1990 eclipse gsx. Had an upgraded TD05(H?)turbo, spiral header (ugh), and upgraded 12v fuel system. Made really decent power even though the power and was meh. Had it about 3 months before I made the executive decision to sell it before I killed myself.

Had a full 3” turbo back from magnaflow that was loud as hell.

Bought it in 2012 for $1200 with 143,xxx miles on it. If I had it today I probably would have kept it. The interior was immaculate except for a couple cracks on the dash.

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    It amazes me how Mitsu screwed it up so badly in subsequent generations of the Eclipse.

    How a company that made the Starion, Eclipse, Lancer, 3000GT and a bunch of other performance trims of their other cars dropped the ball so badly .

  • sparky1337@ttrpg.networkOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Meant to say the power band was meh. There were a couple issues, biggest one being the spiral header was cracked which was unfortunately common. Not to mention the kid I bought it from knew absolutely nothing about cars and chopped the wiring up.

    • Alto@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m pretty sure they’re referring to driving in a dumb way and getting into an accident.

      • sparky1337@ttrpg.networkOPEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Yep! Poor figure of speech! My bad.

        I was 20 something and had a bit of a reckless streak at that point in my life!

        • Alto@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          Same reason I didn’t get a mazdaspeed 3 when I had the chance. Knew I’d end uo getting myself into trouble with it.

          Can’t say I don’t kinda regret it now though haha

          • Iusedtobeanadventurer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I had a Mazdaspeed 6 back in the day. I may or may not have rolled it over into a drainage ditch on some twisties…

            That was a real object lesson for me. I thought I knew the car well enough but I didn’t know the road well enough.

            Thankfully nobody was hurt so I took my lesson and moved on.

            Proud to say I haven’t wrecked a car since and it’s been well over ten years since the day I had to say goodbye to the speed 6.

            I miss that car. It was a black, fully loaded grand touring model and got absolutely ZERO attention (except from people who knew what it was). FBO with a tune made it an absolute blast to drive.

            My current fun car draws a lot more attention (particularly from young guys lol)