GOT my 1st SVX what should i do?

[Uncamitzi]

Originally posted by petesvx2
If you want speed I suggest maybe some nitrous. There really isn't any room for a turbo, searching for "turbo" will gain you many threads discussing that. Good luck in your ownership! Just take good care of her and she'll take good care of you.

-Pete

The JDM twin turbo!!!


ok mitch...now you've done it.....

[NapaBavarian]

Originally posted by YodaIsGod
North Bay

Where in the North bay? I'm in Napa, and i'm seeing quite a few bay area guys recently

[Landshark]

Originally posted by greg
OH NO, not another moder...I despise too many mods on an SVX. Just me though...AS far as a turbo goes you can if you can find room, don't waste time with a chip it won't help. A body kit may be possible but few for the picking...Check out motorsports warhouse..you should find a feild of rice there and some useful things too that can make your ownership even better.

-G

geez, lighten up - the guy was just asking for some advice.

i, and most everyone here, would like more power for the SVX. this car was expensive, not many made, and unpopular to the general public, so there isn't much aftermarket.

TURBO - any turbo setup will be a custom job. a WHOLE lot of talking about it, but no one has done it. you'll need engine management, injectors, exhaust, etc. expect well over $10,000 to do it right.

CHIP - whereas turbo'd cars can see big gains from a chip or software, normally aspirated cars don't. save your money.

EXHAUST - Stebro (my recommendation ), Motorsports warehouse, etc. your best bet as far as mods go for a little extra kick (Stebro, anyway - can't speak for others.)

i'd recommend sorting out any problems with your SVX, getting a tranny cooler/external filter/temp gauge, and then upgrade the brakes - SS lines, pads, and rotors. then try to make it faster. do a search - you'll find a lot of 'turbo talk.'

Originally posted by NapaBavarian


Where in the North bay? I'm in Napa, and i'm seeing quite a few bay area guys recently

Santa Rosa
Do you guys do any bay area meets? I go to the NorCal Club Si meets every year. I used to own a 2000 Honda Civic Si. So I keep in touch with a lot of those guys. I'd love to possibly go with Brock to a meet.

[NapaBavarian]

I havn't been to any bay area meets, I actually just found this place end of last year. There's suposed to be a big meet in Reno later this year, and of course my SVX is DOA so I won't be driving it any time soon.

ok shout out to one of closest freinds.. Mr Carter...thank you sir.. he showed me whee to go and what to ask..and so far its been one big jump in learning after another..one thing i wish it had been rear drive and a lil less weight maybe..just maybe i could give his IS300 a run for its money at oh i dunno...a 10th of the price -lol just kidding yodaman...the IS300 could be my next upgrade -lol- in afew years...hey just fyi..i am really trying to narrow down this "buzzing noise in the rear..at 1900 & 3900 rpms...and its seems to be getting louder...humm...maybe i just am noticing it more..now that i know where it is....some of the mechanics i've talked said no on the fuel filter, rear axel, trans, and bearings....due to th fact its at a certin rpm all the time never before or afte right on 1900 & 3900...damn this is annoying..oh and with regard to changeing the memory of the shifting pattern by disconnecting the battery..uhmm what i want it to do it shift before the fuel cutoff kicks in (so it sound slike its kicking in when i redline it and it feels like the trans is having a dely shift...oh hey yadoman..guess what i saw a 94 escort just like mine same color everything with 100k (mine had 121k) super clean...we bid $600 for it -lol and i sold my beat up one for $1500..and the wife was mad i didn't get more...damn i knew they were cheap but damn i might but this one for another un around backup car -lol-
-b-

BTW, I far as I know, you eat rice, you don't drive it.

Being that I drive an SVX I can no longer afford to eat anything but rice. You know you must give to your baby first. He gets everything and I get RICE

~G

[NapaBavarian]

Originally posted by greg


Being that I drive an SVX I can no longer afford to eat anything but rice. You know you must give to your baby first. He gets everything and I get RICE

~G

Ya know why I got my SVX? I was 19 and my parents were going to help me buy a car, how nice but I wanted a BMW... I figured I could buy a 6 year old car and it would take care of me for 15 years! I could They kept saying that it was just too expensive(this was a loan, they wern't going to pay for it), so after months of arguing I found an SVX. I looked everywhere and considered every type of car north of a honda civic... actually even those! the SVX was the only car that I expected to last a long time and didn't make want to puke, so I bought it... $6000 in maintnence and 9 months later I quit driving it of course a large part of that was the fact that my dad kept trying to "help" me fix it... "Why do you want to replace those wires that go to the traney? Just because they're burned dosn't mean that's what's wrong with the car"... I had already fixed all the parts that break, it should have lasted another 60,000-100,000 miles, but that just wasn't going to happen...!!! Anyway, I spent the next 5 years trying to get a good car...

