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dmitri

thanks for all your advice.... What do you all reccommend i do about the trans? I think i need new synchros. It shifts kinda sloppy, especially when its cold its hard to get into gears. There isnt the normal grind like youd see on a honda, mine grinds sometiomes before its in gear, like going thru n...

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I have had my vibe gt since april of 2003. Ever since the beginning of the summer, I have had many problems. Theres the rattling/creaking from the suspension and crappy interior parts, sh*tty plastic feeling shifter and trans grinds, my motor shakes and sounds like theres alot of stress on it (yes, ...

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Ive had shifter bushings for almost a year. about 2 months after i put them in, one of the pins fell out and the bushing came off while i was driving, and i couldnt get into gear. I had to pull over and luckily i had an extra pin in my car for some weird reason. I think it happened because i didnt k...

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i have about 30k miles on my vibe and i drive it hard alot. i get alot of noise from my car while its idling. I have the polyurethane motor mounts and i think that may be it? Im starting to think i need some valves adjusted because it sounds like valve tap...

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my front and rear suspension has been creaking for a while, i checked the mount and its not that. Its the springs and ****, but with all the potholes in my part of jersey its kinda inevitable that it happens.

dmitri

take off the cruise control box, its 2 screws, and just move it out of the way while you work...plenty of room then.

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yea we have a timing chain, much more reliable and stuff. also more noisy lol

dmitri

do it yourself.1. Loosen all the mounts first, then remove all the bolts on the trans moutn and put a jack under the trans and jack up the motor and trans until you have space to access the rubber. 2. Go in from the top, take off the plastic cover that says vvtl-i and reach in and pull it out from t...

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^^^^I doubt it because ive done it sooo many times....its not my fault though, because ive never really missed it, its just that i shift too fast and it wont go into gear and grinds at really high rpm. It just wont let me in unless i let the rpm's down. So instead, i shift slower but gas it between ...

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my 2nd gear synchro's are garbage as well. It only grinds at really high rpm and i hit the limiter while im moving which i believe is at 8400!If i shift carefully though, i get used to it and it doesnt do it.

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4 cyl imports = torque low, shift high.lol muscle cars are fun

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i abuse the **** out of my clutch on my vibt gt, and have even glazed it over once when it slipped when i launched wrong. I have 24,000 miles and nothing is wrong, i still go racing every weekend or so, and drop the clutch at 5000 rpm or more

dmitri

when i blow my vibe gt motor, im putting in a 1zz and a big turbo

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did you have the apex'i safc?

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i have brass shifter bushings. world of difference, surprising how it is. im getting the TMW quickshifter the day it comes out...i need it

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mine makes a slightly diffeent noise and with the motor mounts its evident with the engine vibrations, but im not concerned. my trans is shot probly anyway from grinding 2nd 50% of the time i race

dmitri

i dont have a scanner. A few matrix's have gotten into 14's with less mods then me. Its all in the driver...I dont see why its so hard for some people to believe. I practice all the time, almost every weeekend. come race with me, i race on the streets in new jersey and go up to new york sunday and w...

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BTW i have mille miglia 16's not 17's.oh yes, and i will also take pics of my drag radials on celica 15's when i get a camera as well. i cant stand people that hate. If you think your car is faster then mine then put some $$$ down. I street race every weekend and will race anyone on this board. And,...

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sorry ive been afk for a while so havnt had time to reply. my mods are as follows: Injen CAIThrottle body port and polish and port match to intake manifoldCustom Full exhaustPolyurethane Motor Mount InsertsBrass Shifter BushingsBF Goodrich Traction T/A's on celica 15'sRear seat removed, Spare and to...

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my malibu does 120's in the 1/4 mile

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Ran a 14.986 at Englishtown over the weekend. I lost my slip somewhere in my car along with all my other garbage but my reaction time was a .501 which is close to perfect I emptied out my spare and all the stuff in the back and had the gas light on and put in 2 gallons of race fuel. I also had my go...

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i ran a 14.9 with intake, exhaust, port and polish (of TB and intake manifold matching), motor mounts, and brass shifter bushings. 14.9 is the best i think i will run with these mods. With a 50 shot i think i can run low 14's

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man, lots of haters! i dunno about where u guys live but by me no one really has this and its not a huge 5 inch tip its 3....i also ran a 14.9 at englishtown, i think the first 14 on this board?

