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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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Been driving my car pretty hard last couple of nights. been going out with friends and racing.. etc.

About 30 mins ago, on my way home, i was playing with an a4 and a scion tc. anyway, thats not the point, i got it up to around 130mph today, about 110 yesterday. today, after i slowed down from 130mph, the front-right started shaking like crazy. i pulled over asap. checked if my tire was flat or anything. nope. i start driving again, and my steering wheel started shaking like mad! couple months ago, i topped my car out at 140+ and broke all 4 TPMS bands. had them replaced under warranty cuz the guys were super cool guys.

When i broke all 4 bands, it wuold shake at any speed. As of now, my car doesnt shake until after 60-65.

Questions:

1- anyone know what this could be?
2- i have bbk intake installed, have the tune on my desktop, but havent put it in yet, i also have 93 octane gas in the tank without the tune. should i replace it to stock intake, if i decide to take it in?



EDIT: i forgot to mention.. when i broke all 4 bands it popped up on my dash. nothing on the dash right right now.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:21 PM
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You may have thrown a tire weight at those speeds. If it's shimmying at 60-70 or so, then you may want to get the tires balanced.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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This is so much bull****. Fking sports car and cant drive over 125 w/out getting some kind of problem. I'm thinking of going 18's.. would this help?
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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Ifi were you i would get 18s. It would help you performance wise also.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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Have you tires checked out or have them balanced.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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Well if you do decide to go 18's, PM me about your rims!
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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This is so much bull****. Fking sports car and cant drive over 125 w/out getting some kind of problem. I'm thinking of going 18's.. would this help?
Going to 18's doesn't make sense until you figure out why it's shaking. I can only imagine it's a:
[ol][*]wheel balance problem[*]suspension problem[*]tire defect[/ol]
BTW, I have my stock 18" SVT fanblades available.
And if it's suspension, new wheels won't help.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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Well if you do decide to go 18's, PM me about your rims!
Will do. I have a local friend who offered me $1500. I might go that route and order 18x9 and 18x10s off of american muscle. if its not the 20's i will be keeping them

I'll have the tires checked out tommorrow. Thanks guys!
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