My 94 GS v6 is gutless. I would have thaught that a 1.8 V6 would have some get up and go...but it lacks serious power when going up hills. I have the ATX.
To be honest, my geo storm could smoke my mx-3 owell, any ideas?
Also, it has 160,000 km on it...my car burns a bit of oil. When it sits all night and i fire it up in the morning, it smokes a bit, but then turns to steam...it does not smoke while i am driving or everytime i start it...only when it sits all night. Should i worry? is it common? Im guessing it is just valve guide seals.
pull the codes..its the knock sensor..,your ecu is in test mode?
-hec
MX-3 w/ curved neck millenia klde, boosted @ 5 psi. /bov and wastegate are good!/ nitto drag radial/ gutted interior/ millenia red top injectors, vortech fmu/aem wideband/ all bolts ons/ Car put together 100% by me. Mechanic? who needs a mechanic? ew.. real men work on their own cars!
Head Gasket dude!! I have a 93 GS and I have the same problem. The only difference is that mine has the 5 speed manual tranny in it. But if you feel a large lack of power, especially uphil, and you burn oil with a start after it's been sitting, it's 10:1 your head gasket. You're better off replacing the engine, cause the head gasket repair in labor alone for that DOHC V6 front wheel drive engine is about $1000. Drop a few more bucks into it and get a KLZE.
The motor runs 100%, the smoke is ever so faint...only if the car has been sitting for 10 or more hours, it smokes blue a wee bit, but quickly turns over to regular 'white' condensation smoke, then after 5 mins that dissapears. NO, its not a head gasket...it would be using antifreeze if that was the case. It is just simply gutless. If i push the gas and get it to downshift is has plenty of power, i just dont feel it should be nessecary to hit a lower gear on a gradual incline...but if i dont the car just struggles to maintain 80 km/h.....My geo storm would EAT my GS...so just for the record, all you stock GS owners, if you see a geo storm, dont race it...it will win
i raced one today and I left it in the dust big time...of course...and this with my clutch sliupping..this car is super fast when not in limp mode..specially when the vris opens op. You get a power surge at 5 k rpms in manual...brooooooom. sometimes mits after 4k.
-hec
MX-3 w/ curved neck millenia klde, boosted @ 5 psi. /bov and wastegate are good!/ nitto drag radial/ gutted interior/ millenia red top injectors, vortech fmu/aem wideband/ all bolts ons/ Car put together 100% by me. Mechanic? who needs a mechanic? ew.. real men work on their own cars!
MX-3 w/ curved neck millenia klde, boosted @ 5 psi. /bov and wastegate are good!/ nitto drag radial/ gutted interior/ millenia red top injectors, vortech fmu/aem wideband/ all bolts ons/ Car put together 100% by me. Mechanic? who needs a mechanic? ew.. real men work on their own cars!
oh ..well when your car is in limp mode (test mode) i notives the vris wont open up right, the car doesnt wanna go over 90...its slower than usual 0-60 is like 12 - 13 seconds..when it is working correctly 0-60 8 secs o.0 still it sucks...its just the ecu being in safe mode so that you dont destroy the engine, check codes I assure you this will help..also automatic is way way slower than a manual but still check codes.
-hec
MX-3 w/ curved neck millenia klde, boosted @ 5 psi. /bov and wastegate are good!/ nitto drag radial/ gutted interior/ millenia red top injectors, vortech fmu/aem wideband/ all bolts ons/ Car put together 100% by me. Mechanic? who needs a mechanic? ew.. real men work on their own cars!
The motor runs 100%, the smoke is ever so faint...only if the car has been sitting for 10 or more hours, it smokes blue a wee bit, but quickly turns over to regular 'white' condensation smoke, then after 5 mins that dissapears.
Umm Dude, Not great but as you will read on this forum, the ECU's
in these things are very tempermatal......One should do a write up on
seriouly tunning the V6 with the stock ECU.
Me im looking to run a Link or a Autotronic stand alone unit way less
hassle...
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MX-SLICK wrote:My geo storm would EAT my GS...so just for the record, all you stock GS owners, if you see a geo storm, dont race it...it will win
maybe so, but does the mx-3 induse vomit when you look at it? i think not, so that's more than can be said of the storm... in fact, i'd say quite the opposite would be true for the mx---a warm, fuzzy, safe feeling comes over upon first sight
owell, any ideas? 
blue head = me, yellow head = Geo Storm
