Vibe on steriods!

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wyatt89
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Vibe on steriods!

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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!
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yep! Your Vibe was suffering from altitude sickness!!!
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Post by lovemyraffe »

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
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Mine goes on steroids every winter when we get to -20°F. lol.
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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...!!!!
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The subie gives you smaller testicles? Huh, you learn somthing new every day.
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lol, wow 300 hp, try my friends foxbody that runs a 9.81 on drag radials :D i'm interested to see what it'll do when its juiced
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Post by engineertwin2 »

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.
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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...
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lol true true
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