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VOTM voting for the May 2005 VOTM winner has commenced and will end sometime during the third week of May. Below are the eligible nominees. The voting is locked to the choices below until nominations are once again reopened later in May for the June VOTM process.If you are a nominee or nominated someone, please post pics or links to pics here to help voters.Nominations for this May 2005 VOTM were made in http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=16107. The last VOTM winner was Psychobroker in January. http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=14353Note to mods/admins, it will be up to you to close the poll and announce the winner. Also, Nick was nominated, but I disqualified him because he can use his admin powers to skew the vote, (and we all know he rules anyway) Get those votes in

Here are pics of the PsychovibeThe Interior is fully gutted out of it this week to get it all smoothed and painted to match the outside of the car for the GM Small Car Bash.Hope to see you all there.

Faultline is my vote as well.Inder

Bump! Only 28 Votes!!! Come on!

Before to vote where is Faultline vibe picture?

I have to vote for Freestyle. I saw his Vibe in Ohio last year and it is SWEET. Not too overdone, but done just enough.

Not feelin his car nemore though. He's got 2 like 4.5" tips on his exhaust. It looks a little too much.Inder

I've hardly done much aesthetically to make my Vibe stand out, but here are pics anyway.Exterior Shots: Full headlamp and foglamp HID conversion: Powering the full conversion is 4 ballasts: Custom Canadian Decals:HID decals:GM exhaust tip:Interior Shots: Windshield Mounted XM SkyFi 2:XM permanantly mounted antenna:Pioneer DEH-P8600MP:Auto-dim rearview mirror with compass, exterior temp, and map lights:Audiobahn A4004T amp:JL Audio XR650.CSi Component Speakers in front:Polk MOMO MM6 Component Speakers in rear:I think that's it...for now. Thanks for the nomination!

Quote, originally posted by POLO »Before to vote where is Faultline vibe picture?Yeah, sorry, my camera has been broken for over a year now, but, I did get a new one recently ...It is thursday night , and the camera is off somewhere else till tomorrow, otherwise I would snap some pics right now. I will take a picture of the car, then one of the engine compartment.I will try to explain the components of the turbo system. Then I will try to go out and get a picture of the boost guage at 12 psi or something crazy like that so you can see where I mounted the guage.....maybe i will be passing up a 350z or something give me till saturday.

Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 »LETS GO Faultine, LETS GO!!!!!!!! No fair, Faultline has cheerleaders!

Quote, originally posted by POLO »Before to vote where is Faultline vibe picture?the lack of pictures is from the half (removed) way I resurrected VOTM, so maybe for the June VOTM nomination thread, nominations should require posting a link, description, or justification for why a person's Vibe is nominated.Since I started the nominations thread for May, I didn't nominate anyone this time, but in previous months I have nominated faultline because he is a Vibe pioneer, the first turbovibe on the planet, turbo'd that thing over two years ago and still running strong.from http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=2680Quote, originally posted by faultline »When the turbo kiks in...it is like a Disneyland ride!your head and body press back into your seat andd your suddenly thankful for the invention of safety belts ...its going into warp speed on a star-trek episode ...any way its a lot of fun!...not only that , but the car sounds different now...LOL it sounds sounds like the bat mobile...

I had a hard time choosing, I think I made the right choice.

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »the lack of pictures is from the half (removed) way I resurrected VOTM, so maybe for the June VOTM nomination thread, nominations should require posting a link, description, or justification for why a person's Vibe is nominated.Since I started the nominations thread for May, I didn't nominate anyone this time, but in previous months I have nominated faultline because he is a Vibe pioneer, the first turbovibe on the planet, turbo'd that thing over two years ago and still running strong.from http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=2680I took some pics, but can only put them up as attachments. When I do that, the picture is way too big. If anyone knows what I need to do to make it smaller , just let me know, I cant seem to do it.

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So I'm assumin u got my email

Quote, originally posted by Faultline »I took some pics, but can only put them up as attachments. When I do that, the picture is way too big. If anyone knows what I need to do to make it smaller , just let me know, I cant seem to do it. Send the pictures to my email. I'll make them smaller and send them back to you. Please send me an IM letting me know you sent them or I wont know.

My vote is for Faultline the original Turbo Vibe.

Close race, when is this ending "officially"? Better get your votes in now!

Faultline, Got any other pics of your ride, Like the whole car. I saw the kit. Any other pics besides the turbo kit and your wheels?Inder

here is my original dyno, at about 8.5 psi...long ago

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Any more recent pics of your ride?Inder

I never fixed the size thing

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Lookin good Inder

If you use http://www.photobucket.com . They automatically resize them for you if the file is more than 250 kb.Inder

I like irfanview for resizing pics

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hey thanks for the resize ! ....Here are some parts explained as many of you notice , it hardly looks like the same engine bay any more1. turbo2. air filter3 water injectection fitting, (not hooked up)4. Fuel kit, the blue thing is the fmu. beneath is a fuel pump.5. waste gate bleeder valves. ..this is my boost controller..a simple twist of a valve or two or three can easily change boost from 4 psi to 14 psi! ..the fuel kit adapts. 6.MAF new spot.7. throttle body. The whit pipes route the air from the turbo to the intercooler, then to the throttlebody.

