Mitsubishi Eclipse

Mitsubishi Eclipses were featured prominently in the films Some (1995 Coupe), The Fast and the Furious (1999 Coupe), its sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003 Spyder), and The Last Ride (2005 Coupe). The discs can also be played on many antique music boxes bearing the Polyphony and Regina brand names. Wind Deflector. They stand out by their continuing production of discs, with a selection of about a thousand tunes. Automatic climate control. They offer clockwork, spring wound models as well as electric ones. Aluminum pedals. The Porter Music Box company of Vermont produces steel disc music boxes in several formats.

Heated side mirrors. The company is an industrial concern which also makes magnetic and hologram card readers, appliance components, industrial robots and miniature motors of all kinds. Heated front seats. Recently, it has started selling licences for its music box tunes to cellular phone companies, for use as ring tones. 6-way power driver's seat. Sankyo Seiki bills itelf as the biggest manufacturer of music boxes in the world, and advertises that it controls 50% of the market. Leather front seating surfaces. It also supplies movements to many other manufacturers, or to clockmakers and clockmaker suppliers which sometimes sell them retail to hobbyists for as low as 3 Euros each.

Options Include - GT Premium Sport Package: 18" Alloy wheels. In Japan Sankyo Seiki still makes a wide variety of music boxes from tiny musical keychains to much larger models. Options Include- Premium Sport Package with 18-inch seven-spoke alloy wheels, leather front seating surfaces, a power sunroof, an eight-way-adjustable (six power) driver's seat, alloy pedals, heated front seats, heated door mirrors, automatic dimming rear-view mirror, air-conditioning and a 650-watt (max.) Rockford Fosgate® audio system with nine speakers, including a ten-inch trunk-mounted subwoofer, a 6-CD/MP3-compatible in-dash changer, and steering wheel-mounted audio controls, and a five piece body kit. They also sell several models of clear acrylic paperweights with a musical box movement inside, for a minimum of about 45 Euros. Outside temperature indicator and compass in center dash display. The higher range boxes with removable cylinders and small assorted tables made of fine woods can cost up to 34,000 Euros and about an equivalent number of US dollars. Heated side mirrors. They have in a sense branched out widely from their original cylinder offerings since they now also offer traditional looking music boxes with removable metal disks for around a 1,000 Euros, with each disk costing in the neighborhood of 14 Euros.

Heated front seats. Located near Lake Neuchâtel, Reuge is one of the last of the Swiss survivors making music boxes of all sizes and shapes, with or without automatons in imitation of past models of the previous centries or in a modern style with clear acrylic sides to see the mechanical operation. Options Include - GS Deluxe Leather Package: Leather front seating surfaces. Some went back to making watches, others were eventually responsible for the famous Bolex movie cameras and the Hermes typewriters. Boasting nine speakers including a 10-inch trunk-mounted subwoofer, a 6-CD in-dash changer, and steering wheel-mounted audio controls, the package also includes a center display with outside temperature and compass readings and an electrochromic rear-view mirror, and a five piece body kit. Between the two world wars most of the swiss companies converted to the manufacture of other products requiring precise mechanical parts. Options Include- Sun & Sound package with a power sunroof is paired with a 650-watt (max.) Rockford Fosgate® audio system. They are eagerly sought by collectors who have the space for their large or very large cabinets.

The models and standard / optional equipment:. Because most of the coin-operated music boxes were built for rough treatment (such as typical slapping and kicking by a disgruntled customer) many of these large models have survived into the 21st century, despite their relatively low production quantities. 4th Gen (2006-present) cars:. However, since they produced music instead of playing back any sound, including human voices singing, they soon disappeared from their intended venues, displaced by the jukebox. The Eclipse was available in seven trim levels: GS, GS Spyder, GT, GT Spyder, and SE. These were, in an sense, the precursors to jukeboxes. The fourth-generation Spyder (convertible) Eclipse will be released for the 2006 model year at the North American International Auto Show. Some of the models had a mechanism for automatically changing the metal disks.

