2001 Eclipse GT Mods

[Lude394]

I have a stock 2001 Eclipse GT 5speed and I was wondering do ya'll know of any good performance chips or suggestions for what i should start with.

[johnnyBgood]

no chips for this car. I suggest a B&M short shifter, AEM or Injen intake (stay away from the no-name Ebay crap, it is $30 for a reason, p.o.s.), and cat-back exhaust.

[eclipsed4utoo]

suspension is also a great place to start

[ridnEclipse04]

are there any companies that make better suspension mods than the others ex. (eibach)

[johnnyBgood]

Road///Race Engineering makes a rear strut tower bar for the 3G which is very affordable at $70. And Suspension Techniques make a rear sway bar as does RMDSM. Get the rear, not the front. If you get the front, your turning ability will be decreased.

[dfcoolkid]

what will the rear strut tower bar do?

[johnnyBgood]

It stiffens up your car to allow for less body flex. Less body flex = better turning ability.

[FIGG]

Originally Posted by Lude394

I have a stock 2001 Eclipse GT 5speed and I was wondering do ya'll know of any good performance chips or suggestions for what i should start with.

Start with what everyone does...Intake,Exhaust,Rims,Lowering Springs and Shox....from there go with what u want out of ur Ride..Loox or Speed...

[nexx777]

Hey...I'm kinda new to this forum so I'll tell you a little about my car. I just recently purchased a 2001 mitsu eclipse gt. The mods are : full body kit, greddy exhaust, 18" adr rims, aem CAI and big brake kit in the front, autometer gauge pod with air-fuel and volts guages, momo shift knob(yeah I know it's lame to list a shift knob but what the hell : ) ), and clarion head unit. I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything about anything new for this car. I heard that nobody's got a header or plug wires or nething like that for it yet but I was gonna run it by you guys to see if that was true. Basically I'm just looking for a few more power gains to help me out. -thanks

[johnnyBgood]

Well, that's not true. I sell Nology plug wires for the car, and RippMods and HyTech make headers for the car.

If you want the best system, I would say get the HyTech headers. They will gain you 30whp over stock. Dyno tested and proven. If you get headers, you must get an SAFC/SAFR and do an hour or so of dyno tuning to extract amximum gains from the system.

[nexx777]

hey thanks for the response so soon. So about the dyno testing. I live in Miami Ok. and I know for a fact that there aren't ne dyno places around here. (well at least not in lke an hour drive of here) I put the header on my integra but never put one on a v6. Is that going to be a lot harder install? Plus isn't dyno testing pretty expensive? -thanks

[johnnyBgood]

Dyno tuning varies from place to place. You can expect to spend over $100, but most likely less than $200.

It will be much harder to install, as the engine bay is much tighter.

[nexx777]

any recomendations of where I could get dynoed? Maybe Oklahoma City or Tulsa OK. Well....I guess I'll just go look around and try to get something going myself. Thanks for your help

[johnnyBgood]

HP Racing: (405) 672-7227, Oklahoma City
Ed Wright Auto: 918-446-3019 Tulsa, http://www.fastchip.com/
Dunsworth Machine: 580-233-5812 Enid
Alternative Motorsports: 405-440-0933 Oklahoma City
Detail doctors, Inc: 405-542-5179 Oklahoma City
Hogan's Dyno Shop: 918-834-5000 Tulsa
Metro Vo-Tech: 405-605-2236 Oklahoma city
Modern Performance: 918-282-5143 Tulsa
Powerhouse Performance: 405-737-8264 Midwest City, http://www.powerhouseperformance.com/
Tulsa Dyno and Performance: 918-519-1969 Tulsa

I think that should be all of them. A quick search on Google and Yahoo came up with those. Not sure if all those numbers are still active, but there are plenty to try.

[perna00]

i've heard alot about dyno tuning but never had a car where it could actually be "tuned in". does it involve reprogramming values on the ecu or what exactly is done? also, i'm out on the border of pa/oh. any where close to where i'm at for reference? thanks