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Quickest and easiest but costly (3K) is to supercharged it...

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if you plan to get this... you may need something to cool the intake, like water/methanol injection. It comes with a 7.5 psi pulley. The standard pulley is bigger with 6.5 psi. Just FYI.

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I just found this... Has anyone bought this?http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...=WDVW

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OK.. How do you put an intercooler on the TRD supercharger? I don't have the imagination to see it work or happen.

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drukenvibe is correct... I have 03 AWD... I needed POWER... So, I supercharged it...I see, you are in Stockton.... My house will start contruction there in about a week and it'll be done in March... But, I'm moving there (Stockton) in December and live temporarily at my cousin's house until my house...

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no.. It will not fit the base. It will be a waste of your money.

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YESSS!!!!! What is the difference? The AWD pores are smaller and the headers setup is different due to the drive shaft down the center.

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Yeah.. Isn't that funny... I think his business is for classic and hot rods.

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Well... I found a place that can make the custom headers for AWD Matrix/Vibe. However, the guy refuses to make it for me. His reason is that it is illegal because he doesn't do EO or OE number (i think that is the carb number). But I think if we all call in, maybe they'll change their mind.The conta...

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Injen makes them for the Vibe... I know first hand... My car was used for the proto type.

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I have blown the front right strut last winter. I remembered it was a BIG pot hole in North Lake Tahoe that caused it. The next moring, I found a large puddle of oil right below the tire.

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You have a front wheel drive, right?And where did you get the pulley from?

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are you sure you bougth the water/meth injection at http://www.snowperformance.com?I found it... it is snowperformance.net

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Careful, don't run lean.. The result will be similar to Greenfire.By the way, where did you get the pulley and how much did it cost?How do you get the water or methanoyl injection system, and how to install?

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Jason is a very cool guy.. I contributed.

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I think this was the code that I got when I first installed the supercharger. To make a long story short, I got the Mass Air Flow sensor replaced and no more CEL.

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I don't even notice the tach moving greatly... It happens either with AC on or off... For the past few days, I have been trying to duplicate the problem but I can't seem to duplicate it.

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I was wonder if anyone is having the same problem as me...Sometimes when i press on the gas in 4th gear, the car makes a knock noise. Its sounds like the car briefly downshifted and return.. really brief. This does not happen too often. It occurs more frequently when I drive long, going uphill, and ...

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Sorry.. I didn't know about this event... I have been off of GenVibe for a few months.

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Check your vibe power steering fluid.... Lack of fluid will make the steering wheel stiffer.

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Did you see the silver vibe with the bra on the instruction sheets???? That's my vibe!!!! My vibe was the model.

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I'm getting on average about 22-25 mpg over 5000 miles. This includes both highway and city driving, AC maybe on or off. But then again, my vibe is AWD.

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I need to have some confirmation on this.... If I were to install a bigger engine drive polley, will this make my S/C increase boost?If so, do i need to replace my blow off value or adjust it?I really don't know how to adjust it.

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yeah.. that is for the supercharger wires... You can also put the vacuum wires thru there too but you boost gauge will be limited to the lenght of your vacuum line if you don't get a linker.

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I got mine at peps boy for 19.99.... I have pictures.. I will post it later. I love they way how my girlfriend installed the pod into the pillar using puddie.

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I also agree with joatman, i'm not sure how todays ecm will hand the new injected hydrogen. Will the ECM feed the same amount of fuel?Another concern for me would be the Force Induction, it may blow my engine if it were to compress H2 instead of atmospheric air.

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I found a link that describe the device.http://www.fortunecity.com/gre...t.htm

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OK.. I installed it but the dam vacuum hose is short... Well, it long enough if i can go directly from the firewall to the driver's pillar but i cannot get the vacuum hose thru the dash to the crack between the dash and the pillar. So currently, the gauge is in the little pull out tray on the left o...

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The power is great... I clocked myself from 0-60 mph using grade school football rushing method... you know.. one-one-thousand, two-one-thousand and so on...I got up to eight-one-thousand.I don't have the boost installed... I just it used to monitor the boost while the car was parked.

