how reliable is it

[ez1286]

Ford makes most of it's car/trucks in mexico does that make ford an import?

[EricSchnabel]

Chevy's are built in canadia so are chevys imports.

[vwracer14]

i know vw are tecnicaly imports but this will be my first street racer or stereotypicl import racer and i want to buy a good reliable car that wont have many problems even with minor engin upgrades because some people swear even a small shot of nitrouse will mess an engine up and as for the bike dudes and hot rode guys a was refering to bikers like harley and indean ect im sure they dont us nitrouse and the hot rod guys i ment the ones who leave everything stock and would like to put every one who owns an (import) in jail because they dont like them you know the ones im talking about

[vwracer14]

ok i have been looking for a while now and i can not find a eclipse like i want.i have looked all over the net but i couldnt find one within 200 miles of me and the ones i found were not the year model awd or turbo pluse they were to much money for what they were

there was one 97 fwd and not a turbo for ($6000.00)just a bit much with dents down the side

[l_eclipse_l]

The nice 2g GSX or TSI AWD will be expensive as hell. Your not looking for a very common car, and the people that are selling them know what they have. Good luck, you may have to wait awhile before you find one worth buying.

[vwracer14]

im not real woried about dents or something like that cause im will put a body kit on and paint it but i still think ($6000.00) is to much for a 97 and no performance parts on it and still had dents down the side

i think i could do without the turbo just how much more hp do you get with one. but im still gots ta have awd

[Blackcrow64]

You should check the classified section on DSMTuners... Theres always pretty good deals on there. I saw a few 2g's that were 4500 dollars with some upgrades already. Not too shabby if you ask me... Anyways, heres a link to it for you.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/classifieds/

[l_eclipse_l]

Originally Posted by vwracer14

im not real woried about dents or something like that cause im will put a body kit on and paint it but i still think ($6000.00) is to much for a 97 and no performance parts on it and still had dents down the side

i think i could do without the turbo just how much more hp do you get with one. but im still gots ta have awd

Only some of the turbo models came in AWD, none of the N/T. It will be extremely difficult to get over 250 hp on the N/T model without turboing it, so your best bet is to go with the turbo eclipse/talon right off the bat.

[vwracer14]

but you can turbo an awd nonturbo it would be a bit harder to put awd on car with fwd right

but if i put a turbo on a noturbo how reliable would the motor be see back were it all began

[-Josh-]

Originally Posted by vwracer14

but you can turbo an awd nonturbo it would be a bit harder to put awd on car with fwd right

Non turbo's never came in AWD, unless you're asking if it would be hard to do it, www.automotivearticles.com the subsidiary of this site, did an AWD conversioin.

Originally Posted by vwracer14

but if i put a turbo on a noturbo how reliable would the motor be see back were it all began

With low boost and the right ECU management it could be somewhat reliable but you're better off in the long run 'getting one that's already turbo'd' as people keep saying.

[RavagePenguin]

Originally Posted by loeman

Well that has always been the debate hasn't it? If it's not imported then it's not an import. Period. I don't consider it anymore of an import that I do a talon, or a lazer. That is your and the insurance company's opinion. I was just making a point. The eclipse would not be his first import if he already owns a German car. I really do not want to get into this discussion. I should have known better than to post that because I know all you guys want to do is argue about everything, and I bet anything you won't let this go. I am done with it.

In my opinion its just better to say American company or Japanese Company. Still don't know what to call the DSM's since they were a combination of the two. So I'm just gonna stick with DSM company

[l_eclipse_l]

Sounds good to me.

[vwracer14]

thanks for all the imput