Anyway, it's not usually this bad, just for me... It seems my luck with silver cars is bad, reel bad! No more silver cars for me!

Originally posted by Brock94SVX
oh i guess i shoulda mentioned this for some of my other questions above...with regard to the smell issue... i have checked all fluids (the ones i could easily access via the engine compartment) and everything seems....good..and thats funny to me cuz this vehicle was traded in at one our local new car store chains (freeman toyota) and my experince with used cars if people ar gonna trade them in they tend not to change EVERY fluid (its like why let the dealer do it) cuz every fluid seems new the trany fluid is still red and doesn't smell burnt, the steering fluid is a lil low but still fine...the oil fliud is clean..so i dunno!
-B-

From experience, its ur PS system. Small drop falls onto the cats. It should NEVER be low.

Ur tranny is slipping. That weird RPM behavior is something I experienced on a 94 LS FWD. Never experienced it in an AWD SVX, though. Try Lucas Stop Slip.

Rip all the exhaust shields off the car no matter what anyone tells you. Have the res. replaced with a straight pipe. Your buzzing will be gone, and you'll have more low end torque.

There's a good turbo available for the SVX:

http://store.yahoo.com/svx-motorsport-accessories/

Look in the performance section. Also worthwhile is an underdrive pulley and a BlitZe cone filter. For under $5,000 installed, you'll have about 335 HP to play with. But on front wheel drive. Nevermind.

Best of luck with ur SVX!

Look in the performance section. Also worthwhile is an underdrive pulley and a BlitZe cone filter. For under $5,000 installed, you'll have about 335 HP to play with. But on front wheel drive. Nevermind.

335 HP?! If it was only that easy

Originally posted by Shot king

335 HP?! If it was only that easy

Except for the injectors, explain how it isn't. Going by MF'R claims for the pulley, intake, and turbo.

First show me the math used to arrive at the # 335.

ok..so the buzz sound i'm hearing is the tranny? its not a whine its a buzing..and slip stop wiil work? humm whats the real fix?
to me that sounds like a patch to cover the real problem ...does it need a simple trans service? will that fix the problem or does that tranny need to be overhauled before it goes out? or will the slip gunk stuff acutally work? the trany does seem to...shift very slow and shoft....not a harder type shift though i'm used to that due to escort trans slamed into gear (replaced 3 years ago) and my mech. made it shift harder.. said a slower softer shift...really wore our the bands... in time but isn' that bad for gears in the overall....and if so whats gonna be right for this trans? ahhh i dunno...i'm just confused....andi called a subbi dealer and they want $600-$800 for just a 90k service...its like damn....for that i cold have my mechanic llok it over and change everything but the belts and trans for that -lol- but is it worth having the subbi pros do it?

B-Roc

Originally posted by Brock94SVX
oh i guess i shoulda mentioned this for some of my other questions above...with regard to the smell issue... i have checked all fluids (the ones i could easily access via the engine compartment) and everything seems....good..and thats funny to me cuz this vehicle was traded in at one our local new car store chains (freeman toyota) and my experince with used cars if people ar gonna trade them in they tend not to change EVERY fluid (its like why let the dealer do it) cuz every fluid seems new the trany fluid is still red and doesn't smell burnt, the steering fluid is a lil low but still fine...the oil fliud is clean..so i dunno!
-B-

I bought mine at a dealership used. They tend to clean the engine compartment really well. I didn't notice the power steering leak for a couple weeks. It tends to leak slowly. I wish they wouldn't clean it before they sell them.

well i know they clean the engine i work at the used car that i bought it at prior to it being cleaned..i emnt we (our dealership) bought it wholesale from the new car chain..(they weren't going to retail it due to its miles and..for whatever else reason (maybe they don't know the following of the car and the possible demand..) it was pretty clean (still dirty i just mean clean as far oil leaks and such) i didn't notice he oder unitl after i test drove it for two days (100 miles to San Fran) and then i smeled it.and the more i smell it the more it smells just a lil differnt than motor oil, so the idea of ATF/Power steering fluid seems possible..thought my mechanic has been so damn busy i was gonn ahave him look at the lines and such when he did the timming belt. so i'm still gathering all possible probms for him..i plan to print everyting from this site for him.. to review to give him an idea... again thanks so much for your imput everything no matter how minr is a help

and anyone in my area might be intersted in an autocross with a few other types of cars or just to get together? (norht cali sonoma/napa/SF area)

B-Roc