Dragan’s Mitsubishi Eclipse

2.34 bar boost, thats almost 40 psi on pumpgas without nitrous with my GT30. Spools fast and pulls your nuts out. I dont know what HP it makes but its a lot, it feels rock solid.

www.foregasm.hyves.nl

  trying to pose for the automatic cam

Intro, me. Holding my boy when he was 1, the other is me wearing my wifes hair.

 

september 25, 2008

Got some nice things today. The Audiosonic King Cobra RCA cables. 

The Pioneer DEQ sets out 4 signals namely, sub, low, mid and high. That means that i need 8 rca cables total ( 4x stereo ) to feed them all to my amplifiers. Its all to make an already very refinend audiosetup even better and in a complete balance.

september 13, 2008

Base coat time:

After a long wait the car finally got rid of its clown style color sceme. Today Richard ( remember him he's the one getting greyer hair, jult like me thuout this cardomain feature ) and I went to the bodyshop he works for in my home town Breda. I could name this post 'here we go again' part 4. 

 

Here we have the victom ready for transformation again. You could say he's kind of used to it now, no need to apply painkillers prior to the operation.

see what happens when you let Dr. Smooth on the loose.

Complete shots of the car in one color.

Highlights of some of the hard bodywork that went into it. everything is one piece. Witch makes it look extremely good but takes a lot of hard work and commitment to do it right. 

I never posted very good shots of the rear bumper so here they are. The smoothing on the car still looks good but more importantly its still one piece after all this time. And that is with boattrips and harddriven every ones in a while. 

The second picture shows the air channels under the car. The right bumper side is as wide as the wheel is witch means as much as 'being in pure harmony' . I know dont tell me. 

September 8, 2008

Now that most of the inside on the front is done i felt it was time to start to finalize the rear, behind the front seats. First of, the big audio polyester subs arent coming back. What if i got in an accident, even with my driving skills ;) it would be possible. You dont want that big lump of poly + speakers in your neck now would you. Nope neither do i and after thinking about it a lot i decided to let it go. Instead i am going to make a solid steel frame for the amps that i can connect to the seatbelt bolts for the rear belts. All it takes is some imagination, steel and a welding machine. Here's a first look into that. The green interior color will be gone ofcourse. 

One half is done. Here you see me testfitting the parts. The style of the welded rack looks good with the Reactor amp on it. Very raw and industrial. 

Here's the complete rack finished. I have made an extra compartment under the rack for the Pioneer DEQ P9 signal processor. I made the rack so that it would be connected to the original rear seatbelt bolts. Cant get it fit tighter than that. I want no other noise in the car than that of the engine and the audio. 

August 18, 2008

Today i had the joy of receiving the final box with goodies from Topshop. All the little parts togetherfelt le it was Christmass for me in the middle of summer.

What were the parts that got in.

 -centre console plates

 -Mirror covers

 -hoodvalve

 -kickpods

 -dash cluster

 

And some small stuff you hardly see when its in. But this almost completes the setup for the front inside of the car. LOI joy.

Topshot did an awesome job again on this one and i want to thank them again for all thegood work and the care they took on my items. These guys are truly among the best on themarket when it comes to carbonfiber. Hands down.

I must not forget t mention some other item i got in this week. After lots and LOTS of trouble with material andproducton of it i finally got my handbake lever in. Titanium and it fits lie a glove. There nothing out there that compares really and it was worth the effort in th end. I will post pics of that soon. Simple design but very sweet.

Augustus 9, 2008
Was thinking about this one for a year. Never thought that i would do it because i loved what i had. What am i talking about ? my Autometer gauges. I have had the Cobalt series for ages and was very happy with them but one thing. Almost every gauge was defunct. Because the wirdes and sensors in the engine bay get very hot, because parts got changed ( intake, turbo etc ) not all sensors were working right or were placed back. I thought f**k it all and lets get the Nexus range. They are network based, can check the values and record them after a run / trip so they are easier to maintain and more usefull than the cobalt series. And a tiny itsibitsy thing that pulled me to really go thru with it is... it has color changing dials, a sweetpie startup and a tasty shutdown sequence :( i know i know but i can't help myself.

