There is this guy I work with thinks his little eclipse can beat my truck in a race. I was wondering if it would be better to put my truck in four wheel drive before we start, that way I have better take of time. We would not be going that far. Is it safe for the truck to do this, and also would it take away from any of the acceleration or horsepower? The only reason I even ask is because I know this guy with a Nissan Titan who is doing it all the time. We would be on pavement.

 

I hope you are ready to eat crow because the Eclipse is going to clean your clock.

BTW Street racing is for idiots.

 

All you would be doing is putting unnecessary wear on your drivetrain. Buy a supercharger and regear if you really want to beat his Eclipse.

 

lol at you beating an eclipse....

 

Unless you just absolutely smoke the rear tires when you lay the hammer down from a stop, it doesn't do you any good to be in 4WD. In any case, the power-to-weight ratio is what is gonna be the big issue. You probably weight twice what he does, but you don't like have twice the horsepower. Not to mention aerodynamics, rotating mass of the wheels, etc. You will get eaten alive, but it's not like an Eclipse is something to be braggin' about owning, lol. He most likely will burn more oil than you in the race.

 

If you want to win this race you will need a potato.
If he has dual exhaust, you will need two potatoes.

 

You sir, win the thread.

 

lmao

 

Potatoes FTW!!

oh, and what soonertruck said, if you ain't roasting the tires you're wasting your time.

 

I had a 1990 Eclipse Turbo, that was race prepped for the street, suspension upgrades, turbo upgrades, and outside of being lowered it looked and sounded like a stock Eclipse.

I also worked on the pit crew for my friend who had four Eclipses he ran in SCCA competiton, it was his race shop that did my car. We smoked Porsches on a regular basis.

My biggest sleeper was a Mitsubishi Gallant Turbo, all wheel drive, all wheel steering, and a little massaging under the hood.

Mitsubishi is not the biggest or the fastest of the Asian manufacturers, but they have made some fun stuff.

 

1. Street racing is for idiots.

2. If you want a fast car, buy a fast car.

3. If you want to beat the eclipse, challenge him to a mud race as opposes to a drag race.

4. Street racing is for idiots.

 

yeah your not gonna win. that car has a lot less weight to get moving.
even a super charger for the most part is only equalizing it in your favor a little bit, just because of the weight lol. but with that said, I havent found anyone that wanted to see if they could really pass me.

 

Wasn't saying they didn't make some cheap pocket rockets. I remember the GSX models being AWD Turbos and pretty peppy. 99% of the DSM's are smoking out the tialpipes from bad valve stem seals, and a lot of them (AWD especially) were replacing trannies left and right because they couldn't take the abuse. I would spend the money on a 300ZX TT or Supra if I were looking at that particular sect of autos. Walking any Porsche under $80K isn't saying much, since the only Porsches worth their weight are pushing the 6-figure price and up.

Either way, most likely any car around 3K lbs and 200HP+ will be able to outrun the F150 Screw in stock form.

 

By far the best post I have read!

I am glad I understand the limitations of my truck...it removes all temptation to race.

 

LOL! Im siggin this one