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injun_josh

oh and oem just means a clutch that is a close match to the original in strength, durability, and holding power, whereas a stage 1 is a stronger clutch.... in theory...

injun_josh

NONE OF THOSE!!! lol but for real the best option there is the exedy. But even its not a great option since it is only 10% stronger in the disc area. the pressure plate is the exact same as the stock clutch. I know it sucks but just save, or just bite the bullet and put down the 280-290 for a exedy ...

injun_josh

I do all my mechanic work myself. Ive been under cars since i was four.

injun_josh

So, its been a while. I would post a comment here and there every now and again, but mostly been off the forums and disinterested in doing anything to the vibe. Well recently I paid it off. Which made me like it a little bit more. Then yesterday the throw out bearing went through the pressure plate ...

injun_josh

LOLOL ahhhhh welcome to hell brother! nah it sounds like your clutch is slipping. very common on the gt's. The clutch is WAY too small for our engines and almost all gt's eat their stock clutch. if you got that high of mileage without replacing one consider yourself very lucky. Mine just went out ye...

injun_josh

do not skimp on the clutch. it's that simple. take it from a guy who just put in his vibes 3rd, thats THIRD clutch. stock went at 70k, so i replace it with a exedy clutch thinking, that is better than stock, well just had to take it out two weeks ago at 130k. replace it with a 440$ clutch masters st...

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nothing but 93... 03 gt

injun_josh

summit makes a set of brass shifter stabilizers. put them on my 03 gt and it makes a world of difference. can get them on ebay for like 15 bucks shipped

injun_josh

The problem lies in the clutch itself. If any of you had changed you own clutch you would know this. the clutch is a very bad design. I have changed countless clutch sets and this is by far the smallest clutch i have ever seen. my 85 rx7 with its 1.1 liter engine has a larger clutch that the vibe. o...

injun_josh

with a crankshaft underdrive pulley yes. but im not putting one of those on there

injun_josh

my planned mods were magnaflow exhaust, px3 intake manifold gasket, stage 1 fadanza flywheel, cm stage 1 clutch, mwr altenator and water pump underdrive kit, unichip (i found a place that has a few), mwr shifter bushings, energy suspension motor mount inserts, full energy front and rear bushing kit,...

injun_josh

I am about to pay my vibe gt off. Now my initial plan was to get an rx-8, but i have been thinking. right now if i sold my vibe i could get either a rx8, a wrx, a 03 or 04 evo, or i could keep the vibe and do everything i want too to it for abour 4000. so my question is what would you do? have a sta...

injun_josh

Appearently UNICHIP quit making the piggyback system for the vibe? that sux. Anybody know what the next best choice is?

injun_josh

Quote, originally posted by jimincalif Â»No, it won't work, you nailed it, definitely hokey. The government is simply borrowing more money from the Chinese to buy some votes. It doesn't create any real wealth. Much like the idea of hiring people to break windows so that people will spend money and h...

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Quote, originally posted by jimincalif Â»Sounds like you are in a more rural area than me. In SoCal we prepare for earthquakes and/or riots. We have spare water, keep a couple weeks worth of food. cash, and a 12 ga with lots of shells. Have a few solar lights for emergency lighting, a propane stove ...

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Quote, originally posted by sloth Â»Go to junk yard, get a small junker. Convert it to electric vehicle and end up with $1200 left over at the end of the month after you finish your project. Actually by the time you finish and cut out all gas it will be more like $1700 with the way gas prices contin...

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and since we are going out on the preparing for your future thing, which was not the topic of my thread anyway, let me ask you guys this. investments and savings are very good things to have. but how many of you have prepared for things to get seriously bad? ira's and savings accounts will not save ...

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Quote, originally posted by jake75 Â»When you were old like me you are going to wish you had put $5,000 in a ROTH IRA every year.i put in 3800 last year and 3100 the year before that. i started the ira in 2002 and lets just say that if i wanted to i could by that rx8 brand new fully loaded with EVER...

injun_josh

oh yeah. he has some pretty wide and sticky toyos on there now, but we have a set of dot drag radials on the way for track day. our only problem now is to figure out which engine management system to go with. we are thinking aem full plug and play. the guy who dyno tunes cars for me works wonders wi...

injun_josh

awesome. the crx im building will be faster! seriously, we are shooting for 350-380 horspower. it will be turbo'd though. i will put up pics of the build today. my friend rory inherited ALOT of money and is paying me to build him a monster crx. got the zc dohc motor pulled apart and ready for the in...

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Quote, originally posted by scherry2 Â»what he said or better yet save for your retirement you never can have enough for later in life.i have a nice 401k and an ira that has grown pretty nicely. when i say bills i mean those to. i view things like retirement and savings just like bills.

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Quote, originally posted by AKLGT Â»Sorry, but I'm not a fan of the RX8. They look good but performance wise, they are quite lacking, kinda like the Nissan Z. If you go with one, I will have to steer you toward the MS3. Otherwise, my 08 STI kicks (removed) and with about $700, will give you about 35...

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Quote, originally posted by AKLGT Â»Sorry, but I'm not a fan of the RX8. They look good but performance wise, they are quite lacking, kinda like the Nissan Z. If you go with one, I will have to steer you toward the MS3. Otherwise, my 08 STI kicks (removed) and with about $700, will give you about 35...

injun_josh

im FINALLY landing a nice paying job. and im gonna have a good bit of extra money left at the end of every month after bills. after bills, food, gas, phones, net, savings, and everything else i am gonna have about 1000 extra just for me money. so i am gonna do one of four things... 1. buy a mazdaspe...