Nexus in mr D's car
Boost 60psi, EGT, Wideband AFR, Oil Press, Fuel Press, Volt, Transmission temp

Juli 30, 2008
Made a new amprack today. Its only made of tubed steel witch is going to be welded in the back of the car but it was the ultimate trade off between, power weight and ... style. Yes style i personaly love the industrial style. It doesnt get any more industrial than this so. Not too much weigt, welded in so no weird noises when driving and it will stay into place when driving hard around corners and the soundquality is high.

Juni 27, 2008
Just 2 pictures of the enginebay as it is today. All it needs now is a custum fit intake pipe from the ARC to the turbo and it will be done.

The extra fuelrail and injector connections are all finished.

Juli 25, 2008
Been to England for the second time as we couldnt do the setup completely last year. The full story of that trip can be read on page 2 the engine page.

June 7, 2008
Richard working on the driverside of the car, evening everything up. Me working on the sub unit 2.0 after i mowed down version 1.
Ahhh wel, here we go again.

 

 

April 20, 2008
The passengers side of the dashbord got some lovin today but it shows. It was a lot of work to get the cable work on order. Shortening wires, rerunning them etc.
This is what i want the end result to look look. Clean.

April 18, 2008
Just a quick fix. I am a long way with the engine bay. My valvecover went to a welding company to get two connectors on them for the oilcatch tank. Thought it was time i fixed those connectors for ones and for all now. Iso connecting them with the iron clamps i thought it would look nice with the earl connectors too. These will be welded on the ARC oilcatch tank too so the whole will look flawless. While i was getting some part off the car i went on to polish the intake pipe while i was ad it.

Left, the reconstructing of the fuse box. I have added a carbonfiber plate to secure the electronics while it was placed low in the engine bay. I needed to do this because of the placement of the Evo airbox from ARC.
Right, the intake pipe after rubbing it for 2 hours.

April fools day
No better way to describe the next two pictures than the letters of the day. Its April's fool day so here are two pictures of the ForeGames Evo winning the 1/8 mile drag run on the Jaf 2008 event in Holland. This car is running almost the same setup as my Eclipse but has a .... its all secret i guess ;)
But besides all the kidding a big congrads to the Witchdoc for coming in 1st of the lot and putting the ForeGames name up in the spotlight while doing so. Finally the year after year of sponsoring starts to pay off.

Here's your plastic trophy, treat it well. It has a one year warranty for paintwear.

And what do we have here. My two colleagues with their "wanna have" dream machines. Daniel and his levin / Trueno addiction and Camal who is posing next to a 2G RX7. Both cars look excellent boys. Go buy them.

March 15, 2008
FINALLY SOME SUN.

 

SO it was time for me to take out this little man into the real world for the first time this year. While it was a little shy at first it got used to its natural enviorment fast enough. It even let us start building the dash back into the front.
I even took a picture of the side front fender to show the painted fender. It wanted to go back into the garage rather soon again so we wrapped it all up fast and the machine went back into its dark stable.
Finally, everything i will be putting back into place can stay there. Not to be removed ever again. ( i think )

March 7, 2008
You can call me daddy if i wouldnt be able to work this airfilter in the engine bay. There's enough room for it to fit but i do have to relocate the 'relocated' fusebox down a little.
The intake pipe must be adjusted too and the ARC oilcatch can must turn 90 degrees but thats it.

Februari 24, 2008
Doorcard time. 3th generation. Back to the stock cards again and had them reworked for the new focal audio.
I had the doors worked out very nice from the get go but than the carbonfiber versions came along and i had to have them. While they looked great they could only house two of the three speakers i used to have up front. Witch hurt the soundquality that i gotten used to from my first doors.
So back to the first ones and redo those with the best speakers a car could wish for. The Focal Utopia be series.
Left doorcard is done now.

I like the right picture the most as its very stealthy looking. You can see that its worked on but the brand of the speakers could be Yoko for what i know. Good enough.

