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The so called GTO looks nothing like the muscle I remember. GM needs a sports car like the TA and Camaro that will duel with the 390 HP Mustang Cobra. The Corvette is to damn expensive for most to afford around $50,000 and a Cobra goes for $31,000. The GTO looks like a family car and is heavy and wi...

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David talks about the 1ZZ-FE celica and gas mileage plus some traction problems he's running into.quote:Well, I drove 299.8 miles on 12.003 gallons of Premium Unleaded, netting almost exactly 25 miles to the gallon.This will inevitably drop a bit as the extra 400cc's of fuel becomes available, and W...

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I have heard of celica owners doing a similar mod. What it does it trick your ECU in to thinking the incoming air temp is much cooler than what it really is. Since cooler air is more dense than warmer air the ECU then has the fuel injectors spray more fuel into the engine resulting in more power.The...

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I saw this ad on Hot Rod TV and had to check out. Next time I have to turn my disk brakes I'm going to order this product.quote:Our revolutionary On-the-car RotorResurfacerÂ® pads allow you to resurface (or machine) your front wheel drive (or 4 wheel drive) brake rotors in less than 30-minutes, with...

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I'm curious to know what everyone got for Christmas. Since I started this thread I'll start.27" TVPlaystation II, extra controller, Grand Turismo III, and 007 Dies another day games.Computer printer3/4 HP Bench top grinderDeep fryerTap & Die set (fixes messed up bolt threads or makes thread...

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On small dispacement engines as in the Vibe back pressure is key to low end grunt. To much and you might gain some in the low RPMs but hurt yourself in the upper RPM. To little and you will feel it in the ((removed) dyno) and the car will feel sluggish down low. You'll have to find the right combo.I...

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The free flowing cat will reduce back pressure and you might lose a little low end torque but I think you'll be very happy with your top end power. Installing a 60 series flowmaster and I don't think you'd lose any low RPM torque and you'd gain some high RPM power.Let us know how it goes. I did this...

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Enough said. LOL

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No. A 5 speed is in the range of low 8 sec 0 to 60 times. The Vibe GT or XRS will do 0 to 60 in 7.2 seconds.

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Step 1 - remove Valve coverOnce you have it off you will see this Take a closer look at this area - the 2 10mm head bolts you need to inspect are pictured below: Take the bolts out and inspect them. I dont have a picture of a good one, but heres what they look like when worn (should be replaced) And...

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Skunk2 has coil overs available now. They are listed for the Matrix but they will work for the Vibe as well.http://www.skunk2.com/http://www.mmrusa.com has them for sale for $309.95 part # 517-08-2450 and on that site they are listed for the Vibe as well. Once at the do a search for Vibe or Matrix a...

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http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mechanic.mp3 This was killin me to listen to LOL

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quote:440cc injectors from RC or anyone else would fit right in? Actually, that's the problem. They don't just fit in. On the GT-S, they do. On the GT, you have to fit the injectors into a hole in the head. You only have about 2mm worth of extra space beyond the size of the injector itself, so essen...

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Well I'm not in VA but hello from Fort Knox.

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I have seen this happen. A light bulb is in a vacumm. If any air gets in it will burn up the fiiiment very quickly and leave a film on the inside of the glass. This looks like what has happened to your bulb. Air leaked in.

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LOL If I can't get it at a junk yard, Autozone, or Walmart I don't need it. I do buy a lot of stuff off the internet though. My wife is another story.

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Their insurance wont cover this? Sorry to hear about the trouble.

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I'm sorry to all the Vibe owners but I have yet to find any place that sells parts for the Vibe like I have for the Matrix. We are working a store that we will open on this site that will be selling parts for the Vibe and Matrix but we are still working on it.

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Well ya pretty much beacuse it wont fit after the SC is installed. You could all ways buy one and use it until you had the SC installed and then cut the CAI and to install it on your SC but this is up to you.I plan on making a custom CAI for the SC just as I made a custom CAI for my car.

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quote:I bought the base Vibe. Is it possible to fit the brakes off of a GT up to the Base Vibe's rear wheels? Is there any improvements over the base Vibe's rear drums. I was thinking about trying to find a wrecked Vibe GT or Matrix XRS and poaching those parts. Any thoughts?Look at this post.http:/...

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The tires don't really make the sun roof shater. It the body flex that was causing the problem. When you take a corner very fast at high speed the vehicle will lean into the curve. The better the tires the better they hold the road and the more the body of the vehicle will flex because of this. Most...

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quote:The TRD Big Brake Kit currently available for the Toyota Celica, has been approved for installation on the Matrix base, XR and XRS 2WD models. TRD's big brake assembly comes complete with two-piece slotted rotors, 4-piston aluminum calipers, stainless steel, braided brake lines and high-perfor...

