Vehicle Info
Bragging Rights
- 1/4 Mile12.4 sec @ 111 mph
Major Upgrades
- engine swap
- port and polish
- turbo
Modifications
Performance Parts
Interior
Exterior Styling
SOLD!!!!
1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Finally back on the street with 19" Racing Harts
Me beating an EVO then a C5 Corvette.....PRESS PLAY!!
12.4 @ 111 mph in the quarter
6 bolt swap
2g pistons
Greddy "Big" FMIC
Big 16g turbo
Full Thermal 3" Exhaust
Eibach Sportlines springs
XBC manual boost controller
DSMlink fuel management
660 fuel injectors
1g throttle body
Walboro 255 fuel pump
Ported 1g head
99 Lifters
Dejon Tool intercooler pipes
Greddy Type S blow off valve
Autometer boost gauge
TRE built transmission
Fidanza flywheel
ACT 2600 clutch
18" ICW Rims (for sale)
19" Racing Hart C2 Evo's (newly aquired!! can't wait for it to get nice out for some pics!!)
Nitto Neo Gens
Polyurethane motor mounts
Greddy turbo timer
So you're probably wondering, "what the hell does SWONKY mean?" Well there's a really cool story about it that means alot to me. Way back 6 years ago, I lived with my grandparents in the good 'ol down home Albia, Iowa (south east Iowa) for my senior year of high school. I parked my car in the drive everyday, and for lunch and dinner every time my grandpa looked out the window from the kitchen he always said "that's a swonky lookin car you got there boy!" I mean EVERY time!
If you're not familiar with the term "swonky", it's because it doesn't exist. What my grandpa was referring to was "swanky", which means nice or fancy. He just pronounced it as swonky for some reason. Alot of older people use the term, you'll also find it on such shows like The Andy Griffith show. Wow, nice name drop on the Andy show! Seriously, its a funny show, Barney Fife, he's a crazy cat.
So then a year after I graduated high school, my grandpa passed away and in memory I put "SWONKY" as my license plate. I was really close with both my grandparents, I even went as far and got a tattoo of their name on my arm.
I then moved to the Des Moines area and got big into the street racing scene. Everyone I met in Des Moines assumed it was my last name and then stuck as a nick name. I thought it was a little weird at first, but it grew on me and I really like it because of where it came from. Have to know where you came from to know where you're going....
My car at Battle of the Imports in Chicago, Il. Decal was for the event.
At a car show.
My car and a WRX in a parking lot.
STREET RACING VIDEOS:
Street race my GSX vs. a Firebird
Street race my GSX vs. a tubro'ed Integra
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