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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by REY
DID YOU READ THE ARTICLE ??? HMMMMM THAT TOPIC HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED... TOMA !!
No i didnt bother reading it, thought it was just common info on the new eclipse, but i guess not.
The heading of the tread can be misleading sometimes. Suggest better title.

I seriously cant think of a FF car that has around 260ftlb of torque. 260 is far too much for a car like that. There are a few, but they are all based on sedans where its weight is balanced more evenly for good traction. Mits seems to always having problems in their engineering dept.

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Curb weight: 3560 lb
Weight distribution, F/R: 60.1/39.9%
Curb weight per horsepower: 13.5 lb

So thats 2,136 pounds in the frontal half, and 1,420.44 in the rear. Damn, thats calling out for understeering big time.

Is it possible that mits. was intended to make the eclipse awd in the first place?
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 04:00 PM
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the first one that showed up at crown i wanted to drive but they were being dousches. Instead my friend who is 6'2 wanted to try the backseat...i told him this is tight so me being 6 i got in and lived to regret it
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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Zate
i havent even looked at the styling.. they lost me at "FWD"
hahaha, they are ugly as hell, IMO
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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Road Rage
that much? its only 260hp.......
I meant in relative terms. 260 hp is not a TON of power, but for a "compact" car like the Eclipse, that's a lot of power, considering the most they had before that was 200 hp I believe.
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 07:16 PM
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Compact is not 3,500+ lbs! God even my vette weighs only 3,200 lbs......
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