All right I've been debating this since I bought the car. I bought a '92 Eclipse (Not sure EXACTLY what model it was but it doesn't matter as hardly anything is original anyways). Now I'm trying to figure out whether I should take and rebuild the engine in it or if I should just find a new one. The ngine in it is the 4G63 out of a '94 eclipse the tranny is an auto out of a '96. The car used to be standard tranny converted now. The guy says the problem with the engine is merely a valve job. It was rebuilt in Oct. '03. It turns over but stops at a certain point says the father. Unfortunately I don;t have the car here right now to pull apart it's still in FL. But what do you guys think? New engine or rebuild this one to be a turbo monster?

 

can you find a diffrent eclipse? if you want to make it a turbo monster find a 5 spd. just my 2 cents

 

The thing is this eclipse WAS a 5 speed and it shouldn't be hard to swap back to the 5 speed I wanted to stick w this one due to the fact that it's already got a full body kit AND the R33 taillight conversion. Not to mention all the spare interior parts I got with it. As well as the aftermarket sway bars w less than 1000 miles on them and the exhaust system w less than 100 miles on it.

 

If it looks like how you want it to end up then I'd do the engine work. If you would put the money into a body kit in the future then you may as well spend some on the engine now. How desprate are they to sell it to you? Would they take it to a mechanic for you and have them check it over and get their opinion on the car as a whole?

 

They sold it to me already. It only cost $300 for the car with the shot engine so I doubt they would have taken it to a mechanic to get it fixed before selling it to me. If they were gonna do that then I bet the kid would have kept it and kept going but he just didn't have the $ or the time to play with anymore. His parents live in a deed restricted community so they HAD to get it out or be fined cuz it wasn't registered. So for the front end being included (Usually would cost around $150 by itself before shipping) I think I did pretty good. I'm just trying to get opinions on whether I should stay N/A or go turbo or if I should go N/A and gradually after it's running go to a turbo setup or should I go for the gusto right off the bat and head for a 500 HP monster out of the garage? (K maybe 500 HP is a BIT of an exageration but you get the idea).

 

i personally would go for buildin it up right off the bat, you will spend less money cause ther will be less you have to do further down the line........ just my opinion.........

 

Good point. So what do you think of these rods or should I go with something beefier? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWN%3AIT Also what size injectors should I go for? I'm looking at 450cc injectors will that be enough for a turbo application or should I go bigger?