The V6 produces 263 hp and 260 ft.lbf. In Switzerland coin-operated music boxes, usually capable of playing several tunes, were installed in places like train stations and amusement parks. Like the 2004 Galant, the new Eclipse is FWD only. Surviving musical boxes from the 19th century and the early 20th century are prized by collectors and there is a more or less constant manufacturing of reproductions. Features of the new model include a 263 hp (193.9 kW) 3.8 L MIVEC V6 and a 165 hp (123 kW) 2.4 L I4, both derived from the 2004+ Mitsubishi PS platform family, with which the Eclipse shares many mechanical components. These movements are also sold in retail outlets or by catalog for hobbyists who wish to make simple musical miniatures. Details of the fourth generation Eclipse were revealed during late 2003 and 2004, and the car was shown at the 2005 Detroit Auto Show. Cheap windup music box movements (including the cylinder and comb and the spring) continued to be produced in countries like Japan, and later on in other countries with low production costs, to give a bit of music to mass produced jewelry boxes and novelty items.

This time, the Chrysler version is the Chrysler Sebring coupe, and the Dodge version is the Dodge Stratus SE/RT coupe. A few of the original ones found new markets. The AWD transmission available in prior versions was discontinued, ostensibly due to high cost and poor sales. Series production rapidly disappeared and all the important companies closed their doors. Turbo modifications are offered by many aftermarket companies, such as Tearstone Performance Solutions *Tearstone. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th most musical boxes were gradually replaced by Player pianos, which were more versatile and loud, and also melodious, when kept tuned, and by the smaller gramophones which had the advantage of playing back voices. It’s displacement is more by .4L which makes it more powerful in NA form and has proven to be quite durable)4G64 in some versions and a V6 6G72 in others. Some devices could do both at the same time, and were often combinations of player pianos and musical boxes, such as the Orchestrion.

The 4G64 is very similar to the 4G63 sharing many of the same low end components. Instead, the cylinder (or disk) worked by actuating bellows and levers which fed and opened pneumatic valves which activated a modified wind instrument or plucked the chords on a modified string instrument. The 4G63 was replaced by the less powerful and less durable (This is misleading. The term "musical box" is also applied to clockwork devices where a removable metal disk or cylinder was used only in a "programming" function without producing the sounds directly by means of pins and a comb. 3rd generation: The Eclipse underwent a change into its current generation in 1999. The cylinder based machines rapidly became a minority. ABS was also available on the non-turbo models. In the last decades of the 19th century however, mass produced models such as the Polyphon and others all made use of interchangeable metal disks instead of cylinders.

The AWD turbo versions came with a brake upgrade to dual piston calipers and thicker rotors. The switch over to cylinders seems to have been complete after the Napoleonic wars. The turbo motors had an increase in compression ratio to 8.5:1 (from 7.8:1). The very first boxes at the end of the 18th century made use of metal disks. The 4G63/4G64 motors retain the balance shafts for smoother operation, while the 420A does not use them. In some exceptional models there were four springs, to provide continuous play for up to three hours. All have iron blocks with aluminum cylinder heads. In some of the costlier models, the cylinders could be removed to change melodies, thanks to an invention by Paillard in 1862, which was perfected by Metert, of Geneva in 1879.

All motors are in-line 4-cylinder gasoline engines. The cylinders were normally made of metal and powered by a spring. AWD models had a similar transmission to the 1G car. By the end of the 19th century some of the European makers had opened factories in the United States. The 420A-powered cars had the engine mounted on the right side of the car, and further back in the chassis. There were also a few manufacturers in Bohemia and Germany. The Mitsubishi motors are mounted in the same orientation as for the 1G cars. The first musical box factory was opened there in 1815 by Jérémie Recordon and Samuel Junod.

The basic driveline layout of the Eclipse is a transverse-mounted 4-cylinder Chrysler 420A, Mitsubishi 4G64 or 4G63 engine. For most of the 19th century the bulk of musical box production was concentrated in Switzerland, building upon a strong watchmaking tradition. It used a normally-aspirated Mitsubishi 4G63 motor, similar to what was available in the 1G. They were usually powered by clockwork and originally produced by artisan watchmakers. There was a unique version of the 2G Eclipse sold in some European countries. Most of them were table top specimens though. There were similar alterations to the styling of the Talon as there was for the Eclipse. The musical boxes could have any size from that of a hat box to a large piece of furniture.

