So I moved back from Wyoming (crap hole) to Texas (yay!) and as I started to get back into my region (dallas) my car did something amazing, It became quick again...When I was in Wyoming, the elevation where I lived was 7220ft, back in dallas its a whole crapload lower, I think it has something to do with that...but seriously...my car feels like someone dropped a v8 into it, it actually has torque, it pulls really hard, and its actually fun to drive again! it was really weak up there and it took a decade to accelerate and wouldnt maintain speed on the highway...I love my vibe again! man i love air!
'04 lava GTSRI, Progress rear sway bar, Infinity reference backs, components in the front, Infinity Kappa 124.7w sub, Alphasonik 600rms@2ohms for the sub, alpine head unit, worst paint ever!
That's what happens when you go play in the mountains. My house is about 5800 ft, and when I go play in California it sure is nice. Just wait till you take all the crap out of the back and then see how much fun it is to drive!
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supposed to be a lot of oil wells in Texas, maybe it's not the altitude, maybe the gas in WYoming is stale compared to the freshly pumped stuff in Texas
steroids???? You just got back what you lost... Come out to Mi, and we'll go for a ride in the Subie, THEN you will know the true power of steroids...!!!!
lol, wow 300 hp, try my friends foxbody that runs a 9.81 on drag radials i'm interested to see what it'll do when its juiced
'04 lava GTSRI, Progress rear sway bar, Infinity reference backs, components in the front, Infinity Kappa 124.7w sub, Alphasonik 600rms@2ohms for the sub, alpine head unit, worst paint ever!
FYI, the general rule of thumb is that a naturally aspirated engine loses approximately 3%of it's HP per 1,000 ft of elevation gained. So for your elevation change, you were probably only at about 132 HP at the flywheel.
2004 Vibe GT Lava Monotone, Moon & Tunes PackageMods:Homelink17" TenzoR Mach 10s, Black w/ Red grooveTintFormer Cars: '87 Subaru DL, '99 Chevy Malibu (hated it)'99 VW Passat (like it), '99 Volvo S80 T6 (wet dreams are made of it)
Quote, originally posted by ajflan »The subie gives you smaller testicles? Huh, you learn somthing new every day.The Subie, naw man, that makes for HUGE BRASS.... well you know, it's the Recaro bucket, that makes'em skrink...