Yeah, show me an eciplse that can keep up with a viper. Sure if you put nitro and a turbo (which costs a lot more than $500) on it, it might keep up, but you could just as easily put the nitro and turbo on the viper. What do eclipses run the 1/4 mile stock? Maybe a 16? All these import hot rods I see driving around town are not fast. I race one every chance I get and have never lost in my v6 Maxima. Then I get out of my Maxima and drive my friend's '71 Ford Torino with a 302 and I see how painfully slow my maxima is.

[EDIT: I have another friend with a stick shift Civic SI with a vtec, and it's no match for the Torino.]