Prelude vs GSX

[FourG63 97GST]

Originally Posted by 3000ways

Actually it's the other way around the GSX is a couple of tenths faster than the GST, sure it weighs alittle more, but it has alittle more power and the most important factor, AWD.

they have the same power(crank), actually the GST make more whp cuz of less drivetrain loss

[joemathews]

I honestly don't know about handling; ludes are famous for their terrific handling, and while awd dsm's have the drivetrain advantage, they are much much heavier.

[4G63t Power]

The Gsx handles better over the lude hands down. Also i want to see a lude run some 7's. Its not incredible uncommon for a street eclipse to be pushing 400-500 horse. The 4g63t will eat a spoon engine with light mods anyday.

[partyhardryan16]

GSX would win, its turbo all wheel drive, off the line it can rev the engine and the turbo will kick in, with all wheel drive it doesnt hafta worry about the tires spinning, and before u know it its a few car lengths ahead and its over

[3000ways]

Originally Posted by FourG63 97GST

they have the same power(crank), actually the GST make more whp cuz of less drivetrain loss

Your right the power is the same, but regardless the GSX is faster, all those very fast Eclipses are usually AWD. While the FWD model is spinning it's front wheels, the AWD model is gone, and FWD model will not catch it by the end of the 1/4 mile.

[Janet Reno]

The GSX doesn't handle like the lude. The Prelude SH has nubers of .89 on the skid where the TSi AWD puts .83 out. The Prelude is FAR superior in this area. It's a monster, the SH system is awesome in helping understeer and there isn't much dive/lean on the car. Next to the Type-R I'm going to say that the Prelude is the best handling front wheel drive car. Honda has a history of having great handling cars and this proves it. And by the way, the GSX handles like a front wheel drive car even though it's AWD which means understeer.

Car and Driver compared a few of the cars a while back
Miata
TSi AWD(GSX)
Prelude SH
some other cars

The Prelude took it=)
They've rated it the 4rth best handling car ever for them a while back with the SH and the best handling car for under $30,000

[Joseph1082]

I can't see a FWD outhandling an AWD
Also, if you look, the GSX has faster 0-60 times than the GST but their 1/4 times tend to be very similar.

[Janet Reno]

The GSX is built on a fwd chasis, it's basically a fwd car with power to all the wheels but that doesn't change that it still handles like a fwd.

[Joseph1082]

How can you say that... FWD handles like there is 105HP going to the two steering wheels... while the AWD handles like there is 52.5HP going to ALL four wheels and no end of the car is "loose". My friend used to go 80 around ramps in his AWD Laser.

[integra111]

No the lude is better hands down. Eclispes have to be the least reliable car ever made.

[partyhardryan16]

they are definitly unrealiable cars, have you ever seen one hit 200kmi? nope... but some ludes do

[Joseph1082]

Ok, but you guys have nothing on a GSX's handling

[801prelude]

I go canyon racing all the time against eclipses gsx and gst and have driven all of them. and the lude in my opinion preforms much better plus I would never buy an eclipse had one for a year ended up replacing everything on it. I liked the all wheel drive but the diff box is going to blow at least every 50k

[BlackRotary]

BS on the unrealible crap. Any car loses its reliability when you start modding it. The 4g63 is a very strong and capable motor. Like any car though people always report the worst cases rather then the positive ones. My friend raced me in his 93 Lude( H22 swap) vs me in my 98 Talon Tsi Awd (auto:|). I took him off the line by at least 2 cars maybe closer to 3 but by the end of second gear he closed the gap and was running ahead by a car length. Never pulled after that though.

[partyhardryan16]

ok, you started the post about realiability and ended it with speed... my priority is realiability, and i know many people with Mitsubishi problems, not just the eclipse ... also, what is a positive case of something going wrong with your car, i think it sucks whether it costs 50 bucks or 5000 bucks ... and exhaust, header, intake mods should not make your car less realiable