hey my friend told me that if i want to give him 500 dollars and my 7 he will give me his awd t6 turbo eclipse 1990. my car and mods are in my sig. mine looks like **** but imma rotary lover no matter what . i cannot get rid of itin my head but his car is worth so much more than mine its a great deal . what do u guys think?

 

Don't do it, get a TII instead......

no rotor, no motor

 

The DSM is faster, prettier, and faster...and worth more. I love DSM's, my first car was a GS-T, I'd take it back in a heartbeat. I love rotors, but god damn, 4G63 power! I'd take the DSM.

 

**** it, get an TII. i wouldnt get a turbo piston car unless it was a supra or a 300zx.

 

Do it! If you don't like it, sell it. You'd get more than selling your NA...

 

I love my rotaries, but DSMs are bad ***. There are very few cars that can be that fast for so little money in mods...I say go with the DSM.

 

what conditon is the DSM in?

With 1000bux and smart shopping you could be in the low 13's- high 12's with an awd dsm

safc - intercooler - full exhaust- upgraded turbo - injectors

 

Go for the DSM. Like they said, its worth more, and is easier to sell than your car if it turns out that you dont like it.

 

don't take the DSM... send it my way I was just posting on dsmtalk saying I'm debating what project car i want after college, and a DSM might be the way I want to go. Those things can be built so digustingly quick! I want one, but I like my TII as well. Tell him I'll take $1000 plus his car for my TII.

 

My freind at work runs 20 psi boost on his DSM with a stock turbo, 400 hp, <12 sec 1/4 and drives it to work

 

I wanted me a DSM before 90-92 GSX, but ALL WHEEL DRIVE isn't for me nor front , i love the way i can hang a turn and my car's *** would just slide and it's nothing compare to a ROTARY BABY!.. but their fast though but not fast enough because DSM can SUCK IT!
i got my addiction from my 2.4L 240SX.

but if you like a go-fast straight car, then get it, but if u love your rotary you stay with it.

-mike

 

you like rice motor or nice motor that's what you need to ask your self

 

dsm's are prone to a few issues like a rotary. I know my friends seem to always have something diffrent going on with their awd turbo's .. either it doesn't run the transfer case is messed up you snap an axle from launching to hard.. ect ect it might be fun but it might just break to hehe

 

Exactly what I was going to say. Make sure hes a good friend and not trying to get rid of it because he knows something is about to go wrong with it (tranny). And most people are telling the truth except whoever said that it was prettier, lol. I haven't found anyone that thought the 1G eclipse was very good-looking, but I guess it is an opinion.

 

If you run 20 PSI on the stock turbo you're ******* yourself, it's only efficient up to 18 PSI, then it just makes a bunch of heat, tell your friend to back off the boost and he'll save his engine from some serious ****.

 

its a 1990 in great condition rebuilt engine and turbo new clutch interior is bad *** and i was there when it was bought it is just that my friend needs a truck its running 18pds of boost. only thing is 3rd gear syncro and that i hate fwd cars but i told him no and to forget about it. even though i had the intentions of selling after the buy i still love my baby no matter how shitty she is and i love rotary i just cant move on to piston jus like that unless its like a big body benz or sumthin . lol i wish
jack

 

Ok, What exactly is a DSM and what does it stand for... Is it just the mistubishi eclipse/plymouth talon/eagle/laser?

 

dsm= diamond star motors which made the mitsubishi engines u see in eclipses talons and lasers

 

Uh, no. Diamond Star Motors built the cars themselves.

 

I'd say Get the DSM, sell it, and buy yourself a S5 T2. Or, seeing how it's AWD, RALLY CAR!!!!!

 

I work in the service dept. of a Mitsubishi dealership, and I can tell that you have to METICULOUSLY maintain those vehicles, or they WILL break down. The timing belt has to be changed every 60k which is a tough and/or expensive job. Also, the trannies are known to crap out often including the diff. The reason is because people upgrade their clutches and then drop it at 4500 rpm, usually tearing up their trannies in the process. So yes, they are fast and cheap to make fast, but they'll be expensive when you break something, which WILL happen if you plan to race it. Just about everyone I know with an eclipse usually has some sort of problem once they start modifying them.

I think the trannies on the TII can handle the hard launches better as well - since RWD launches are alot easier on the car than an AWD launch.

 

Ill second that

 

The Friend running 20 psi of boost has a shaved head, high compression pistons and AUAMIST

 

emphasis added..
I'm guessing that you're not mentioning his hairstyle.. :p

Anyway, a friend of mine owned a DSM.. I did a lot of driving him to the shop for transfer case and other drive train problems.. he was very happy to sell it.

reliability is not the greatest strength of a DSM, but then again, neither is it for a 7, so...

sorry to not be so helpfull

edit: dang markup tags

 

Duh, you can run higher safe boost levels with a water injection system