Februari 18, 2008
This car seems to be spending more time on two wheels than it does on 4.
What now you may ask as this engine is working lots of boost and is as healthy as a fish! well nothing much ( ahum ) i thought i'dd change the camwheels for high polish versions so i called in the witch dokter from witchpower again to see if i can twist his arm to see if he could help me again. And today he came, again.
And how. This special supertuned Mitsubishi brought him here but dont ask me what it is,

BROOEEEMM.
as i dont have a clue but i can tell by the springboard under the doors that its a car for the elderly ;)
But aparently the witchpower mobile has some tricks up its sleeve because there's a job that needed to be done today that wasnt as small as i initially thought it would be. While i was on the phone with Marcel and talked about the camgear switch he talked about it as if it was nothing of a trouble at all. But today the engine came half apart just to get these wheels switched. Was it worth the effort ? well most definatly. I got these new high polished camgears from Jacksonautomachine just like the rest of all the good engine parts and they are mirror polished.

here we have that car on two wheels, engine loose and ready for the swap.

here they are fully installed.
There will be a transparent cover on them so they can bright this world up for ever and ever.
Tommorow i am going to try and complete one doorpanel before i go to work.
Thanks again for the witch and his time. Ans i must thank you readers all too because the reply's you give me are very nice.
Sorry if i can reply you all back but whenever i got some spare time ( read not playing Call of Duty 4 on XBox live , Mr ForeGames my live name ) than i will check them out for sure.

Februari 11, 2008
My first update for 2008.
I found some sunshine outside my window today soo i thought about my car. Myyy loooong going project car. I want it to be finished this year and there's no reason in thinking why that wouldnt be possible. I have all the parts and items but some little things soo all i need is tim, sun and dedication. And two good friends who would want to help me out with this.
Anyway's, i took some pictures of the newly clad interior parts. I got them back recently after i sanded all the interior parts again to get a restyle on the leather. Me and the leather man agreed that these parts would not come back to me unless he was absolutly satisfied with it. And since the Cobra Misano's have such fine leather parts on them i wanted the same for my dash. I had the carbon dash panel witch looked very good somehow there was this urge to get it supercarred on the inside. Soo only the finest Italian leather was used for this and a few hard working days of craftsmanship. In the end everything turned out even better than i could hope for. To be totally honest there is a slight flaw on the upperside on the right dashboard side but that is because the man who did the leather on it had to redo it all over because he wasnt too happy with the first results. Soo a little part of the original dash bobbled a little afterwards. Thats now my little scar on an otherwise excellent interior project.
Whole interior pictures will be made ofcourse after everything is assembled.

The dash and airbag. The smooth curves were hard to do but the hard work paid of in the end.

The doors. Again smooth curves for the speaker setup. Making it in glass is one thing but adding the leather is a whole different ball game witch is only possible by some of the best in the industrie. I didnt do that myself but props to the man who did.

Again a supertight fit. The two holes are for the Autometer audio gauages and the shifter ring will fit on there snuggly too.

All this costed me some hard $ but thats oke since i could budget a little on the food.
I told my little man that daddy wanted a better ( and final ) interior and he had to eat a little less so we could get it done.
He agreed the poor little fellow.
I hope he lives to reach his 6th birthday this month as he hasnt been feeling too well lately.

Dont worry people its only plastic ( pheww saved me a lawsuit there )

These pictures dont have the magazine glossy look but i still wanted to post them for the carbonfiber combo. THe windshield part ( www.topshop.com ) fits great.
The fenders will be collored grey in the end.

October 23, 2007 part 2
So first we have three months of nothing and now two updates in one day. Its nothing short of a miracle people. When i has in my shop today ( i run a small videogame store in Holland ) i found out there were two packages waiting for me. One had the windshield cover and the other one the transparent camwheel cover. Both items look excellent seeing its all small parts handwork.
I put up a few detailed pics of the carbon wsc. These guys know how to make great items. Believe me i have seen a lot from all over the globe and their gear is right up there with the top, if not the top of carbon production.
The camgear cover is a small piece of art too. Just a piece of plastic you may say but i see that differently. Looks like the oem part but NOW I CAN SEE THRU IT. ( duh )
So thank you Topshop for bringin in another top quality item and two thumbs up for www.ZakleeCorp.com for dropshipping their great looking perfect fitting cam cover.

