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I have a vibe and I'm wondering what I can do to make it faster? And I don't want nos so can you tell me things such as installing a turbo. But can you tell me the things I should do that will tremendously increase performance and make my car go faster being the 4 banger it is. Also can you name the brand of the part you recommend that goes with the vibe if you can.

I also want to make my car sound a lot better. I haven't done anything to the exhaust and I don't know much about exhausts. So can you tell me what kind I need and what I should do to it etc. I don't really want my exhaust crazy loud but just a little loud to sound nice and most important the overall sound of the car is what I want to sound better, more like a sporty kind of sound.

Supercharger, or sell and get a GT

It would help to know what year your car is.
I put a DC Sports header and a Magnaflow cat-back exhaust with a Cosmo Racing CAI. I don't think the horsepower went up all that much but it sure sounds wicked and fast.
2006 5 speed.

GM/Toyota made a supercharger kit for '03 to '05 which can be adapted to the drive by wire newer models with an adapter plate and Greddy Emanage or such.
They are hard to find now and still don't make the power of a GT.

Monkeywrenchracing.com makes turbo kits for the Vibe 1ZZ and 2ZZ. You can look at those to get an idea of what you want from there. Garrett has this https://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobyg ... ostadviser" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; handy tool to help you select a turbocharger made by them. It seems that the turbos used by manufacturers in production cars are cheaper and more common. For example, there's one used in like the Nissan Titan that I want.

There's also a supercharger for the 2ZZ Celica GTS, but it takes some modification to fit the Vibe GT and tons of modifications to fit the Vibe Base (1ZZ). Then there are the TRD/GM Performance superchargers, if you can find one, made for the 1ZZ as mentioned by the last posters. Not much modification needed for those to fit the 1ZZ if you have an '05-8 model. The SCs sound really cool, too. They SCREAM.

For front end sound improvements, you can do a cold air or short air intake, as well as the DC Sports header (4-2-1 design). The header that fits the AWD base Vibe is made by ABX and people have had issues with it cracking before.

For back end sound. you can go with the Magnaflow catback exhaust. There's also a TRD axle back, a Skunk, and a Borla exhaust. The TRD one runs like $700 when you can find it though, I think? I did a Magnaflow muffler and tip on mine for about a total of ehhh, $220 including having them installed and the parts.

EDIT: Oh, and MWR has tons of other mods, including pistons and cams. I know cams make a different sound, no idea about pistons though.

I don't think the OP wants to add a turbocharger

Nasmfell wrote:I don't think the OP wants to add a turbocharger

He said no NOS, but turbo is an acceptable suggestion.

Intake and exhaust

It would be far less expensive to sell your economy car and buy a more powerful car. Fact of life - Vibes weren't designed or built to be fast powerful cars. They are an excellently designed, well-built economical utilitarian vehicle. They excel at what they were designed to do.

beemerphile1 wrote:It would be far less expensive to sell your economy car and buy a more powerful car. Fact of life - Vibes weren't designed or built to be fast powerful cars. They are an excellently designed, well-built economical utilitarian vehicle. They excel at what they were designed to do.

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The GT/XRS does both. TRD made a very good Supercharger for these cars that DID NOT void the warranty. Yes it does require a little more maintenance but it does add more fun to the 1zz. The problem is Boost is addictive and you want more. IHE will net you 10-15 HP for $500-$600.

1.) install a Harman Kardon sound system in your Vibe.

2.) find a long straight well paved and lightly patrolled downhill road.

3.) turn up the sound system.

4.) mash the gas pedal.

IMO an intake is a great place to start, especially if you're not too mechanically inclined. They're relatively cheap, easy to install, make engine sounds more noticeable and add a slight power increase. After you've gotten over the initial period of stepping on the gas to hear the sound of the intake, it can actually increase your gas mileage a little as well.

As others have said, tell us more about your Vibe so we can further assist you...