The Eagle Talon saw its production end in 1998 when Eagle went out of business. The original snuff boxes were tiny containers which could fit into a gentleman's waist coat pocket. The Talon was available in four trim levels, Base, ESi, TSi and TSi AWD. . The rear bumper cap was altered and had the reverse lights moved away from their original central position, presumably to reduce the 'ponderous-ness' or the rear view of the car. Alec Templeton, an avid collector of music boxes, and a professional concert musician, once noted that the tone of a musical box is unlike that of any musical instrument (although it is best described as somewhere between the timbres of an mbira and a celesta). The driving lights became smaller and round. Some of the more complex boxes also have a tiny drum and small bells, in addition to the metal comb.

The slightly reshaped headlights acquired black areas internally. They were developed from musical snuff-boxes of the 18th century, and called carillons à musique. The front grille opening was made less 'classic' and more 'aggressive' with regards to the radiator opening. A musical box (or music box) is a 19th century automatic musical instrument that produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder so as to strike the tuned teeth of a steel comb. There was a freshening of the style for the 1997 model year. This function is played by the cylinder in a cylinder music box. The models had different trim accoutrements:. The disc is the programming object, a metallic version of a punched card which, like it has holes to express a program, star wheels which turn with the disc produce music by striking the teeth of the comb at the correct time.

2nd Gen (95-99) cars:. This function is payed by the disc in a disc music box. The Eclipse was available in seven trim levels: Base(Only available in 1996.5 {mid-model year}), RS, GS, GS Spyder, GS-T, GS-T Spyder, and GSX. The cylinder is the programming object, a metallic version of a punched card which, instead of having holes to express a program, is studded with tiny pins at the correct spacing to produce music by striking the teeth of the comb at the correct time. The Talon was dropped in 1998. The comb is a flat piece of metal with dozens or even hundreds of tuned teeth of different lengths. The non-turbo motor was a version of the Chrysler Neon engine, manufactured by Chrysler and delivered to and installed at the Diamond Star Motors facility. The spring motor or motors (2 or more can be used to make playing times longer) give anywhere from a few minutes to an hour or more of playing time.

The turbocharged motor was a more powerful version of the previous one (210 hp vs 195 hp). The ratchet lever or the windup key is used to put the spring motor under tension, that is to wind it up. New to the line was a convertible model, the Spyder. The bedpan is the relatively heavy metal foundation on which all the other pieces are fastened, usually by screws. The second generation car maintained the market focus of the 1G car, but had a major update in styling and had different engines between trim levels. The Eclipse Turbo was on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for 1989 through 1992.

9.0 in the naturally aspirated version) and oil squirters under the pistons in order to better cope with the stress and extra heat caused by forced induction. The turbocharged version of the 4G63 (sometimes referred to as the 4G63T) is equipped with a lower compression ratio (7.8 vs. The 4G63 is composed of an iron engine block and aluminum cylinder head and is equipped with balance shafts for smooth operation. The 4G37 and 4G63 engines are both in-line 4-cylinder gasoline engines.

AWD models have a different transmission which includes a limited-slip center differential and output shaft for a transfer case, which drives the rear differential (also available as limited-slip) and half-shafts. The basic driveline layout of the Eclipse is a transverse-mounted 4-cylinder Mitsubishi 4G37 or 4G63 engine situated on the left-hand side of the car driving an automatic or manual transmission on the right-hand side. The Eclipse GSX, for example, was sold with different plastic body cladding than the base Eclipse. These models varied significantly in drive trains, available options, and—to an extent—appearance.

Turbo models with automatic transmissions were equipped with smaller turbochargers and fuel injectors, and were rated for 180 hp for all years.. * 1990 manual transmission turbocharged models were rated at 190 hp, whereas 1991 and later manual transmission turbo models were rated for 195hp. AWD models were not available until halfway through the first model year. The Eclipse was available in four trim levels during its first-generation production run.