I don't know about a gas/electric hybrid, but a Diesel/electric would be a nice alternative which GM has experimented with in an Opel Speedster. A 1.3L turbo diesel engine coupled with an electric motor averaged 94mpg. Quote, originally posted by vibeless »http://www.sae.org/automag/glo...htm Eco-S...

maybe a change to synthetic motoroil for the cold climates like Mobil1 0w-30.

Hi guys,It seems like Mase hit the Rev limiter. Has anyone else who's experienced the fuel shutoff check their Tach? It seems unlikely that GM would limit the GT to an unrounded number like 138mph. It would be more like 140 or 150mph. Granted the speedometer might not be exact at those speeds. Any m...

Well cohocarl, you def convinced me to do the install myself. the only thing I need to know now is how to take off the door panel since I was a cheap ******* and went with the manual windows. Anybody can help me? it seems like it has a clip or is it just screwed on? thx

Yeah but who knows what GM has done to this engine Mine starts right up. A few things come to mind with long starts: 1) if you're parked on a slant 2) it could be an emmisions thing ie the new standard that the 2005 adopted compared to that of the 2003.

hey drummerdude, from what I understand none of the Vibes are governed. How logical would it be to have a governor on the 1zz when it won't physicaly pass the 110 mph mark(or atleast won't go much further then 110 w/o f/i)? Logic would be to put it on the 2zz which we know isn't the case. It would b...

Many tuner cars in SCC have the MSD systems in their cars. Here is the link to the companies website http://www.msdignition.com/

Car and Driver has a little paragraphe on the 2zz and the question of it's reliability "There have been durability concerns with this engine, particularly in sustained high-rpm operation. Although some suggest the problem is insufficient oil pressure, the Lotus engineers believe oil temperature...

yes but it's tuned to put out 190hp@7800rpm and 138lb ft@6800rpm. One has to wonder why Toyota hasn't done the same tuning? (yeah yeah longevity and all )

I've got an average of 37mpg(90% highway, 10%city) on last fill on premium but I usually get arround 35mpg driving 70-75mph. I'm no expert but it seems TRD4reel that you might have a prob with you're intake... If i'm not mistaken an improperly center oxygen censor will wreck havic on performance and...

yeah, but reading SCC or any other tuner mag, first they indicate better performance with higher octane gas compared to Cali gas(even when tuned on Cali gas) and in one article they indicate that gas types difere from one region of the US to another. I'll stick to premium till it starts to really hu...

I believe I read on the forum CAI and the supercharger don't mix. anybody correct me if i'm wrong

Quote, originally posted by wicked1981 » 30% increse in HP right? so thats 42hp gain 140+42=182???? Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it isn't a 30% gain overall but in the lower rpm only and the total Hp gain in the end is in the 170's. again correct me if I'm wrong.

I was looking at caranddriver. com and found this interesting article on dino testing... thought you guys would be interested http://www.caranddriver.com/ar...=8020

Just thought I should mention it... I was thinking in the subway today... if the new 05 Vibe really will come out like what they have shown us then it'll increase the demand for body kits... Maybe not a bad thing then

Well I don't know if you guys know about this (or even if this is the kind of mod you want) but Street Force apparently offers a fiberglass ram air hood. http://www.streetforce.ca

please post on the other thread. thanx.http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=9433

Anybody knows a good speed shop in the NYC area? It's annoying because it seems that a vast majority of good speedshops are on the west coast. I'm not sure that i'll have a turbo installed right away (especially with these high gas prices!) but I'd like to know. Thanx for any info.

I voted too... we're down a bit to 29.3%

I have to admit there seems to be a return to manual trannies. Thanx in part to the Fast and Furious crowd:-) I just hope it continues.

Quote, originally posted by Fialchar »Well, the Vibe is the first car I bought from a dealer, but that's pretty much how it happened. I'm not disapointed in my choice in the least, but I would wish I would have gotten the 5 spd manual so I could tweak it more Automatics eat up a lot of hp and torqu...

I checked out GM Performance Parts website for S/C manual... Nothing there! GM seems to be REALLY unorganized! Between what we hear on the forums, from GM, and from the dealers, who knows who to believe! seems to me that the original $2000 installed was reasonable.

also a new kit out (or soon) for the Vibe/Matrix from Air Lift Comp. http://www.airliftcompany.com/...x.htm

Thanks for the help. Weird that it didn't want to vibrate when I needed it to lol.

I've had this problem for a while but only decided to take care of it this week. the rear left speaker or the panel of that door is vibrating with certain bass. This speaker is the only one to vibrate of all 4. I went to the Regan dealer here in Long Island City, NY and they told me they checked the...

lol... cool. thx but what I'd really like to know is numbers ( don't need to be precise). Can anyone do me a favor and check their milage in "normal" driving conditions? I was able to get 40mpg once LoL (don't know how though except that I was driving 60mph)

Hi guys, I'm new here. well I've tried to read all the threads... I'd like a short ram intake but apperantly no one has posted if there is an actual fuel economy... anyone know?