Clipse3GT's RIPP SDS GT

[Clipse3GT]

It runs like an ape...and spits fire like a dragon... VTEC THIS!

21PSI @ 7,250 RPMS

In Action!!! August 6th, 2006



























In Action!!! July 23rd, 2006







































New brakes







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Modifications

Engine:
Built 3.0L GT Engine
Wiseco 9.2:1 Pistons
SDS Stage 3+
Vortech V-1 S-TRIM SuperCharger
Boost Cooler
Belt Tensioner
Diamante VRX Manifold (Polished)
Ported and Polished Lower Intake Manifold
Proflow Throttlebody
ET Performance Krank Vents
ET Performance Brake Valve
MSD Coil Ignition Wires
NGK IX Irridum Spark Plugs
VR4 Fuel Rails
550cc RC Injectors Peak & Hold
Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator with Gauge
Summit Racing AN-6 & AN-8 SS Braided Fuel Lines and Fittings
Custom Upper Intake Pipe
Tial 50mm BOV
HTS Silicone Couplers & T-Clamps
B&M Oil Cooler
Perma-Cool Oil Adapter
Perma-Cool Power Steering Cooler
CSF Racing Dual Core Radiator

Engine Management & Other Electronics & Ignition
Haltech E8 EMS Standalone
Haltech 3-Bar Map Sensor
Haltech Air Intake Temp Sensor
Haltech Water Temp Sensor
Haltech Throttle Position Sensor
Haltech Igniter
Haltech Dual Coil Packs
Taylor Battery Relocation (Rear)

Exhaust:
RIPP 1st Gen Full Length Headers
Straight Piping
Apexi N1 3" Exhaust

Transmission:
ACT Heavy Duty 2600 Clutch
Clutchmaster Aluminum Flywheel
Quaife Limited Slip Differential
B&M Short Shifter
Energy Suspension Bushings
Earl's SS Clutch Lines
RIPP Front Engine Mount
DMR Rear Firm Engine Mount
Prothane Side Mounts

Suspension & Brakes:
Megan Racing Full Race Coilovers
Eibach Pro-Kit Front Camber Kit
Eibach Pro-Kit Rear Camber Kit
Energy Suspension Front & Rear Bushings
BF Goodridge SS Brake Lines
Baer Track Kit Front
Powerslot Rear Rotors
Axxis Metal Master Pads Rear
RRE Strut Bars (x2)
ST Anti-Sway Bar & Bushings
Patriot Performance Front & Rear Endlinks
Nakayma X7 Racing Wheels 17"x7"
Falken Azenis RT615 235/40/17

Vitals:
AEM UEGO Wideband Gauge
Autometer Phantom Boost Gauge+ Vacuum
Autometer Phantom Oil Pressure Gauge
Autometer Phantom Oil Temperature Gauge
Autometer Phantom EGT Gauge
Autometer Phantom Tachometer
Autometer Shiftlight connected to Haltech
Greddy Auto Turbo Timer

Apperance:
Dual Halo Projectors Black
TYC Taillights Titanium
Smokes Front Corners
VIS Carbon Fiber Invade Hood
Carbon Fiber Fuel Door
Sparco Hood Pins
Arospeed Racing Seats
Sparco 4-point Tuning Harnesses
Grillcraft 5 piece set
Greddy Counterweight Shift Knob
Autometer 3 Pod Piller
Clock Pod Guage Holder

Audio:
Alpine CDA-9851 HU
Alpine V12 345 4 Channel Amp
Alpine iPod Station
Infinity Kappa 6.5" 63.7i Race Speakers
Infinity Kappa 6x9" 693.7i Race SPeakers
Rockford Fosgate Wiring
Optima Red-Top Battery

This Winter!!!
New Custom Intake Manifold w/ 80mm TB
5Zigen ProRacer GN+ Bronze 17x7.5 42mm Offset

Need to put on car:
Full Race Heads
Fidanza Cam Gears
Cometic Headgasket 93mm

Feel free to post your comments.

[Tearstone]

Clean, elegant but the rims look small, you did an excellent job keeping it sleeperish for sure.

You have a lot of Autometer on your wishlist, are you going with those because of cost or what?

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

Clean, elegant but the rims look small, you did an excellent job keeping it sleeperish for sure.

You have a lot of Autometer on your wishlist, are you going with those because of cost or what?

Well at $150-250 a pop for electrical guages I dont think it will be too cheap, also I like it in regular and not metric. Any suggestion for any other company that makes guages....?

Yeah the wheels are only 17x7... but I don't want too much rotational mass, also rather have more sidewall on the tire to reduce wheel hop. Maybe get some 18x7's in the future.