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Quote, originally posted by Faultline »hey thanks for the resize ! ....ok, here's another (took me a while to figure out that PSF file was really a jpeg )

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Its a lot of fun to be nominated for VOTM, and I suppose I will win one of these times, if not this time. I must confess that I am not really a show car type of person, and that every thing I have modified on the Vibe has everything to do with performance, and not heavily on appearance. The Vibe is a great car, and after nearly three years, I still like it a lot. I take it to work everyday, and I take the car on a road that runs along the SanAndreas Fault. That is how I picked my user name, and why I got caught up in the performance craze. I bought the car for looking cool, be economicly priced , utilitarian, and fuel efficient.I take the Vibe camping, on long road trips,soccer practices as well as my daily route to work. It was the daily trek that I discovered how fun and zippy this little car was! One thing led to another, and before I realized how obsessed I was getting, I had my car into Stafford Fabrication getting a turbo put on it. After I put the turbo on, I headed down the road of adapting the car to the 50%- 100% power increase. The increase is variable as my boost amount is adjustable. These adaptations include: Forged 17" wheels, for looks and lighter turning parts. Heavier duty clutch to deal with the extra power. Lighter flywheel , for lighter turning parts, and ease of quicker shifting.Bigger exhaust to increase power and quicker turbo spool. Stiffer motor mount inserts to rid myself of wheel hop. Lowering springs for a stiffer suspension. Stafford Fabrication stickers on the windows , because Mike Stafford slipped those on when I wasnt looking boost guage , to moniter boost level. These are my mods to the Vibe, to make going fast better. I still may get a Limited Slip Differential to help solve traction issues, but it is another big expense. Over all, I am satisfied with the mods I have done, to this great car, and it has all been worth it!!!

Quote, originally posted by damronjr »Close race, when is this ending "officially"? Better get your votes in now!bump

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »Note to mods/admins, it will be up to you to close the poll and announce the winner. It's June,so is it time to close the poll, announce a May VOTM winner and start a nominations thread for a June VOTM ??

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »It's June,so is it time to close the poll, announce a May VOTM winner and start a nominations thread for a June VOTM ??YEah, no kidding, what's up with this? Where have all the admins gone?!?

Quote, originally posted by damronjr »YEah, no kidding, what's up with this? Where have all the admins gone?!?Sleeping?

Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants »Sleeping? I think a local needs to go check up on him!

Nick is only about an hour to an hour and a half away. ROAD TRIP!

Well, even though I did something wrong and the poll entirely disappeared, with 24 votes, PsychoVibe is the winner. Congrats Psychovibe!

Quote, originally posted by millster »Well, even though I did something wrong and the poll entirely disappeared, with 24 votes, PsychoVibe was the winner. I think Nick will need to make it official though. I must concede that Psychovibe's vibe looks better than my car.... for sure....my congratulations for a well cared about car ...it looks as fast as my car is.

Quote, originally posted by Faultline »I must concede that Psychovibe's vibe looks better than my car.... for sure....my congratulations for a well cared about car ...it looks as fast as my car is. The way I understand it, Psychovibe seems to actually be strictly a show car, but I could be wrong.

Congratulations Psychovibe!

Congrats, Man! Nice Ride!

it's about damn time! you have one of the best vibes out there, spent a lot of time, love, and tenderness on it! you deserve the accolations for sure! lol

Congrats psychovibe Lets get the June one in now

GRATS !!!! its well earned !

Quote, originally posted by ArcsVibe »Congrats psychovibe Lets get the June one in now to get back on schedule, probably ought to start a July votm nominations thread

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »to get back on schedule, probably ought to start a July votm nominations thread I'm going to get the June one up this weekend. No worries.

Congratulations, Psychovibe! You definitely earned it; don't think I've seen a better tricked-out Vibe.

Quote, originally posted by millster » I'm going to get the June one up this weekend. No worries. can I worry now?

Sorry Joatmon.No, don't worry just yet... not yet.

just playing, no worries

Congrats Psychovibe....... and thanks for my 2votes from Mr. Poopypants and Merzbow!!

Let me just start by saying...I don't even want to hear it Joatmon. Sorry all, I know I promised that VOTM would return for June. I'm afraid I missed my target by a little bit.That said, VOTM WILL return for July. Start thinking about your nominations now.Stay tuned!

Quote, originally posted by millster »Let me just start by saying...I don't even want to hear it Joatmon. http://www.eastmidlands.info/s...e.jpg