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this is a question for ones with boost gauge. How did you get the vacuum line from under the hood to the cabin? Did you drill a new whole?I haven't installed the gauge yet because of this.However, I did install it for a brief moment to see what are the readings...Idle -20 psi... I think is a vacuum....

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I get nothing close to the 31 on highway... Currently, I get 24 on highway on my s/c AWD

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Last spring, I grad from college and bought my vibe without a job. Luckily me, I got a job last Oct. Now, my car is paid off but I have school loans to pay. I don't have to pay back school until after I graduate from Graduate School, which will be after this fall semester.I find myself very lucky.

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I agree with Larry... It all depends on how hard you accelerate Or should i say how hard you want to accelerate.Anyhow, my trip up to logged 527.2 miles of uphill/down hill and up mountain and down. I used premium only, of course. I used 21.278 gallons. That equate to 24.78 mpg. The average speed on...

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so far i have no problem(s) with the SC.. I just installed a tranny Cooler to help cool down the automatic transmission fluid. I bought the kit for 39.99 plus tax at Pep boys... I will be taking the car up to Lake Tahoe tomorrow in the snow. I update you guys on the performance going up hill..I also...

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Any other numbers/times?

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i voted for you... but i really like the scisor door celica.

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I was wonder how fast from 0-60 mph and 1/4 mile for the following vehicles:1. GT2. AWD S/C3. Base Auto S/C4. Base Manual S/C5. Base Manual Turbo ---Faultline has to fill out this part.I have AWD S/C but I don't have numbers...

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Sorry, I can't make any meet on a weekday... I have work. How was the meet?This on was on friday night, but i live in San jose, CA so it'll take me 5+ hours to get there, assuming i drive within speed limits.

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I bought one 7-8 months ago from gmpartsdirect.com.I installed it but i think i could have place it better... My advise to you if you do install it is to have it 1/2 to 1/4 of an inch to the rear end of the bumper.Sometimes i think its a waste of money just buying it.

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Could be... I heard of stories where they pumped the wrong octane gas into the gas station tank.

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I just installed the S/C last weekend and I observed only a tank... i got 179 miles with 7.2 gallons. So, it is approximately 24.86 mpg, mixed between city/highway... Of course, this was my first week with the S/C on the car and I frequently tested the power, meaning that i floored more than half th...

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Yes, my vibe is AWD... I haven't driven a FWD auto or manual s/c.I can feel the difference mainly on 3 and 4 gear... but I really can't tell much different on 1st and 2nd gear. Before the s/c, i'll have a hard time going from 65-80 mph. Now it actually accelerate thru the speed with no problems.. bu...

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OK... Its a success...I started to install the S/C this morning at 8 AM and got done at noon..It worksss!!!!No problems.. Car starts... I can rev up to Red Line. No Check engine light... Car has some power with the S/C.

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They will replace the MAF sensor with the factory warranty.I will install the S/C on my own...

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I have no idea... I do plan to install the S/C again next weekend... This upcoming weekend, I would like to go SnowBoarding and I haven't driven my car nearly two weeks.If the MAF goes bad again, it maybe related to the S/C... It may have gone bad when I installed the S/C the first time around.

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my car got towed to the Dealer today... Later in the day, the dealer called and said that the mass air flow sensor was bad. I will be getting my car back in a few days. Its a special order part. Hopefully that will fix the problem....

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OK... everything on my car is stock...Initially, i had the S/C ecm adaptor on the stock ecm. Car didn't start. So, I took out the adpator and the car finally started. BUT... it will not rev any higher than 3K rpm and the "Check Engine" light was on. I had a guy diagnost the car and it says...

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The dealer in San Jose wanted $2995 for S/C and $670 for labor. They were willingly to give 10% off on teh S/C so the S/C would be $2695 plus tax.

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GM Goodwrendh

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nope... cannot tell by looking at the plug.I think i will take Greenfire(jason) advise... I will uninstall the S/C unit and put back OE stuff and see if my car will start. If not, then at least I can take the car to the dealer.I think by the end of this, i'll be a vibe s/c expert (really inside, i f...

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