Hi everyone, the names Caleb. I recently bought a '97 eclipse gs auto tranny and was really lookin forward to givin the car some life. Always loved imports as i've grown up, and now that I have one I'm kind of clueless about what to do. I have absolutely no experience with cars whatsoever, and as far as I know, my car is completely stock. i figure this dsm community would be nice enough to help me out =].

Hey man, Welcome. What's your plans for the car? Got any pics of it?

Welcome to you.

So just what are your intentions with my daugh...er with your car ?

Captain Caveman

96 RS Turbo 11.414 @ 119.62 MSNS, Crower 2 NA cams, BW366, 10.5 comp, UDP, 60mm TB, W/A intercooler, 3.55 tranny 567.9whp 430tq
97 RS NA 13.188 @ 103.87 MSnS powered 12.5 comp, Crower 3's and 219.4whp with 175tq
98 RS DD 12.5 comp on stock ECU, LTH, Crower 2's, Koni, GC, Hypercoil, DG hats
99 OZ 5sp Stocker 15.856 @ 85.97
99 GS stocker auto 17.7@77mph!

wiki home page:http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=bullettdsm

Eh, can't really call it an import as it was built in the US and is powered by a Chrysler engine. Anyway, welcome to the club! Keep it stock body imo.

^maintenance. Any slight problem can be increased exponentially upon adding more power

I contributed to the Wiki!
EVO IX - just a really expensive boost gauge and a K&N air filter
96 Eclipse RS -awaiting registration and inspection
95 Eclipse GS - parts car
Mods/Profile - http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=cs82685

Captain Caveman

96 RS Turbo 11.414 @ 119.62 MSNS, Crower 2 NA cams, BW366, 10.5 comp, UDP, 60mm TB, W/A intercooler, 3.55 tranny 567.9whp 430tq
97 RS NA 13.188 @ 103.87 MSnS powered 12.5 comp, Crower 3's and 219.4whp with 175tq
98 RS DD 12.5 comp on stock ECU, LTH, Crower 2's, Koni, GC, Hypercoil, DG hats
99 OZ 5sp Stocker 15.856 @ 85.97
99 GS stocker auto 17.7@77mph!

wiki home page:http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=bullettdsm

Captain Caveman

96 RS Turbo 11.414 @ 119.62 MSNS, Crower 2 NA cams, BW366, 10.5 comp, UDP, 60mm TB, W/A intercooler, 3.55 tranny 567.9whp 430tq
97 RS NA 13.188 @ 103.87 MSnS powered 12.5 comp, Crower 3's and 219.4whp with 175tq
98 RS DD 12.5 comp on stock ECU, LTH, Crower 2's, Koni, GC, Hypercoil, DG hats
99 OZ 5sp Stocker 15.856 @ 85.97
99 GS stocker auto 17.7@77mph!

wiki home page:http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=bullettdsm

Every 60,000 miles it's due for the death belt.
Welcome to the forum, this place will definitely help you in understanding your 2GNT, all you have to do is search through and read the old threads before you think about posting. We can guarantee 99%(another made up percentage, but close) all your questions and problems have already been asked.

Tim Reed
76 Colt Galant coupe
77 Colt Galant Wagon
91 GVR4 1350/2000 (Scrapped)
99 Eclipse GS (sold)
89 Suburban 4x4

Welcome to the site man. These guys here all hit it on the head...#1 priority is maintenance. By the way, I came to this site not knowing a bit about my car except how to do an oil change. Now, 6 months later through alot of my annoying newbish questions and countless hours searching, I know a little bit. Just not as much as even a fraction of the guys here. They are all very knowledgeable and know their shit. Listen to them, they'll steer you in the right direction. Just don't make the same mistake I did...(umm, badmouth a mod ...still paying for it) and you will be good. But by the way you introduced yourself, I'm pretty sure that isn't gonna be a problem. Welcome again man, you'll like it here.

-Ben
Black 1999 RS

Basic mods and a South Bend OFE-SS Clutch
~150bhp.....for now!

Haha, yea thanks for all the warm welcome guys. I'm still searchin through the forums and learnin my stuff, still can't say i know enough yet haha.
oh and as far as the timing belt goes, it all checks out =]

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-Tony <--- NOT asian.
'06 Wicked White EVO IX

So i just happened to go into my trunk earlier to move the spare tire and the jack thats there with it. What I came to find with the tire and jack was a small pool of water and a really big bowl of rust. anyone know how i can clean this mess up? oh and the lil cardboard covering is broken in half also.

And so after all this mess is cleaned up, what did you guys do to fill that space? Those of you that removed the spare tire that is.

Left it empty to compensate for the heavy-ass sub box on top of it.

1998 Eclipse RS-T - Totaled 4/23/09 -
1998 Eclipse GST - Stroked 2.3l, HX40 fed: Build in progress
2010 Subaru Outback Limited

I hate hipsters.

oh yea? i got a sub box sittin on top of all that nasty ass junk haha. i juss wanna remove some of that rusted dead weight i got in my trunk

I'm looking to either buy a short ram intake system or a cai. what i want to know is which is better for our cars and what brand would be ideal.
From what i've read and learned, a short ram intake system can prevent hydrolocking whereas a a cai without a air bypass valve cannot. I live in washington, so rain comes pretty often, and half the time alot of it.

Although this info be mentioned somewhere in the forums, almost every post has at least someone with a cai or ram intake system mentioned in their sig at least. Thats alot of posts to flip through =]

The general consensus here (I think) is that your best option is to buy a generic short ram off of e-bay, and put a K&N on it. This is what I did, and quite a few other members too.

1998 Eclipse RS-T - Totaled 4/23/09 -
1998 Eclipse GST - Stroked 2.3l, HX40 fed: Build in progress
2010 Subaru Outback Limited

I hate hipsters.

yea i looked those up yesterday and they're pretty damn cheap as opposed to the 200$ AEM ones haha. thanx for the info

I have an ebay cai and have never had a problem in any rain conditions. You just have to be easy on the throttle. I like the response from my cai vs when I had a short ram. Just my 2 cents.

Banned

1998 Eclipse RS-T - Totaled 4/23/09 -
1998 Eclipse GST - Stroked 2.3l, HX40 fed: Build in progress
2010 Subaru Outback Limited

I hate hipsters.

Lets see some pictures of it! I recomend Wheels ( hold out for the nice ones) and some window tint, other than that start doing maintenance like everyone else says, have your trans inspected and serviced. Your an auto so it needs more TLC than a manual.

Upgradecar.blogspot.com for the Candy Red Turbocharged 420a, Xbox Talon

Dreamcasteclipse.blogspot.com for the Raspberry 4g63T Dreamcast GST

sorry i haven't been around the boards, been pretty occupied with school and etc. lately.

ill throw up some pix of my baby when the sun decides to come up, lol. washington isnt a nice place for cars to keep clean for longer than a week =/

So I finally got my ebay short ram intake for my 2gnt.
I just have a few questions though about the installation.

I removed the intake hose and the airbox first of course. I tried to put the pipe on the tb with a autozone coupler but it didnt fit, so i had to use that rubber PoS. To get it to fit inside the engine bay i had to put the pipe inside the coupler which stretched the coupler kinda in a ugly angle. Also, i had to remove one of the things to the battery barrier to get the pipe to fit. Any tips or suggestions or revisions? I'm almost afraid that the intake isnt gonna last long lol.

Can anyone tell me how they installed their short ram?

And also, do i need a coupler for the K&N? If so im thinkin a 3"-3" coupler maybe?