probably because they weigh a smidge less than a herd of pregnant rhinos.

Curb weight(MT/ST): 3472/3538

and I think that is without the 10"inch sub in the rear.

Now add a driver and well, they are fucking heavy.

I didn't get to open up the one I test drove, but from what I am hearing they really start screaming around 3500-4000 rpms

haven't see a dyno graph yet.

I don't know if that would cause the discrepancy you are noticing.

 

Shitty gearing.

 

dur yuk yuk. Now, if you don't fucking mind, explain how gearing would effect this car's 1/4 time/speed so much. To put it in terms you understand - I see Mustangs with 2.73's running mid 14's, and they sure as fuck aren't trapping over 100. -

I know it has alot of power, and I know it's slow as crap. I was asking WHY it was slow as crap. With that weight, power, and setup, it should be a mid-high 13 second car. Supra's are slow because of horrid torque curves/boost lag, and generally shitty traction. This Eclipse has no problem with the torque curve (or turbo lag), and it's traction wasn't said to be THAT big of a problem.

SHO's weigh roughly the same and the cars that are trapping 100ish are running 13.5-13.8's.

 

Thanks for adding absolutely nothing useful to my thread. Once again, way to be on the ball.

 

I'll be honest with you, I don't know, much like yourself and was only make an educated guess. Maybe the first two gears inside the transmission are really high that doesn't allow for very decent acceleration until you get to third (and possibly) fourth gear that finally allows the car to speed up to a 100+ mile an hour trap, however, after the fact that the car has been dragging its feet for the first 1/8 or so. Kinda like the exact opposite of a AWD car at the drag strip. It could also have a horrid torque/horsepower curve. I don't know, they didn't teach us this in Redneck High School.

 

Its the 2005 not 2006 eclipse
And Xcelr8 has come the closest on the reason for the trap speeds, tall 1st and 2nd shorter 3rd 4th and 5th and a fairly tall final!!

 

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Anytime.

 

I think they still will be slugs, take a second off of it and 15's are more than likely where they will be. Magazines always lie, especially about a new car.

 

well its probably all topend no lowend.