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Quote, originally posted by SLORegal Â»Don't the '06 GTs also count? They simply had a lower horsepower rating on paper, because of the way that SAE calculates horsepower changed in '06.Great kill, btw. That abandoned guv'ment airstrip sounds like a hell of a place to race.oh its an awesome place, w...

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btw the way northvibe, nice car. i am currently in the process of switching jobs so ill be making some serious money and i am either getting a ms3 or a rx8. i know the ms3 is faster and a hatch, but hot dizam!! that rx8 is glued to the roads!!! i love both but know i cant have both, so i gotta choos...

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Quote, originally posted by northvibe Â»i think people were swapping ecu's between years also, forgot if the 03's had the lower lift engagement or it was the 04...... at any rate yes the air thing kinda....made things funny. BUT ive still never gotten a ride in a 2zz...kinda want to feel this lift.t...

injun_josh

so around where i live there is an old airstrip that they guvment stopped using in the mid 90s. well recently they took down the fence for some reason or other and of course the car crowd started flocking there. cops dont mess with us since it keeps racing off the streets. so was out there last frid...

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Quote, originally posted by northvibe Â»for a little NA car, they are made to handle not go flat out in a straight line. They are good cars, there were some on a road tour i had with my friend in the supercharged cobalt and we blew by them easy, but like i said, stock they can handle some corners, t...

injun_josh

sounds like a flood car to me. the part about there being rust on the seat springs means there WAS water in the cab, one way or another. next time you look at it lift up the spare tire cover and look for signs of standing water, i.e. evaporation rings, mineral deposits, or just plain ol' mud.

injun_josh

15 inch subs have a larger surface area therefore they are heavier. this makes the cone respond and travel slower than a smaller sub. on the other hand the fact that it has more surface area means it can move more air, in which you get massively loud bass. 15s are really good for deep booming bass. ...

injun_josh

well my friends t/c gets an average of around 26 in town and 30 on highway. the vibe is heavier and the t/c is a stick so.......... just gonna take a long shot and say the vibe will be slightly worse than that, and my vibe stock gave me consistent 26-28 in town and a rock solid 34 highway.

injun_josh

no v i am making perfect sense. there are like 5 other cars who offer so much more for a little less or a little more coin. and if you think 21 city and 29 highway is good gas milage for a 160 ish 4 cyl......... well i have some beach front property in wyoming to sell you. look being a mechanic ill ...

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thanks mavrik, i was actually thinking of driving to the nearest subaru dealer to test out a new wrx.... (removed) those things are fine. but the nearest dealer to me is like 3 hrs away.

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and hey i dont hate the new vibe just saying im disappointed with what it comes with. i am aobut to purchase another car in about 6 months. and had the new vibe came with say the v6 in the camry, or a super, or turbo charged 4 with a stick, i would be asking where do i sign. but as it stands it will...

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and yes buddy its slower than the old vibe gt's. i race my friends t/c with a 5 speed stick and smoke him everytime. and he is a very talented driver. has one his in class at scca quite a few times

injun_josh

yeah but what you forgot v is to add a speed after mazda. lets see...... 158< 263 which is what the mazda pumps out for about 3000$ more. which equals about $60 extra a month for a little over 100 horsepower more

injun_josh

yeah i know i am gonna catch some flack for this.

injun_josh

still sux imo. will not be able to compete with the mazdaspeed3, caliber srt, or civic si to name a few

injun_josh

that was written several months ago, sure they didn't scuttle the manual idea? pontiac's site says its only available with the driver selected auto. which is still utter crap. if not and a manual is available that definitely saves it some face.

injun_josh

the new vibe sux. slower, drinks more fuel, no available m/t, and in my opinion my 03 gt looks eons better. the first three you cant argue with cause they are, well, facts and the last is just my view. but i wanna know what everybody else thinks? i wish i had two more hands so i could give the new v...

injun_josh

got a set of 205/55/16 fusion zri's... so far I LOVE THEM. the continentals that were on it were utter crap. handles oh so much better. for the price i dont think you could beat them.. $415 mounted balanced and taxes. also got it realigned (its got 97825 miles on it.) when i get my new rims this sum...

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awesome i am probably gonna get the rk sport roof kit. wish they offered it in fiberglass though. feel kinda crappy paying 200 bucks for carbon fiber and painting over them. but i love everything to be color matched. got my tires by the way i got a set of fusion zri 205/55/16s. so far i am really ha...

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i have a 2003 vibe gt with the stock 16" rims.... what is the widest tire i can stuff on there? i was thinking some 215/50/16???? second question, is there a kit out there that will let me remove the roof rails without looking like crap?? i hate those things so much...... totally kills the line...

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first off, when i first got my gt the clutch was slipping. so i replaced it with a exedy stage 1. about 3-4 months later, i was working with a computer company about 500 miles from home. when lunch came around one day i was busy with a big a$$ server so this guy who worked with me took my car to pic...

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hardy har har...... im from ms. and i really love it when jokes make it seem like only imbred retards come from the south. yet the dumbest question i ever had came out of chicago... we were lost and looking at the map on the hood of my car when a native chicago man walks up and asks me, "what a...

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i dont go out looking for street races but sometimes they just happen. i know its wrong of me and illegal but i have just to big of an ego, or maybe my body makes to much testosterone. but i do have a rule about street racing with myself. and that rule is that there are absolutely no cars infront of...

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sounds like we have had a few of the same cars i had a 93 95hp eclipse, a 97 cavalier z24, and a gt vibe.. quick question first you said the z24 you had was as quick as a vibe gt, what did you have done to the thing? mine had the upper and lower motor mounts from rksport, cai, header, catback exhaus...

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Well Im Back. Full of enthusiasm for the Vibe.

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so this is cool. smoked an 09 gt

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ok.. looks like i am gonna have to be the first to say it....

picked up my tires yesterday.

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