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1 more. looks sexy at night

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had it for a while, and i run with no resonator and a high flow cat its extremely loud at times but so bassy it makes the car rumble inside bad. very very deep not honda high pitched. the banner is 1320 performance in linden, NJ if anyone cares. I roll with them to races at times etc. http://www.132...

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Well, i have 20k miles on my car in just under a year I race sometimes and hit lift waaay too much lol. My clutch and everything still feels good. How are the valves, timing, and all of the valvetrain in this car? does anything need to be adjusted or checked or maintained if the car is driven hard?A...

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its so tasteless. Ive seen maybe one or two tasteless cars on here but please dont ruin a nice car. man if you do that you should be banned from this board.the only reason tires should stick out on a vibe would be slicks in front.

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hook your filter up to a vacuum for a little while and turn the vacuum on.

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their mille miglia evo 5's.nope didnt remove any weight, i even had my backpack in back cause i just came from detention at school and all my friends were there so i hauled (removed) to get down to englishtown lol. I also had 3/4 of a tank of gas. And i used the stock continentals but have goodyear ...

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well, im kinda dissapointed, but its not that bad. My mods are Intake, exhaust, port and polish, polyurethane motor mounts, and brass shifter bushings. R/T - .42660' - 2.598330 - 6.9231/8 - 10.339MPH - 72.101000 - 13.2431/4 - 15.628MPH - 92.50I spun first but overall wasnt a bad launch, and i spun s...

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ill take a pic of mine tommorow its custom angled out, looks weird in the pic like its sticking out in the pic i have

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i hit lift like 20 times a day, no smell. (except burned rubber )

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go custom and pay half what everyone else did, get the sound and look u want.

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it took me 15 mins. u forgot to take the cruise control off the cruise control is bolted on with 2 bolts, to get to the bushings just unbolt it and move it and you'll have all the room you need.

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i dunno if imma turbo im probly gonna go with unichip or something....but right now i cant get into second gear when racing without major grinding

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lol wheres teh mass airflow sensor???

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Would that fuel rail work? im thinking of somehow taking that and enlarging the passages and putting on new injectors. anyone know?

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its $78 so no one knows anything bout aftermarket lines or fuel rail?

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Yup. I dunno how i did it, but its a brittle plastic and easy to crack so to anyone doing engine work, be careful with it. It goes into the fuel rail, and is about a foot long...that is the section i cracked. A foot or so later theres a plug where it turns hard again I spilled alot of gass everywher...

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nah its 2 motor mount inserts...theres 4 inserts, you put one in each side of the mount.

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Well i been doing a lot of mods lately and i read about the brass shifter bushings for my 6-speed. Installation was easy, the shifter linkage is right underneath the cruise control. I don't know how, but similarly to the motor mounts i just did, this cheap mod really helps alot. It takes out any gue...

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lolyea im loving my motor mounts more every day, i love how they really improve the torque that you feel and the torque that reaches the ground...definitely improves your 0-60 especially if you have grippy tires.

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meguiars has a product for cleaning dirty engine bays...its the Meguiars EXTRA All surface cleaner http://www.meguiars.com/store_...ory=1

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burning rubber is effortless now. when i laid out a strip i didnt even know i was burning out, and it left a nice thick layer of rubber lol

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ah. ok well i drove it to my friend at 1320 performance and he got it alot easier on the lift. driving with the 1 mount out was fine, i just took it easy.the mounts are awesome, i honestly was doubtful about how it could change anything, but from the second i gave it gas to let the clutch up i felt ...

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well no, its on. the mount is lined up. the bolt is even thru 1 side of the mount just cant get it lined up to push it all the way thru.

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no it wouldnt help. i had 3 people pulling and pushing the motor while the other mounts were loose. it shifted just too much. doing these mounts is luck ill tell everyone how the difference is tommorow when i get the rear one put in. The other ones im gonna do myself.

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! good idea ! lol i might just do that to get it there safely.

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i would use a punch or something with a tapered end to get thru first, but the prob is there isnt enough room down there to do stuff liek that. its EXTREMELY tight and in a bad area. Can i drive it slowly to get to the shop?

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yea i couldnt get the rear one in. Anyone know if i can drive to a shop with the rear motor mount loosened? the other 3 are on tight. the rear one, i cant get the holes lined up because i dont have an engine hoist and i got unluky with the way the motor dropped. Please dont respond telling me to try...

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