2g or 3g HELP DESCISION

i am getting rid of my mustang and i am gonna get about 12grand out of it... now i am going to take that money and put towards a eclipse the question is which one... no since this is an eclipse forum i think that you guys could give me a lil advice on performance and looks .... so any suggestions would be appreciated

performance, looks = 2g turbo

with 12 grand you could get a 99 GSX or GST with money left over. 2g eclipse is an american icon, 3g eclipse is an american chick car

definately a 2g turbo. you will hate yourself if you get a 3g instead of the sexy, and beastly 2g

Get a 2g (1995-1999) turbo awd (Eclipse GSX or Talon Tsi AWD). The 3g's are heavy and do not have NEAR the potential of a 1g or 2g dsm. In fact, I can't think of any aspect of the 3g that is superior to the 2g (besides their lifters, that is ;) ).

If youre gonna get a 3g might as well just save money and get a honduh...

i have looked at the cars and i like the body on the 2g better but what about motor size doesnt that play a part in how much power you can get out of the motor

The 2g's either came with the 2.0L non turbo or 2.0L turbo. Non turbo was about 140 hp and the turbo was about 210. I dont know anything about 3g's because i don't care about them.

Search this forum for the words "stock internals" and you will understand why we own these cars ;)

get a turbo 2g. I have a 3g v6 top of the line and it doesn't have nearly as much potential as the turbo 2g so I'm working to save up for a used turbo 2g right now.

What are you going to do with the car? 2g turbos are going to be faster and have a lot more potential. If I wanted a newer slow daily driver, I STILL wouldn't pick a 3g.

i wanna car that people will look at and say ... damn that car's fast... then i wanna be able to take it to the track and ppl know its fast... how easy is it to get power out of a 2g gsx?

i wanna car that people will look at and say ... damn that car's fast... then i wanna be able to take it to the track and ppl know its fast... how easy is it to get power out of a 2g gsx?


easy as pie. check out http://www.dsmtuners.com/tuning-guide/2gturbo/

with, an intake, turbo back, bov, mbc, running 14 psi, you could easly run a low 14 sec 1/4 mile. you'd have to turbo a 3g to get that. NO ONE at the track will give a flying rats rear end about a 3g compaired to a GSX. let me tell you!! 3g eclipse's are a JOKE to the tuning community!

stock the 2g only has like 10 more hp, but its TURBO hp, totally different. also a turbo is forced air induction, so all the air flow mods have a greater affect on the performance compaired to a n/a. also an engine that is DESIGNED to have a turbo, will obviously run turbo or larger turbo much better.

I've dusted 3-4 3rd gens and just laugh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ... 0 losses...
It's not the size of the motor it's what you do with it..... well thats what I tell the wife anyways.......
Once you go turbo you you don't go back to slowgo.

What are you going to do with the car? 2g turbos are going to be faster and have a lot more potential. If I wanted a newer slow daily driver, I STILL wouldn't pick a 3g.

I agree with him

A friend of mine recently purchased a 3G w/ the 3.0V6 and wanted to race me. Honestly i though i was going to loose, but my 1g NA dsm took him by about 2 car lenghts. He then realised what would have happened if i was boosted and felt stupid for buying a 3g.

GO WITH A FIRST GEN!!! If you have 12 grand..think of the potential!!! lol

yeah but i also what looks and you just dont get that with a 1st gen...

definately get yourself a 2g turbo... all i have to say