things to look at when buuying a 1 gen eclipse Options

[boomn89]

I am looking at a 92 eclipse turbo awd with a auto. owner says it burns oil. it is all original still none of the normal mods done to it yet. ill know more tomorrow nite tho.


Kris if you read this give me a call.

[natedogg]

Far be it from me to dispute my buddy and fellow DSM tuner, but autos in DSM's have advanced in reliable power-handling by leaps and bounds in the past year. See this link http://www.ddsm.org/vrcracing/ Being a manual guy myself I was unaware of this as well until this guy showed up on the MAFT yahoo group list a few months ago.

There is a company that specializes in strengthening DSM automatic transmissions. Not sure what the name is but I believe Zach on this list is having them build up a transmission for him. The question is, do you have the money to make that automatic tranny stand up to the abuse. Even supping up a manual transmission to handle the unholy amounts of power that we send to the drivetrain can get expensive. I don't want to think about how expensive it would be to make an automatic just as durable.

Btw, fellow MAFT tuners, the automatic on the link that made the 10.3@144 mph pass is running a GM MAFT. He has posted some impressive dyno numbers on the yahoo groups MAFT list. He stated seeing a 9-10 hp increase by bolting on the translator alone, along with faster spool up, and being able to tune in a smoother power curve.