I will be writing a few guides to help new, and or up and coming Eclipse and Talon owners maintain, modify, and fix their cars.

Basics

Everybody knows buying a used vehicle can be a bit of a chance. Here's a guide to help you take care of and lightly modify your newly purchased Eclipse or Talon.

Maintenance is easily the most important part of owning a vehicle. As bad as you want that new exhaust or stereo, maintenance should always be priority.

As part of maintaining your vehicle, you should change, take care of and/or inspect the following items:

-Change the spark Plugs and wires
-Change the air filter
-Change the oil and filter
-Check the Thermostat
-Coolant flush/new radiator cap
-Flush transmission fluid
-Replace timing belt and others
-Change the fuel filter
-Check clutch and brake fluid
-Inspect brakes and components
-Clean throttle body

If you don't know how your car was treated before you got it, and you don't know what has been replaced in its lifetime I'd suggest completing the entire list. This list is not mandatory, but it will help your car live a long and healthy life, and could save you some money down the road.

Now that you have taken care of maintaining your vehicle, let the modifications begin. If you have decided and set in stone that you would like to modify your vehicle here are a few basic modifications to get you started.

RS/GS/ESI
-Intake
-Header
-Exhaust
-Underdrive pulley

GS-T/GSX
-Open intake filter (also remove waste gate solenoid restriction)
-Exhaust (turbo back for best results)
-Remove blow off valve dump tube (as seen here)
-Better blow off valve. (1g bov, greddy type-s)
-Boost gauge

This is a basic guide to help new members with their Eclipse/Talon.
In the next guide, I will take this guide and go into specifics.

we needed something like this thank you :clap:

if your turbo says td05 and you want to know which one it is read here

http://www.mitsubishi-forums.com/index.php...ndpost&p=178788

:thumbsup: EXCELLENT POST IT WAS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT THE FIRST MODS TO MY CAR SHOULD BE I JUST GOT MY CAR RUNNING,AFTER A NEW ENGINE. IT HAD A BLOWN ENGINE WHEN BOUGHT IT AND THIS IS MY FIRST TURBO IMPORT AND YOUR POST WILL HELP ME GET STARTED ON THE QUEST FOR MORE SPEED

the FAQ has the free mods and stuff like that in it :thumbsup:

thanks this helped alot!

Can any of you provide me with websites to go to for mitsu parts?

:00000732: since you posted in this thread we know you are reading the stickies. you came so close though but fell just a little bit short. there is a thread right below this one called the FAQ. the first page or two has a list of sites :thumbsup:

Thanks...great guide. Im still debating if im gonna go turbo or slightly modify my Gs. Im not too much of a speed freak...jus need a lil bit to back up the appearance so its not all show n no go!

Unless you go turbo, you wont really get any extra power out of your GS. exhaust and an intake alone do almost nothing power-wise.

ok, so in your post you say that you should upgrade your bov...with the maf would you have to reroute? unless you wanted to run lean...also instead of rerouting could you vent to atmosphere and get a piggyback or standalone unit...and how exactly would this work? sorry im kinda a noob at this stuff.

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if you upgrade the BOV properly, as in putting a 1g bov in there to replace the 2g bov, the pipe will connect to the bov and no other issues will arise.

with venting to atmosphere the ONLY way to COMPLETELY eliminate the issue is to use a GM MAF and a MAF Translator (MAFT) after the bov so that the air doesn't get metered until then and the air that the bov releases won't affect anything

so if i am understanding this correctly...i could get a MAF Translator...say the MAFT Pro and then buy a MAP to replace the stock MAF and then this setup would allow me to 1.get rid of stock MAF 2.tune+boost control 3.let me use any bov setup?
i apologize if this sounds stupid and is incorrect but this is how i understand it when i read the product description. http://www.maftpro.com/tproinfo.shtml

everybody ran away =/

You just need a GM MAF and a MAF translator (MAF-T). You don't need a MAP.

you don't need to remove the dump tube if you have an aftermarket intake right...