What do you guys think is best for an AUTO eclipse? I have a cheap intake with a hole in it and I am running on stock header with cat-back.

Nitrous-
basic wet kit + bottle heater + Header + Intake + P&P intake manifold.

Turbo-
Turbo stageI kit.

P.S. which is faster? I want to run mid 14 right now.

Engine mods-
RS Akimoto short (P.O.S.!) intake, Greddy Sport Cat-back ex.
Suspension-
Ground Control Coil-overs,KYB AGX shocks, RS Akimoto strut bar(front) TSW Trouphies 18x8,Nitto 555's.
Exterior-
Paint! C.F. Hood, Z3 fenders, Street Fighter Gen 2

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Personally, I'd go with the turbo for a couple of reasons:

1)It's better in the long run
2)It's got more adjustability

I'm going boost in the VERY near future. Nitrous is good and cheap too, but it doens't have the adjustablilty or functionality of boost. Go with the hairdryer man.

Jeremy

96 Indy Red Dodge Avenger I4 5spd
225.7whp/227.2wtq @ 10psi, currently running 12-14psi.
HRC Stage III turbo setup
JE 8.8:1 pistons
Eagle rods
block bored .020" over
GReddy FMIC w/ custom piping
1G crushed BOV
SPEC Stage 3 clutch
2.5" DP, 2.5" high flow cat, 3" ERT catback w/ Magnaflow muffler and 3" tip.
much much more...

turbo, since you're auto (like me) you wont lose boost when it shifts up

turbo8u: "jiggle jiggle then vroom vroom pshhhh"
-Mike Pruett
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"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
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With a year of nitrous refills you could basically have your turbo...think about it...

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'03 Mazda 6s

id say turbo is more wurth it cuz it would suck to run out of n2o in a middle of a race and lose cuz your bottle ran empty. turbo is allways there for you. as long as you take care of her, shel take care of you


plus there is NOTHING like a bov


turbo, accept no substatutes

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-mitsuman

Performance:
1. AEM cold air intake
1. NGK plugs

Ride:
1. motegi mr7 17'' wrapped
in yokohama A550v
235/45/17

Sound:
1. sony xplod cdxm620 deck
2. 2 10'' audiobahn subs
3. nice shiny audiobahn
amp

In room:
1. blitz front end(thnx 2
eclipse804)
2. H&R sport springs(thnx 2
eclipse804)

Fun mods:
1. "Nozzel mod"

Wanted:
1. to much ish to list... but a
boy can dream

coming very soon:
1. HRC STG 2
2. Greddy Power Extreme
3. Blits Super Sound BOV
4. HKS Turbo timer

-mitsuman 95 GS 5-spd w/97-99 front end
Repin The SoCal 2GNT'ers
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If you want to run 14's, I think it will be real hard on an auto with stage 1. Dan ran a best of 15.9 at the track with a stage 2 (I think he was only running around 7 to 8 psi though). I think the auto really hurts. It all depends on how often you would use nitrous. If you would only use it maybe a couple times a week, then I'd get that. But if you want power all the time, get the turbo.

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2004 WRX - WR Blue Pearl
1997 Eclipse GS - Royal Sapphire Pearl

auto doesn't hurt that bad, a friend of mine has a 400 hp car (trans am) it runs constant 11's.........

turbo8u: "jiggle jiggle then vroom vroom pshhhh"
-Mike Pruett
2gnt member# 976
MOPAR Stage 2
SRTForums.com member #37 (Yeah, I signed up when it first came out, and ended up getting one, cool huh?)
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
- General George Patton (1885-1945)

v8's don't have to spool up

jZa
IHS # fo-six-fo-six

"real men don't ride stick"

it's a v6, and it does have to spool up, but autos launch under boost

turbo8u: "jiggle jiggle then vroom vroom pshhhh"
-Mike Pruett
2gnt member# 976
MOPAR Stage 2
SRTForums.com member #37 (Yeah, I signed up when it first came out, and ended up getting one, cool huh?)
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
- General George Patton (1885-1945)

There is no v6 trans am

Even though an auto laucnhes under boost, it isn't going to pull like a 5speed would, not without a torque converter -- you still have to deal with the low rpms. As far as holding boost through gears when shifting up, it won't be as efficient as a 5speed.

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Ryan
IRyanHester@Hotmail.com

'03 Mazda 6s

>If you want to run 14's, I think it will be real hard on an
>auto with stage 1. Dan ran a best of 15.9 at the track with
>a stage 2 (I think he was only running around 7 to 8 psi
>though). I think the auto really hurts. It all depends on
>how often you would use nitrous. If you would only use it
>maybe a couple times a week, then I'd get that. But if you
>want power all the time, get the turbo.


15.9??/ w/ stage 2?? he has issues.

1st week i was turbod, i ran 16.3 on 3 lbs of boost, no intercooler, pig-rich and stock exhaust. oh yea, aand on tires that were just recently weighed at over 50lbs each w/ tires (thats why i sold them, lol)

expect the auto to run ~1+/- second slower than an equally prepped 5spd

95 Avenger
ATX->MTX Swap
Holset HX40 @ 26 psi

Yes I quite definitely have issues. Too little time and money to figure out exactly what at the moment... but I KNOW somethings wrong. I can feel it for sure, and trying different tuning settings isn't fixing anything. If anyone wants datalogs, I'll give em to you cheep! heh

What exhaust did you have? I've got the GS-T, and that's probably part of the problem...

Dan Green
99'RS

I thought that sounded way way way too slow! My bro ran 15.9 naturaly with little mods (5-speed) I figured the longer gears would allow me to be at full boost for the entire gear making more power. As of the feed back I got from the nitrous boys it seems I would be better off with nitrous. Low 14's with 75shot UDP, CAI, header, exhaust and no internal upgrades!
I need to beat that time to change my mind and go turblow.

Engine mods-
RS Akimoto short (P.O.S.!) intake, Greddy Sport Cat-back ex.
Suspension-
Ground Control Coil-overs,KYB AGX shocks, RS Akimoto strut bar(front) TSW Trouphies 18x8,Nitto 555's.
Exterior-
Paint! C.F. Hood, Z3 fenders, Street Fighter Gen 2

Remember me?