 

October 23, 2007
Been a long time since my last update but here's a small one again.
I will be getting a few more carbon fiber items from the boys of Topshopheadliners.com witch i am looking forward to. But for now the dash still isnt back from the leatherman so the car is just standing in the garage like forever. DOesnt matter that much really as the weather over here is too bad to work on the car or enjoy its power. ( in the current burnout style ;)
Is there something i did do in the meantime. Yes, i have had the ARC oilcatchcan in and installed it. And an ARC titanium shifterball. ( left )

On the right you see some titanium bars i just got in. Fresh from China were they they have one of the worlds largest and best titanium factory. Why, well because there is no decent handbrake lever to speak of for the Eclipse. Certainly not in titanium shape. Therefore i will make my own handbrake lever to mach the shifterball. Since i will have to make a drawing of it, machine it etc i thought i'd take a few more so i could make them in one go. Three custom made titanium handbrake levers coming up. One for me and two of witch i will be selling on Ebay when theyre done. They will not be cheap. The material alone is almost 300 Euro so... we'll see how it turnes out.
In a meanwhile i can show my new taillights. These are homemade ledunits with amber blinker ( I LOVE AMBER BLINKERS ) on the burnout car. ( dont worry it will get a fresh paint of silver ).

I also got some new cam pullies. Polished to match the rest. THese are genuine unorthodox racing pullies. Even got a clear cap for them to show them off all the time without having to worry about anything.

August 28, 2007
This will be the week that most of my interior stuff will be redone with the leather makeover. I still have some work to do outside of the house on the interior panels but i should be able to do so within the timeframe of this week. By now i know well enough how to build a doorpanel with fibers and filler. I have had enough practise by now ;0
One honerable mention. Marcel ( look below and you will see him sitting next to my car with a middlefinger up ) just burned the whole of Holland away on a dragstrip. 1 place for him and his Evo 3. He has his car mapped by Mark Shead too. Only he runs a 4WD 2 litre and a GT35, were i have to rely on the fwd with traction ( believe me it works ) and the 2.3 + GT30 turbo. I am a firm believer in my setup and he is in his. There seems to be some rivelary going on between him and me. But i dont care for pussie antics. Just want to build that ultimate Mits i have in the back of my mind. One cool note is that I am sponsering his car slightly and have my shop name on his windshield for promo. ForeGames

August 16, 2007
Today we had the dashboard out of the car. Since the whole interior gets a rerun i figured i wanted a tighter look of the whole thing. Since the dash will be the first in line to get a leather skin it was finally time to get it out and to Mr interior man. I am opting for a tight look that comes standard with all exotic cars. Only the finest materials and craftmanship please. With all respect but the man who did my interior the last time thought of it as a budget racer and it showed when looked up close to the work and leather material. I finally want thru with the idee of redoing it and got the dash out.

Finally the car looks as bad as its ever been. Only rainbow colors on the outside and EVERYTHING but the frontchairs is out of the car now. Imagine all the interior stuff i have stored on the attic.

August 7, 2007
On to the second generation of led rear taillights. Since i want the amber blinker it was always up to myself to make it myself. All the aftermarket lights have red blinkers. Even the led tails that are availible these days are only in chrome and i want a black housing.
I did think about getting the oem tails back in but i though idd give my hobbiebobbie thoughts a try.
Here is the result of the right tail unit. All leds and amber blinkers. The rear has one single large connector for a fast connecting.
Now i have to try to get of my ass to finish the left one. Sigh.

Juli 23, 2007
Page 3 audio

Juli 7, 2007
Audio updated. Page 3
As i said today was a day that i took my car back from Atectuning were an engine damper was installed and they welded a new upper intake pipe. Job was performed excellent so the next step for the engine is adding the TB 75mm and the dual row Magnus intake. The upper intake pipe has been prepped to make it an instant fit. And the car is still running at full boost so no worry's at all.
After we drove it back to my place ( damn Supra why didnt he want to race me on the way back, you know who you are when you read this ) work on the body was ones again to order of the day. Richard took all that work on him ( again, and thank you muchio )and the progress was good. Making sure all the body work is smooth and the car gets pre painting prepping. That way we can safe a lot of expensive work at proffesional bodyshops. But to be honest i wouldnt let anybody other than Richard do the job. He's the art man and a perfectionist. If i would have done it myself it would have looked 50% of what it is now and probably take 5 times as long. Me myself was working on the interior panels. Anyways here are a few pics of the day. Always the same "car in pieces" kind of pictures.

Here's the polywizard hard at work, destroying his body and mind, for the stupid car. But he does seem happy afterward. Is there something he did i ????? maybe he cut my breaklines while i was away, could be the reason for him smiling. He is showing his "cutter fingers" hmmmm.