tools right there I tell ya.

[ramairgt1]

damn that is one hot DSM for sure! Black FTW!

[DontPassTheFence]

looks great, although those wheels are a bit big for optimum performance, but they compliment the look of the car well.

And if you take care of the finish on that CF hood, itll continue to look that good for a pretty long time (although most eclipse guys I know end up having the clear-gel-coat either burn and discolor or crack and chip away in 1-2 years time, without proper maintenance and cleaning)

[DSMMAN]

looks great, although those wheels are a bit big for optimum performance, but they compliment the look of the car well.

And if you take care of the finish on that CF hood, itll continue to look that good for a pretty long time (although most eclipse guys I know end up having the clear-gel-coat either burn and discolor or crack and chip away in 1-2 years time, without proper maintenance and cleaning)



Yeah i take it off when i run at the drag strip for heat reasons and run hood less lol. Also , I have a shit load of heat shielding up in there but your right most DSM's do loose thier clear coat very quickly.
The wheels are big, and sadly very heavy. When I hit the strip I use steelies

[JBlack16]

hot shit i wanted a DSM before i got the GA but couldnt find one that was in good enough condition for me and they all had high miles and were a bit pricey. but urs way nice. gorgeous. loving the big intercooler up front.

[DontPassTheFence]

Yeah i take it off when i run at the drag strip for heat reasons and run hood less lol. Also , I have a shit load of heat shielding up in there but your right most DSM's do loose thier clear coat very quickly.
The wheels are big, and sadly very heavy. When I hit the strip I use steelies
Good man ^.^b

[bballr4567]

Did you paint the hood also or does it just have the gel coat on it??? I mean you know what I think would look hot. :D:D

[DSMMAN]

Did you paint the hood also or does it just have the gel coat on it??? I mean you know what I think would look hot. :D:D


I know Josh, stay posted wait till my taxes come back lol then you will see what you think looks good lol

[JBlack16]

You should debadge the GSX u have in ur avatar and put one that says GS. so when people roll up wanting to race think its just a GS.

EDIT: crap u have that big ol intercooler up front so it wont work crap scratch that idea then. again VERY CLEAN DSM!

[DSMMAN]

You should debadge the GSX u have in ur avatar and put one that says GS. so when people roll up wanting to race think its just a GS.

EDIT: crap u have that big ol intercooler up front so it wont work crap scratch that idea then. again VERY CLEAN DSM!

lol yeah. That is true, although most of the people that want to race me do not even know what an intercooler is or know that that is what that is. :lol: Good shit I had a Suzuki Aero revving up on me last night lololol

[JBlack16]

u could tell em its a big ol radiator! haha

[GtAudioFreak]

Very nice car, Id love to have one of those. Ill trade you my Grand Am for it lol one of my friends has a GSX with a Supra rear end conversion, built engine, I think hes pushing high 20 psi.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g253/grandamgtblk99/SummerX/Picture069.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g253/grandamgtblk99/SummerX/Picture038.jpg

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[GtAudioFreak]

11.25 is awesome, but 13.2 for a NA FWD Talon? Shouldn't that be more towards the 16 second range, maybe high 15s?

Also do they automatically correct for altitude there? Some tracks do, some don't.

Ricey? How? I see no stir fry at all. Looks clean to me! Nice car.

Didnt realize there was a page 2. That car is amazing. I love those rims.

[ManktheTank19]

I am not a big foreign fan but your car looks nic and clean - nothing ricey about it :)

[DSMMAN]

I am not a big foreign fan but your car looks nic and clean - nothing ricey about it :)


Thanks Mank. And thanks GTAUDIOFREAK.... yeah I love the rims but they are a bit heavy lol.