Eclipse GT

Ive been lurking around a bit and Ive come out to the strip with you guys. So here is my car.

How she looked when I got her home a few months ago.


Im not much of a drag strip guy. But it was fun, and i"ll come out again. I am however an autocross racer.



Me tearing up the track at a TLMC event in the rain.
https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v296/thefabguy/?action=view&current=October2nd2011004.mp4


BMW club event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te6rf-H4osE

Mods so far.
BC racing coilovers, AEM fuel injection controller, Fujita CAI, TWM short shifer with custom lock out, Tb bypass, TB spacers, Tanbe upper and lower tower braces, 293 Blue LED's interrior, Oil catch can, 3 Gauge pod (piller), Fuel pressure, oil pressure, AEM wide band O2, Shifter bushings, and much more comming.

Welcome to the Club,

Nice car, the black makes the car look very nice and sleek.

Thankyou I love the black

A few more pics

Nice work my friend.

Sweet ride!

Nice eclipse

Thankyou everybody. Lots done but still much more to be done.

nice ride and video, i can never understand cone racing!!!

Cone racing has to be experienced to be understood. It's extremely technical. Go to an event and go for a ride along. Then you will understand.

A few years ago a guy with a Honda hybrid was racing. He was pretty quick too. All that electric motor torque low in the rpm's.

Yea, most underpowered cars do well in autocross. torque is be best for auto-x'ng/cone racing.

Interior glow is nice!

i meant how do you know where to go, no real lines to follow, thats hard for me. but seems fun =) but no more low end car for me, wont do well in that

Ahh. You do get a chance to walk the course before the race. I try to walk it at least twice, three times if I can before i race on it. I admit some courses are harder than others but you get used to it. You can always go for ride alongs with other drivers to get a feel for the track.

Your car will do fine. There are many different classes. Depending on how modded you are, you will most likely be in H Stock. So you would be up againsed other small front wheel drive cars, with very little HP. Older civic's, etc. Once you get a car out on the track it will surprize you how well it will handle. It doesnt matter what your driving. There are no prizes or money to be won. Its all for Fun and bragging rights.

I took my Dad out for a ride along on that rainy day for the first time. He thought we would not race in the rain. His main comment other than he thinks I"m crazy(and he's right) was, he had no Idea that a car would hold the road that well in rain. I guess my point is most people dont know what a car can auctially do untill you push it to its limit. witch can only safely be done on a track.

I cant wait untill the next race.... When is winter over?

there is an winter autox jan 29. snow and ice one of my scubbie friends told me about it. and the prius is no more, wish i had that thing still. now drive a heavy ass volvo drives like a boat.

koi wrote:there is an winter autox jan 29. snow and ice one of my scubbie friends told me about it. and the prius is no more, wish i had that thing still. now drive a heavy ass volvo drives like a boat.

Where is this winter race? I'm itching to go racing? I can't find it on the solo forum.

You wouldn't be the only Volvo I've seen on the track.

http://www.tdott.me/ scroll down

Thankyou

It's auctially a winter driving course and race all in one. Very cool. I'll have some video up early next week.

Sweet ride! Welcome to TTS.

Hmmm about this Autocross stuff.. Something I have been wanting to dabble into this year but I didn't know you could walk the course before you raced, that's a bonus because I tend to forget courses that involve cones.. Sweet.

Went to that Subaru club event today. Its not what I was expecting. It was said to be a winter driving skills course. With some in class time. There where non racers there that needed this time that didnt get it. I wanted it too. I asked to have a pro diver ride along with me to tell me what I could improve on. But he said pretty much nothing.

Now that being said It was still a good time. It was more of a short rally race. My suspension is way too hard for that and I'm far too low. So I did some minor dammage.

This is what my lower brace looks like now.


I wish I had AWD today. Had a very hard time getting traction.
https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v296/thefabguy/?action=view&current=Jan29th2012rallicross004.mp4

im glad you enjoyed yourself even though one or two battle scars. hope to see that vid soon!

wasn't there a 720 in the course? I saw the race map going out and thought that would be fun to see but I worked all day so didn't get a chance to venture up!

The second one is the video but it's not working for some reason. I'll have to fix it.

There was supposed to be a 720 but they changed it for some reason. Ended up being the two 360's.

Hmmm...well I look forward to the video...are you thinking of doing any time attack stuff this year?

I might do some. I will be hitting the autocross circuit hard. It's something my wife and I can do together. I wish she let me borrow the ralliart yesterday. But I would be dead if I damaged it though.