SPD_FRK's 03 Eclipse GT

[SPD_FRK]

Some may know about my Galant project I had been working on for quite a while (like 3 years lol). January of 2012 I bought myself a 2003 Eclipse GT, needless to say the Galant was parted out mostly and some parts transfered over to the Eclipse. When I bought the car it already had an AEM cold air intake installed, some drilled & slotted rotors, and a Ralco short shifter. I have been keeping the vehicle as a daily driver to commute to and from work mostly, but I have started slowly going through a few modifications one step at a time over the last year with more coming.

From the start;





Had a free hyrdo-dip kit and did a couple other parts, used left over material to do the interior door panel trims.



Removed the Ralco shifter and installed my own shifter, yes it is short, dont care if you like it or hate it...works great for me;




Installed AEM wideband for all of my tuning. Initially I installed the gauge in the driver side vent, drove home from work and could barely see it and said to myself "nice placement dumbass" lol. Moved it to the center vent and much easier to glance at;


Pulled the wheels and Brembo setup off the Galant and installed onto the Eclipse;





The Ksport GT Pro coilovers were pulled from the Galant as well and installed;



Tucked the injector harness and throttle cable so it was no longer running across the intake manifold;


Relocated the coolant overflow tank to below passenger side headlight;


My front bumper needed to be repainted at some point, or replaced. I saw a couple photos of other 03+ Eclipse models with this done and had been going back and forth on it for a month or so. Decided to do it and mimic the new Mitsubishi generation look to the front end. Just sprayed it with bedliner sine I scrape the front underside of the bumper and the whole thing was being replaced or repainted anyways.



Started to pull stuff out of the car and lose some weight. I still have things left to finish removing;


During the weight loss project and having the seats out I started looking at them a bit closer and found the seat frames actually had a deep bucket, only filled with massive amounts of foam. So, bored day at work I decided to modify the OEM seats to fit more like a bucket seat. I ended up removing about 2" thick section of foam from the seat cushion, You don't notice it with the seat cover back in place, but you certainly notice and feel it sitting down into the seat;


Went to the junkyard searching for a new motor mount (ha, that shit never breaks right >_> ), ending up passing by a Kia Sedona minivan, curiously I popped off the engine cover and found the 3.5L variable intake manifold. Snagged the manifold and tore it all apart, gutted and resealed it. So far it has been proving to be worth the inexpensive cost and showing some nice gains in the torque and top end power.








Dyno Graphs;

Initial Tune - January 2012
Modifications - CAI


Stage 3 Tune - Aggressive Timing, Dialed Injectors & Latency, Adjusted MAF, Accel Enrichment, Raised Rev Limit
Modifications - Gutted XG350 Intake Manifold, CAI, Cat-Back Exhaust
Red - Starting Tune for Manifold
Blue - No Tune for Manifold




Modifications List
Kia 3.5L Upper Intake Manifold
Modified 501 MAF (Removed Air horn to simulate a 482 MAF for more air flow)
AEM Cold Air Intake
N1 Cat-back Exhaust
AEM UEGO Wideband
EcuFlash Tuned

Evo VIII Brembos
PowerStop Drilled & Slotted Rotors
PowerStop Evolution Pads
Nissan 350Z Wheels (Ceramic Coated) with 245/40R17 Tires
KSport GT Pro Coilovers

[RedGalant2k1]

Holy short shifter Batman!

[wetamup2k3g]

Nice!!

[Silvertune]

Schofield and his push button shifter.

[M-Rod]

Schofield and his push button shifter.

He drives a Plymouth Fury now?

[Silvertune]

No he's just got the shortest stick this side of the mississippi. Thought being a chrysler tech and all that it wouldn't surprise me to see him cruising in a fury.

[M-Rod]

[1992Galant]

very nice . that is a clean build on the 3g

[foxbrand]

Schofield and his push button shifter.

really, too me it seems more like a sliding button shifter

I can't wait to see your plans for you Eclipse

[SPD_FRK]

Schofield and his push button shifter.

I like my quick shifting thank you very much lol

No he's just got the shortest stick this side of the mississippi. Thought being a chrysler tech and all that it wouldn't surprise me to see him cruising in a fury.

Actually...bit of news, I left the dealership. Dealership was stupid STUUUPID slow and not making shit for a paycheck out there.

[Ivory8g]

Oh wtf you made a build thread! :)
Lol I'm doing the opposite of you and making the longest short shifter! haha. Freaking bedliner looks good on there! Glad you decided to join the crew

[mysticj]

Went to the junkyard searching for a new motor mount (ha, that shit never breaks right >_> ), ending up passing by a Kia Sedona minivan, curiously I popped off the engine cover and found the 3.5L variable intake manifold. Snagged the manifold and tore it all apart, gutted and resealed it. So far it has been proving to be worth the inexpensive cost and showing some nice gains in the torque and top end power.

No Sedona TB because you had a Diamante TB laying around, yes?

[SPD_FRK]

No Sedona TB because you had a Diamante TB laying around, yes?

Nope, stock 72 TB on there still and no plans to change that until other configurations are documented.

[mysticj]

Nope, stock 72 TB on there still and no plans to change that until other configurations are documented.

Looks damn identical, thats why I ask...Carry on.

[SPD_FRK]

Thought I would share this info with everybody so you all can see why a tune is so important. Below shows a section of my data logs with stock ROM file with no tuning done, and then a dyno graph comparing the pulls with stock ROM and a tuned ROM.

Your AFR should not be this rich at any point in the pull, I wasn't too surprised how quickly and how long the AEM pegged at 10:1 AFR.


The stock ROM pull only went up to 5500 RPM, but as you can see the power/torque still was no comparison to that of a tuned file;




The past couple weeks I have been working through a lot of the air flow data for the motor and figuring out air velocity information at different CFM rates based on intake piping diameter prior to the throttle body, as well as throttle body size. I am very optimistic of the information I have figured out so far and once I have the actual data behind it with more dyno graphing I will share that. Based on what I have, I am expecting to see improvements of +10tq and +5-8hp if not a bit more given the current information I have.

[Ivory8g]

That's still crazy that the stock rom is that rich. Can't wait to see the improvements with your plans in effect

[Silvertune]

The stock ROM calls for mid 10's at WOT up high, more given an level of knock so those numbers are no surprise. That said there is plenty left on the table up there for those very reasons.