New guy here, i'll get some shots of my black gt up soon. Just bought it tues for 12,000 w/ only 13,000 miles on it, insane deal...had to buy it even tho it was automatic cuz of the deal.

Either way i'm looking to upgrade it and figured right now CAI and catback ex. would be the only thing that would keep the warranty intact. I have a question about the wheels, they look nice now but i'd like to make it lighter for more speed, any suggestions? It's a jet black eclipse. Also working on a limited income as i have car, school, rent, bills up the arse.

That's amazing mileage! Congrats on the purchase!

I offer a few products for the 3G Eclipse. More common things like intake, exhaust, etc. you will have to get elsewhere. However, if you're just looking for some other items like CF hoods, door sills, etc - I manufacture and sell those products.

See the group buy section for my listings. :)

intake
exhaust (full, piping, down pipe, headers)
cam shafts will go well
MSD will give you better higher RPM and smoother low RPM
Plugs and wires will work nice (NGK)
a lightened fly wheel will free up some HP
a stage 2 clutch will get a little better shifting


thats all pretty much bolt on, or direct swap, modding an NA to make it go fast gets spendy, so if your true about speed, you'll need the wallet to back it up.

Yes i plan to do most of that and i really know just about nothing about working on cars. My dad knows his away around under the hood and he can teach me....i'm going to hold out on anything that is really costly like turbo/supercharging until i buy a POS to drive as a daily, mebbe a honda lol.

One question, i heard for like really cheap, less than $100 i can buy and install quite easily an ECU chip that can also enhance performance. Quick question...obv the sites that sell these are not going to say anything bad about them but can they have a harmful effect on my engine, and also if i were to add the catback with headers, and cai could the ECU be a problem??

i'll say it once, and it'll be the best advise you'll get, just stay away! just stay away...... your engine is tuned out the shop for what you have, with an ECU chip it can only add more fuel, it can't pull more air, it can't allow better air flow, it can't lighten up any load from the engine, so in a sence, it can only make more fuel go into your engine, this is not good for your car. when your cars modded and has a bunch of changes, you can chip (or just modify your current ecu) to make it run better, thats about it.

"chipping" your ECu on this vehicle will provide absolutely nothing. Even a SAFC2 is useless as the ECU will learn and adjust.

You can add intake and a catback exhaust with no issues, but once you add headers (if you go that route) you will need to reflash your ROM. You're mentioning "Dad" so obviously you're young, living at home, so don't attempt going FI (Supercharger with a Ripp kit or a custom Turbo kit since TPS and GCT no longer put those together).

Do not change your clutch and flywheel until you need to - otherwise, you're looking at about $600-700 in parts plus any labor involved to drop the transmission. Fact is, they really won't give you noticeable gains on the car, atleast not a 3G. Cam shafts are made by RPW out of Australia, fantastic mod - but pointless unless you're building the motor and going FI. Otherwise, you're dumping nearly $1,000 on those + install.

If you want speed - you chose the wrong car.

this is usually my first responce, but since it gets old, every once in a while i just answer what they want. but in his case, if HE WAS just going to dump money into the car, would that list not be a good one? i know it'll be expencive, but i think it would get him some HP, at a high dollar, but like i said earlier, thats not what he asked. :57:

True, real fast could prolly only be accomplished with a new car, i'm not really looking for fast and furious 200 mph fast, lol....plus i just bought this car so i cant go another route

You said intake/exhaust would not really be noticeable tho, so i should prolly just throw on nicer wheels then first?? The appearance is most of the reason i bought this thing, looks hot