[Tearstone]

Originally Posted by Clipse3GT

Well at $150-250 a pop for electrical guages I dont think it will be too cheap, also I like it in regular and not metric. Any suggestion for any other company that makes guages....?

Yeah the wheels are only 17x7... but I don't want too much rotational mass, also rather have more sidewall on the tire to reduce wheel hop. Maybe get some 18x7's in the future.

If your getting charged $150-250 a pop for electrical Autometers your getting f*d in the "A". The reason vendors push Autometer so hard is because there is more money to be made off of them, not because they are better. The gauges that we all run here are Greddy. While yes, they are metric but they are reliable, accurate, cost effective, lots of variety and we have never had a problem with them. Just run some searches.

Seeing as how you have a lot of money invested into your car, you should look into getting some decent racing rims to go along with it. My favorite are Volks. RRE recommends using 17x7 for handling and sidewall purposes of course, which is fine. But you could always save your 17x7 for the track and 18x7.5 for the street.

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

If your getting charged $150-250 a pop for electrical Autometers your getting f*d in the "A". The reason vendors push Autometer so hard is because there is more money to be made off of them, not because they are better. The gauges that we all run here are Greddy. While yes, they are metric but they are reliable, accurate, cost effective, lots of variety and we have never had a problem with them. Just run some searches.

Seeing as how you have a lot of money invested into your car, you should look into getting some decent racing rims to go along with it. My favorite are Volks. RRE recommends using 17x7 for handling and sidewall purposes of course, which is fine. But you could always save your 17x7 for the track and 18x7.5 for the street.

New wheels are going to be really my last priority now, need to get the car a bit more performance.

As for guages Greddy Guages cost the same as Autometers... in reality almost all Guage vendors have nearly the same prices for them.

[Tearstone]

Originally Posted by Clipse3GT

New wheels are going to be really my last priority now, need to get the car a bit more performance.

As for guages Greddy Guages cost the same as Autometers... in reality almost all Guage vendors have nearly the same prices for them.

I feel you on that, I'm only concentrating on my engine bay right now

With that list of Autometer gauges, are all of them electrical? Mechanical gauges are like $50~$60 http://www.titanmotorsports.com/ulser.html

Check these threads out:

Autometer Gauges
what guages should i get?

[Special_K]

Looks good as always Kris, I hope we can get your fuel issue solved in the winter time so we can cruise around next summer!


Who...





...Mike Jones!

[Doric]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

If your getting charged $150-250 a pop for electrical Autometers your getting f*d in the "A". The reason vendors push Autometer so hard is because there is more money to be made off of them, not because they are better. The gauges that we all run here are Greddy. While yes, they are metric but they are reliable, accurate, cost effective, lots of variety and we have never had a problem with them. Just run some searches.

I gotta tell ya - I've run a lot of gauges over the years, and I've never had a problem with AutoMeters. Why pay more?

[Tearstone]

Originally Posted by Doric

I gotta tell ya - I've run a lot of gauges over the years, and I've never had a problem with AutoMeters. Why pay more?

You pay more for the appreciation of quality that went into the product. Whatever works best for you, but there are better alternatives and converting over a car that was not meant to have forced induction, quality of the gauges you use surely should not be sacrificed.

Sorry for the thread jack. We can pick this autometer conversation up on one of the threads I just posted above.

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

Clean, elegant but the rims look small, you did an excellent job keeping it sleeperish for sure.

You have a lot of Autometer on your wishlist, are you going with those because of cost or what?

you love to hate on autometers

btw, nice car kris...looks even better in my rear view mirror

[Tearstone]

Originally Posted by thecrow1414

you love to hate on autometers

btw, nice car kris...looks even better in my rear view mirror

Didn't you say you were upgrading your Autometers to some real gauges?

Did you race ClipseGT?

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

Didn't you say you were upgrading your Autometers to some real gauges?

Did you race ClipseGT?

yeah, real gauges which is why i'm not getting greddy

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

Didn't you say you were upgrading your Autometers to some real gauges?

Did you race ClipseGT?

We ran 3 times, however no won ever got a good start or traction...

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Clipse3GT

We ran 3 times, however no won ever got a good start or traction...

i got a good launch the first run but you just spun them

[Clipse3GS]

I remember that night, nothing is good as 3rd gear burnout. You probably know my opinion on the car since we talk about it almost everyday..LOL
Can't wait till I drive it again in Spring of 2006.

