ok so my buddy has on 07 eclipse gt 6 speed and we were going like thirty and we both floor it and we stay even until we shift and my car would jump about a foot every shift and it stayed like that me about 2 feet in front of him the whole race wtf is up with that an eclipse has like 270 hp and it feels a **** ton faster than my car i only have an airbox mod and some cheap exhaust mods i dont get this any suggestions

 

sounds as if ur bragging....?
what r ur mods

 

does the eclipse driver have any driving skills or lack-there-of we should know about LOL

 

the poor eclipse platform, they should go back to puttin evo motors in those things, otherwise fail.....

 

Mitsubishi = fail. Period.

 

haha

 

i have a airbox mod and custom exhaust thats it and the exhaust dont do anything for me its just a resonator delete and a magnaflow muffler sorrry if i come off as cocky im not trying to brag just wondering i expected to get my ass kicked

and yes the driver is very skilled he is better than me he builds drag cars and owns a body shop he is a very good driver lo l

 

Ok, here's the deal.

Horsepower in and of itself doesn't make a car fast, it's a vehicle's power to weight ratio (lbs/hp) that determines how quick a car is.

The Eclipse GT weighs 3560 lbs (yikes!) and makes 263 hp. That's 13.53 lbs per hp.

At 3000 lbs, a Balt would have to make 221 hp to equal the Eclipse GT's power to weight ratio.

Seeing how people agreed a long time ago that a stock SS/SC actually makes about 215 hp, then add to that the few extra ponies from your minor mods, and now you have the same power to weight ratio as the stock Eclipse GT.

 

I know exactly what the OP is saying.

My girlfriend has a 2008 Eclipse GT, and I drive it sometimes, and it feels so much faster then my cobalt, and I have alot of mods.

I dont see how you can say that car is fail, its nice.

 

and everyone is forgeting about our powerbands, which is races, has won me 9/10, supercharger powerband ftw

 

but for the hp/lbs thing wouldnt u have to take into consideration that the eclipse is a 6 speed i mean shorter gears should compensate for the weight differnce imo

 

6 speed means more shifting which in most cases equals slower times

 

so if thats the case why do ppl want higher gears for instance 4.10???

 

They help get you off the line quicker, provided you can hook up. Other than that, they really aren't beneficial once you're in the powerband.

The car is just plain ugly and not very ergonomic. Its pig heavy, slow, overpriced, and in traditional Mitsubishi fashion, poor quality.

 

ic ic haha so this jbp header that everyone is bashing what do you guys think about it really i mean could it give you gains on a more stock cobalt obviously not a 31 hp increase but maybe a little cause the only dyno testing i can find is on a cobalt with 312 whp

 

You're an idiot.

 

why do u say that?

 

i always thought they looked decent with that sport appearance package they have for it. but other than that i wouldn't own one.

 

hell yeah they look cool idk i just cant believe that it feels so fast riding in it ya know whats up with that i have noticed that with alot of cars feel really fast and arnt or they feel slow but keep right up with a faster feeling car whats up with that

 

thats the way supercharged cars are. they don't feel like they're doing what they really are. the power comes on immediately when you hit the gas, not later on in life like a turbo. my dad has a trifecta tuned hhr ss at 25psi. it sucks you into the seat like a ****!! i am running a 2.7, 60's, full exhaust, and a trifecta tune. doesn't feel any better than a stock silverado, but i'm all over his back door.

i know where you're coming from cause my buddy has an 06 trailblazer ss with a cam, and other supporting mods, and i blew his doors off.

 

Good one. You are clueless.

 

hmm and why do u say that buddy

haha i hate that i want my car to feel fast lol so when u have stupid ppl riding with u they are all like holy **** its really fast you know haha

 

umm they built a more capable engine than yours over 20 years ago?

 

LOL yea that crank-walking, oil burning, bearing eating piece of **** known as the 4G63. You just keep believing that. When the only thing you know is what you read on the internet, you are destined to be an ignorant failure.

 

lol u guys are funny