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i have a 92 5.0 lx and at most speeds its fine but right around 75-80 theres a shimy, it seems like its coming from the back bu im not sure. could it be tires out of ballence or something bent?
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My Corolla used to vibrate just below 70mph...after new tires, balancing & alignment it went away..smooth to 100+mph now..lol..though it takes a while to get there. ;)
When's the last time you had the tires balanced? Just a thought..not sure if that would cause what you are describing, though.
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I ONCE HAD A MUSTANG WITH A BAD SHIMMY BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH.....IT TURNED OUT THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD RUN NITROUS ON THE CAR WHICH BENT THE AXLES. ONCE I REPLACED THE AXLES THE SHIMMY MAGICALLY DISAPEARED FOR A WHILE. EVENTUALLY I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE CAR ONE PIECE AT A TIME AT A COST OF OVER $100,000 JUST TO MAKE SURE THE SHIMMY STAYED AWAY.
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yeah he thinks his 1.8t vw is all bad a** but i know for a fact my 92 lx 5.0 with 145,000 miles on the stock motor tea his little german mobile to pices everytime we go.
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One of the guys who works for me has a GTI VR6 (i know I know. I wanted to fire him for it but whatcha gonna do?) Its bone stock and smoked the 1.8t which had some minor work done.
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so since a guy ran nitrous it bent the axles huh?? u can have just as much power w/ just motor or w/ superchargers or turbos as u can w/ nitrous. but it was the fault of having nitrous that bent the axles.... weird...
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i own that 1.8T that jaybird claims to beat and i have to tell you that he definitely doesn't tear me to pieces.....but neither car is the clear winner......iy is on a launch by launch basis.....until we both build our motors and then i will win.
and i have to tell you that a 2002 1.8T will hand a 2002 VR6 it's a** in a race, it's not even close.
Well the problem with those damn FWD cars is if you get close to 300hp your gonna start breaking axles. My friend had a CRX with a superchager (still pretty slow when racing my other friends Mustang) and he broke axles if he launched to hard. Ohh, and I would like to see your 1.8 do teh 1/4 mile in under 13 secs!
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back to the original shimy question, I would definitly start checking air pressure in tires and getting them balanced right, if it still shimming work your way in (bent rims?,axles?etc.
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To clarify the situation, this data is straight from the car and driver website
The following is a writeup comparing the VW v-6 to the 1.8L
"The V-6 is 0.2 second quicker than the 1.8T at 10-mph increments through 50. At 60 mph, it's 0.4 second ahead and extends its advantage to half a second through the quarter-mile."
The following are stats on the 1.8L
Displacement. . . . . . . . . . .109 cu in, 1781cc
My (completely stock) 2002 Dodge Dakota Sport with a 4.7L will do the quarter in 15.0 all day long with consistancy!!! Imagine that, a pickup beating the HELL out of a "Bad" little 1.8 VW.
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