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If you invest in the aftermarkets parts you said I wouldn't be worried at all. Plus you'll love the way it handles.

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It can only void your warrenty if they figure out what you did.

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All the info I have read has also said it will fit and install and even work perfectly on a AWD Vibe. The drive shaft and diff. in the rear can't take much torque and you might run into a problem with it.I'm sure someone will do this mod and let us know how it goes.

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Just put your head near the rear end and your feet to the front. You'll be fine. Take some pictures of your camping trip. We love pics.

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I was told many months ago and wote this in another post, the reason GM didn't make the 17s with the sun roof a option was because of a safty issue. During testing phaze the 17" tires grip so well when they did extremely hard cornering there was so much body flex that the sun roofs were shateri...

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If it's new get to the dealer for some free warrenty work.As for forums. You can check outhttp://www.honda-tech.com 31,000 membershttp://forums.clubsi.com 26,000 membersHope this helps

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Autozone normally sells tire chains in the winter. I'd check with them first. On the why don't you just buy snow tires thing, I can tell you chains are a lot less expensive than tires and if you only need them every once in awhile I wouldn't buy tires.

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I'm very sorry to hear about your sister and I hate to hear when anyone gets hurt but I don't feel it's a GM defect either.The first thing I would look at would be to check and see if the battery is no good. The second would be to see if the alternator was actually making power to recharge the batte...

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Are you sure it's painted on? Try taking a hair dryer to it and heat it up and then with your figure nail try to get under the pin striping when it's still very hot. It should come off. Normally pin stripping isn't painted on.

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This kind of shifting is very very hard on your trany. You'll end up paying for this end the end with your synchros going out and it will be very difficult to even shift when using the clutch.Learn to shift fast using the clutch. It's not that hard.

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If your using something to push the snow off the top of your car I can tell you your putting swirl marks all over your clear coat. Why would you even care if snow was on the top of your car anyway as long as your windows were clear?

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The same company I linked to above has a water injection kit for normally asperated engines. With this kit you could run low octane gas on a high er compression engine without knocking or a degrade in engine performance. Your gas mileage should also increase.

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Well look at it this way. over all it probably wont hurt the engine over time but it will ware out a clutch faster than normal and also the synchronizers. Both of which are much more expensive to replace than brake pads.I wouldn't recommend doing this unless for some od reason you just had to. Also ...

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They did dyno it. At least one did and the low end torque the engine had was really hurt and it only added about 2 HP high up in the power band. Not worth the money by any means.

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Water injection will be the way I'm going. It's cheap and it's very effective. This is the kit I'll porbably end up going with. It'll really help once I increase the supercharger PSI.http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=328&postid=6001

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Looks like all you GT and XRS owners will have forced induction after all. Blitz is working on a supercharger for the 2ZZ. Click on the link below and scroll to the bottom. They have the Matrix XRS (2ZZ-GE) listed.http://www.blitz-na.com/Blitz_Supercharger.htm

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http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/radar4.html

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Thought members might like to see how a Matrix handles a crash.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 1874848818

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Any Matrix owners looking for a body kit the link below sells one.http://www.mytightride.comhttp://www.my ... oymat.html

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There are all ready a few headers available. All the info I have seen on them is they end up hurting performance. 3 XRS owners over at matrixowners.com bought headers and installed them on their 2ZZ and within a month all 3 had put the stock manifold back on. They said their acceleration went down a...

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Here's another update on the turbo.quote:Sooooo.......close The GT-S injectors were fairly close, but just not enough. No check engine light, smooth idle, and insane power.....at part throttle. At WOT, is coughs and wheezes like any car that's not getting enough fuel. So, the 320cc injectors must go...

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I guess this isn't working for me because all I get when I click on the link is a yellow screen?

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quote:It's funny how everybody says the 130 hp engine has more low torque. It's the same engine up until 6000 rpm.Like Nova said the 1ZZ-FE and 2ZZ-GE are two totally different engines. Nothing is the same when it comes to the engines themselfs. The only thing that is really the same is they both ha...

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I know what I did when I turned 16 and got to drive my parents car. I DROVE IT LIKE I STOLE IT! I went mudding in my moms family car and washed it before going home. I drove the (removed) out of it and never stopped driving like that until I got a car I paid for. I drove fine out of the drive way bu...

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Great post. Welcome to genvibe!

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In my talks I have had with Gm they have said repeatedly they use a different ECU in the Vibe than Toyota uses in the Matrix. GM has also said their ECU is much more complex than the ECU used in the Matrix. The same holds rue for the piggy back computer that will be used with the supercharger. Both ...

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back on the wheel issue they need to add the GXP wheels and make the wheels a option then add it in the ad.

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