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Clipse3GS

I remember that night, nothing is good as 3rd gear burnout. You probably know my opinion on the car since we talk about it almost everyday..LOL
Can't wait till I drive it again in Spring of 2006.

Is there another Spring before that

[Clipse3GS]

Kris Fuck y0 couch you stupid-o whitey. Car looks clean !!!

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Clipse3GS

Kris Fuck y0 couch you stupid-o whitey. Car looks clean !!!

[rippedeclipse]

very clean beautiful car

[TheFranchise]

nice ride. sucks you gotta storage it

as per the guages, I never had issues with Autometer. I never believed the "hype" that you had to pay $300 for a guage that does the same thing a $70 one does. I even tested my guages (boost, fuel & oil) with shop tools the electric senders for autometer fuel and oil, and both were in check. The only shops I ever heard that trash autometer are ones that want you to give them more money for Apexi or Greddy. Dont waste money unless you are one of those guys that have to put funky expesive stuff in a car to sound cool. my opinion and experiences.

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by TheFranchise

nice ride. sucks you gotta storage it

as per the guages, I never had issues with Autometer. I never believed the "hype" that you had to pay $300 for a guage that does the same thing a $70 one does. I even tested my guages (boost, fuel & oil) with shop tools the electric senders for autometer fuel and oil, and both were in check. The only shops I ever heard that trash autometer are ones that want you to give them more money for Apexi or Greddy. Dont waste money unless you are one of those guys that have to put funky expesive stuff in a car to sound cool. my opinion and experiences.

Yeah... I miss driving it.

I see your point Shane, after searching around and looking around for a while, mechanical guages will be a lot cheaper and show the same #'s with the same accuracy. For 200 bucks I can 3 guages instead of one, I will just go that route.

[jimmyb]

Very clean car man, although you kinda give up the sleeper look with that big ass cowl on the hood,....don't ya think? I dig it though. You got any numbers on that little beauty?

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by jimmyb

Very clean car man, although you kinda give up the sleeper look with that big ass cowl on the hood,....don't ya think? I dig it though. You got any numbers on that little beauty?

Stage 2 it was at 306whp
Now @ Stage 2.5 its roughly at 326whp
Stage 3 it was @ 387whp, but was breaking axles.

[Tearstone]

I hope you did not sell these based on my posts today

http://www.club3g.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51605

Josh: I already know what kind of gauges you are getting and I am quite envious to say the least

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

I hope you did not sell these based on my posts today

http://www.club3g.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51605

Josh: I already know what kind of gauges you are getting and I am quite envious to say the least

No not really, I was gonna sell them anyways, I just wanted the clock pod guage holder, but the guages came with it, I just don't need these guages. I will go with Autometer Phantom seris mechanical ones, it just cheaper and they do the same fuckin thing. So it dosent matter I rather spend 300 for all guages than for 1. Save it for other mods, like some high strengh axles.

[Doric]

Originally Posted by TheFranchise

as per the guages, I never had issues with Autometer. I never believed the "hype" that you had to pay $300 for a guage that does the same thing a $70 one does. I even tested my guages (boost, fuel & oil) with shop tools the electric senders for autometer fuel and oil, and both were in check. The only shops I ever heard that trash autometer are ones that want you to give them more money for Apexi or Greddy. Dont waste money unless you are one of those guys that have to put funky expesive stuff in a car to sound cool. my opinion and experiences.

This'll probably never happen again, but I completely agree on all points.

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Doric

This'll probably never happen again, but I completely agree on all points.

Yeah, electric or mechanical in the end they show the same thing. Why spend more, I'll put the money into something else.

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by jimmyb

Very clean car man, although you kinda give up the sleeper look with that big ass cowl on the hood,....don't ya think? I dig it though. You got any numbers on that little beauty?

Yeah it does, but I need it to vent off the heat. I rather lose the sleeper look and gain some functionality.

[JUMA]

Nice ride!

As far as exterior goes I would suggest color matching the hood and a black center grille.

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by JUMA

Nice ride!

As far as exterior goes I would suggest color matching the hood and a black center grille.

THanks!

I will be changing out the hood. Since this VIS one is cracking. So I will want to get a Seibon one. So whenever I get that one it will get painted.

As for the grill I have been debating it. Dunno, this car will be used more for drag racing than show, but we will see.

[Kc2Buk]

Kris I'm glad to see the LUV you been putting in to her. The nose looks great and its nice to see it with out a Front LP. Did you get the GM 3" MAF yet? If not lemme know.
We have a few 3" and 3.5" GM MAFs on the shelf at Brad's shop. Keep the hood and just have it stripped and rejelled, may be paint it to match. Coming back from MB SC she ran alot cooler then Neal's car and that was running an avg 80mph for 6 hours.
Keep up the GREAT Work on it.

