After school I raced my friends 96 auto basic mustang with 150 Hp. We were both travling at 40mph and had a rolling start I was beating him up until we reached 70mph, then he passed me up. Im thinkin I was doing sumthing wrong. While we were at 40mph I had it in 4th and when we took off I downshifted to 3rd and I was in 3rd for the rest of the race and we got up and over 70mph, my rpm meter was goin up so slow, I was waiting till it got between 6-7 to shift so I could use all of 3rd gear, is it good to use all of the gear or should I have shifted into 4th earlier?


1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 10th Anniversary Edition
- Weapon R1 Atom Bomb Exhaust

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2002 Subaru Impreza WRX

1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 10th Anniversary OZ Edition

with just an exuast no ... but with intake header pulleys .. hells yea with no problem .. im surprised u lost to the auto

Unorthadox racing pulley
Aem short ram intake
Apex-i N1 cat-back(2.5)
Nakiyama flat black euro tails
Black projection headlights
Oz m

if you were going 40 you should've dropped to 2nd, 2nd goes up to about 60 or so.

Original 15 of 2gnt.com

Yup second goes to almost 65 mph then take 3rd to 90mph at 7000 rpm or to 100 mph at 7200 rpm.


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Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Drop in K&N Filter and open airbox
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

Flame Red SRT-4 GT40,8.5:1 Built Shortblock, Brian Crower Stage 2 Cams, etc etc etc...

are you a 5 speed or an auto?

"Tutto fa brodo."

Todd Scungio
98 RS
15.173 @ 90.70 MPH

And also a 2011 Ralliart

5 speed, but sum guy at school said that I shouldnt drop it to 2nd cuz he had a friend who did that in sum other car and it blew his engine or sumthing. I am all stock on my GS except my lil weapon r1 muffler. I probably only get about 2 horses out of that huh?


1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 10th Anniversary Edition
- Weapon R1 Atom Bomb Exhaust

http://www.webphotos.com/list_photos.asp?mi=3&smi=1&a=55649

2002 Subaru Impreza WRX

1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 10th Anniversary OZ Edition

simple and short, your friends an idiot. if you have power left to get, get it.

Original 15 of 2gnt.com

Yup, just know in each gear where the MPH and RPM match up. 1st gear redline is about 40mph, 2nd gear redline is about 65 mph 3rd gear redline is 95 mph 4th gear redlines about 120 and I can't get 5th gear to redline.




current status unknown

http://hometown.aol.com/ohshootuhh/

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Drop in K&N Filter and open airbox
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

Flame Red SRT-4 GT40,8.5:1 Built Shortblock, Brian Crower Stage 2 Cams, etc etc etc...

You cant get 5th gear to redline because of the govener, there is a get rid of the govener but you have to make sure you have Z-rated tires.

Ok, I replied to this in another post, but oh well. There is no governor on the 95-99 nonturbo Eclipse/Talon. Nada. None. =o) That mod is for the 4G63 powered turbo car. They reason they have the speed limiter is because the tires on a stock GS-T were H rated. GSXs come with Z rated tires, and therefore dont have a speed limiter.

91 awd: 60-1, 880's, E-Prom, etc.
93 awd: JDM 6 bolt, K&N, full exhaust, Wally 255, otherwise stock.

R.I.P. the original "Factory Freak"
15.5's with short ram and catback only
1996 RS 5-speed

Actually, you shouldve beaten that Mustang if youre driving your car properly. Then again, I'm not sure. I know the GS Sport is a good bit heavier than my RS. Based on the weight of an RS, stock for stock, an RS should win. Mustang = 150hp at the fly, RWD so figure in a 20% drivetrain loss and 3150lbs or so. RS = 140hp at the fly, FWD so figure in about a 15% loss, though I've heard 18% and 2850lbs or so. So, based on weight and power, the Eclipse should win, if driven properly. Also, when going 40mph, I've always found its great to blip the throttle and downshift to 2nd. I love going from a 40mph roll. Downshift, grab second, chirp the tires and tear off. Only going to 3rd definitely hurt you.

91 awd: 60-1, 880's, E-Prom, etc.
93 awd: JDM 6 bolt, K&N, full exhaust, Wally 255, otherwise stock.

R.I.P. the original "Factory Freak"
15.5's with short ram and catback only
1996 RS 5-speed