Yea!!! I beat my friend's 2002 Mustang, I know it isn't a cobra but it is still a 6 cyllinder engine. Who can say their Eclipse RS beat a frickin MUSTANG. I was so hyped up after that a felt like i could beat a Dodge Viper.

well maybe not. LOL.

i wasnt a cobra or gt but you are an rs so. :clap: :clap: i give you props!!
good kill

thanks man. I want to hear about any sweet take downs with eclipses. Preferably against CIVICS. Their drivers think they are invincible in those little ricer racers. civics are crap.

Civics aren't crap, I used to work on Hondas. Everything from 2000 and before are bullet-proof as far as the engines and transmissions are concerned. The big difference, though, between a Honda and an Eclipse, you can't tell by looking what type of engine is in the Civic. MANY different engines can be shoehorned in there.

I tried to out run a Honda back when I had a muffler/intake and I could not leave em :(

I gotta get that turbo N/A just ain't gonna cut it!

I do hate hondas but i respect them. I know they can be made super fast. It's just a rival thing. when im driving my eclipse every civic driver gives me the worst possible look. Tell me im not the only one whos had this happen.

you have to respect hondas build quaility with 5million vtec engines made and not one single engine brakedown thats impressive

I have smoked some really riced up honda's and a 5.0 mustang,and a 6 cyl probe. but im boosted i would have to say the civic's were the best they think so highly of there power adding stickers and wings.i hate them but if its not riced its ok to drive so i hate ricers not honda's

Amen brother

:banana: True that.

Built prision tuff!!! And for those that don't understand what I mean Honda used inmates at one while ,I don't know if they still do but they did according to XM Radio 169.

Haha. I don't know who they used, but on the B series, the K series, and some of the other engines, they did something right. At least, if there's a guy with a Lotus Elise who takes the Toyota turboed engine out to replace it with a supercharged K20, then you have to know it's a good engine.

i respect the civic, one of my best friend has a nice red 96 Civic Si and we race all the time. i'm n/a and i can hold him up until third gear, then i hold his bumper the whole time...... but i smoke the hell out of his wife's 98 civic EX :thumbsup:

I hate to shatter all your hopes and dreams, but Elises are not turbocharged. They are given the same 1.9L VVT-i engine found in many Toyotas and Chevrolet cars and sedans. That engine produces 190bhp. In a car that weighs as little as Lotus' Elise or Exige, that is ample power and produces very fast acceleration. I have seen crate engine K20's supercharged to produce over 300bhp. The biggest advantage there is that the K20 is small and cheap, and when it is coupled with the supercharger, it produces respectably large power numbers for very little money

Ok, I misread it, and it's not turboed. However, it's not a 1.9L either. It's the 1.8L 2ZZ from the Celica, Matrix, Pontiac Vibe, and I don't think any other Chevrolet cars.

The K20A isn't too cheap, especially not the JDM version that was dropped into this Elise. The main reason they used this engine and blower instead of turboing the 2ZZ like they wanted is the same reason they were careful about turboing the 1ZZ (same block, non VVTi from the MR Spyder and base GT Celica, as opposed to the GT-S) is it is very fragile with boost and can't handle it well. The K20, even with stock internals, can handle boost very well and revs very fast.