2009 project

ok im finally getting another daily driver....
so that means the eclipse is going to become my full on project car....
motor should be started by mid summer. ill be sure to keep you guys posted with plenty of pics.
anyone want to add advice on a situation im stuck on....
nitrous or turbo for a 1/8 mile track.
id prefer to stay with the 420a engine. just wandered if anyone else had built either and if they had how hard it was to find the parts.....
also if i decide to go with both can anyone reccomend a compression ratio that would work for the setup

8.0 or 8.3 probably best for ya.
I say turbo but i'm biased.
Nitrous is cheaper but turbo is limitless

ok im finally getting another daily driver....
so that means the eclipse is going to become my full on project car....
motor should be started by mid summer. ill be sure to keep you guys posted with plenty of pics.
anyone want to add advice on a situation im stuck on....
nitrous or turbo for a 1/8 mile track.
id prefer to stay with the 420a engine. just wandered if anyone else had built either and if they had how hard it was to find the parts.....
also if i decide to go with both can anyone reccomend a compression ratio that would work for the setup nice

I say go turbo. Your going to have to build the motor either way. Go with an 8.8:1 CR or so. You can always runs nitrous on a boosted motor you just have to be careful.

what is factory cr?

9:1

9:1

::BUZZ::
Close but no cigar :smooch:

9.6:1

The best thing to do is research, research, research. Find out what all, turboing your car will consist of, and then decide what you want to do.

like you know anything about cigars ;)

on what motor

now that i think about it i though 1g t's were like 7.8 2gs were like 8.5 or something.

on what motor

now that i think about it i though 1g t's were like 7.8 2gs were like 8.5 or something.


420a motor

like you know anything about cigars ;)

I just bought some in Hawaii. Damn, going off topic. Nevermind.
Clearly said 420a all over.

id prefer to stay with the 420a engine.

slivr, did you do your own turbo or buy it that way?

I built the kit. Its much cheaper than buying a kit and you end up with a better setup.

what did you have to do to your internals to get them to handle boost?

The car was boosted for 1.5 years on stock internals before it blew. I ran about 8-10psi. After that I built the motor with forged internals and you can see in my sig and thats how it handles the high boost now. On stock internals plan on putting down around 200whp. A good improvement over stock.

would the auto tranny be a factor in deciding nitrous vs turbo. ive heard doing the 5 speed swap is more trouble than just buying a 5 speed

would the auto tranny be a factor in deciding nitrous vs turbo. ive heard doing the 5 speed swap is more trouble than just buying a 5 speed

It's not easy... but it's doable. Just depends on how much you want a 5 speed. I see quite often on eBay people selling all the clutch lines, the pedals, pretty much everything except the tranny, for pretty cheap. Then the trans would be around $300-$600 for a used one. Like anything it just takes some time to install everything right.

Many people have ran turbo setups on the stock block and stock auto tranny. It has proven to hold up fine so far. Once you build the motor and start pushing a good bit of power is when it starts to fail. If you plan on building the motor and running more than 225-250whp plan on swapping to a 5 spd or building the auto tranny.