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Kc2Buk

Kris I'm glad to see the LUV you been putting in to her. The nose looks great and its nice to see it with out a Front LP. Did you get the GM 3" MAF yet? If not lemme know.
We have a few 3" and 3.5" GM MAFs on the shelf at Brad's shop. Keep the hood and just have it stripped and rejelled, may be paint it to match. Coming back from MB SC she ran alot cooler then Neal's car and that was running an avg 80mph for 6 hours.
Keep up the GREAT Work on it.

Thanks John, I sent you a email about the GM MAF 3", I will be more than happy to take one of your and Brad's hands

[01_Eclipse_GT]

if you like the autometer gauges then get all autometer gauges, they may not be the best gauges to use but they do work and are more affordable. you can get them really cheap if you look in the right places, and dont worry about what anyone else says get the gauges you like the best, after all its your car!

[Clipse3GT]

Well I figured I'd keep everyone a little more updated what's going on with the car for the winter build time.

Tons of parts and brackets got removed, along with egr system, O2's, cruise control, etc..

More parts are going on including a AEM EMS, new gauges, new BOV, custom intake pipe, and a reworked upper fuel system.

Slowly got started.


Oops....


A little bit later...






Parts still to put on ... muhahaha






Needs still a bit more TLC and bondo and sanding



Here are some pics...

[cyberbrain]

damn dude that is what you call sex right there.

[Tearstone]

Your car is hot like sauce, not feeling the hood but it's what is underneath that counts

[Clipse3GT]

Thanks guys, I will keep you updated as more and more gets done. I might have to stop by in Florida in the summer for a meet.

[Smooth S70]

very nice....good work

[siimo]

You're engine bay makes me want to smash mine because it's no where near that powerfull... great job man... I would suggest painting the CF hood to match the rest of the car. You'll still have the extra light hood minus the eye sore

[Silence01]

Wow. Just wow. Fucking nice. I love the entire car. The gauges in the clock pod are a great idea.

[Clipse3GT]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

[rshank]

looks good. i like the clock pod gauges too

[Cboss]

That's pretty gank.

[Clipse3GS]

Kris take some picture of the inside .Kris and I also put in the new brakes lines which were pretty bitchy thing to work on(especially the front right one) What can I say? I'm jelous of your car Kris LOL

[Clipse3GT]

Here are some more updates of the car, as I get done with more.

[Tearstone]

I firmly believe without the plastic shroud that goes in front of your radiator, that you decrease the efficiency of cooling your radiator.

[01_Eclipse_GT]

i like the wheels...looks really good

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

I firmly believe without the plastic shroud that goes in front of your radiator, that you decrease the efficiency of cooling your radiator.

Maybe that holds more true if you have a A/C compressor infront of the radiator, but with just a radiator there and two fans. I will be alright without the plastic shroud.

[rwc]

ladies and gentlemen, this is how a car should be modded. GREAT fucking car man, i dont even know what to say. i love sleepers and i love how your car is so performance oriented. i bet its an absolute blast to drive.

[Clipse3GS]

Great Job Kris. Good thing you got rid of the plastic shroud and fogs. This way I can get them, from you for the fair price. I cant wait till I get to drive that car around whenever its done,with your permission of course.

[MitsuGTRacing]

Nice! Im curious as to see what she'll do down the 1/4

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by MitsuGTRacing

Nice! Im curious as to see what she'll do down the 1/4

I'm hoping to break into the upper-mid --high 11's with drag radials.

[WingS_WesT_3g]

Looks nice. I like ur ride. Very impressed!!

[LUNAR]

The black grill makes it look alot cleaner in the front and goes good with your cf hood.

[Clipse3GT]

Yeah, I think it looks alot better minus the fogs and and with the grillcraft inserts. Matter of preference really.

THanks for the comments.

[ryanng2]

dang, this is by far the best mods i seen ever on a 3g ever.

BTW: What kind of plenum is that? Is that the RPW Plenum?

[JUMA]

Looking good.

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by ryanng2

dang, this is by far the best mods i seen ever on a 3g ever.

BTW: What kind of plenum is that? Is that the RPW Plenum?

It is a Diamante WRX intake manifold which was polished and ported.

[zeeshan]

so when are you coming up here to get your ass spanked by a RS?
nice car btw

[Clipse3GT]

Originally Posted by xull1x

so when are you coming up here to get your ass spanked by a RS?
nice car btw

When it gets done Probably late spring, early summer.