I have a friend who just got a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT V6 Manual, says its a turbo......now, im not denying it but all in all it doesnt feel much faster than mine, as mine is not a turbo, but i thought the turbo eclipses were the gts, not just the plain old GT? And as far as 2nd generation i thought gsx was turbo? help me out here, hes convinced its a turbo yet cant point out anywhere where it would tell you its a turbo, and also he says it was a factory turbo, mitsubishi only did it to "some" of the eclipses, its not aftermarket.......thanks everybody

 

Not stock...

No 3g Eclipses come with a turbo...

I have a 03 GTS spyder, and they do not come stock turbo...

It is rather costly to get a turbo on them, 10k ball-park...

So either he did it aftermarket (but i feel you would notice the difference) or he is a liar...

~Mike

 

You WOULD notice the difference with a turbo (Ask Tearstone or WPSpyder) but there never was a production forced induction 3G.

 

thats what i thought.......i think he got ripped off, cause he doesnt know too much about cars, i mean i know how to fix them and stuff but i dont know too much about the performance stuff......we'll take a look, maybe line both of ours up for a race and see, if he wins ill assume the last guy did put in an aftermarket turbo

 

Just look for it. A turbo kit on a 6g72 would be evident and obvious. But very unlikely. Most turbo'd GT/GTSs dont last very long... Theyre an engineering nightmare. ONLY the 4g63t variation Eclipses and DSMs (which 3G Eclipses are not) have turbo motors from Mitsu. The 6g72tt (which is what Im guessing he thinks hes got) was in the 3000GT.
In short; Theres a 0% chance of it coming from the factory like that, and a 1% chance that theres a turbo on that car at all.

Youre standard (Tearstone approved) turbo'd 3G GT/GTS Eclipse

 

thanks a lot for the pic....that helps, and just looking at it his is deff not a turbo then, i didnt think so it doesnt feel like it.....

also, how can u tell a 4g63t variation eclipse or a DSM, just by looking? wat exactly is dsm?

 

DSM= Diamond Star Motors, aka 1g and 2g Eclipses, Talons and Lasers.
More pics! Heres a 4g63t -

 

hey thanks so much, im really new to eclipses, i only got mine in august of this year and really dont know much about performance stuff yet, but you've cleared up a lot, thanks for all the info and pics......

 

lol thats my kit now dusty =D

 

Hows it workin out for ya?