Hopefully the following will not offend anyone who owns a Tiburon, for I do not intend to do so. These are based on my own experiences with my 2000 Tiburon within 3 months.=)

I f-ing hate the ride quality. With every little bump, pot hole and the like that I drive over (by accident, mind you!) the impact is so severe that it feels AND sounds like my car is going to BREAK, regardless of the speed I may be cruising at. I cannot wait until I get my Eibach springs, let me tell you! I hear that it really improves the way the Tib handles the bumps, and the corners as well!

Somebody else mentioned this before but the engine hold the RPMs too readily. You can never just "cruise" in a sense in comfort. It's always either jolting forward and backward, as if there are only a few select modes you can choose from to drive with.

My brake lights and headlights burn out within a month on average. I asked the dealer if there were any connection problems they could trace back, and although there WAS a problem with the halogen bulb on the passenger side headlight, it still blows out. Oh yeah, I just got my right brake light fixed two weeks ago, and guess what? It's burned out already. GREAT laugh.gif

Torque steer is noticeably bad with this car. I've almost spun out of control on several occasions, again, nothing that can't be worked on. *thumbs up* Tisk tisk...FWD.

The steering feels like it set in concrete. It is quite exhausting on long trips. The heavy steering also makes it quite difficult to swipe the wheel. On the plus side however, it tends to center out rather quickly.

This doesn't pertain to my engine with the CAI installed, but how it was stock. Even while revs were low...3-3.5K the engine seemed to really get loud. Not necessarily an aggressive sound either, to the point where it gets somewhat irritating.

Low-end torque could definitely be improved. With all due respect, the engine is lifeless until revved beyond 3,000 RPM. Then again, it IS an auto.wink1.gif

Lastly, I wish the tranny wouldn't sore past it's redline whenever it pleases.tongue.gif It sounds like the engine is seriously about to, God forbid, explode.

Other than these little trifles, I absolutely love my Tiburon. It's probably the best looking car I have ever seen. And no, I was not going to add "for the price" at the end of that sentence because I'm yet to see a car with curves at all sexier than my RD2's. The interior makes me feel like I'm flying in a jet at low altitudes, and the handling is spectacular. Great work on the suspension, Porsche! Hardly get any body roll. All in all, it's a fun car to drive. If only it was faster. Then again, it's more fun to drive slow cars fast, than driving fast cars slow.

 

The main thing is that you love your car despite it's flaws wink1.gif

 

Well with the suspension thing you cant expect to buy a sports car and have it drive like a luxury car. With that said the ride will get rougher with the Eibach setup as it is very performance oriented. If you cant handle feeling the road I would get some coilovers and never take them off of the softest setting.

The RPMs hold due to rotation mass. While this is good for most cars it is not good for a sports car. To fix this you need to get the 3 pulley set and a new flywheel. -Edit- NM you have an auto. Just the three pulleys.

The Stearing is not heavy it is very delicate that is why it gets exhausting if you are not used to a car like that. Slight movements of the wheel make the car move a lot so you unconciously move the wheel a lot more than you think you do.

The torque steer is because of our LSD or lack there of. Expensive upgrade. You have to figure our cars would probably cost about 2k more if we had something like Mini's tranny (comes with LSD stock).

If you think the exhaust sound was irrating stock you should get in my car lol. At 75mph at 3500rpms ish you can barely hear. No offense but maybe you shouldnt do much performance stuff to your car as it will get louder, no way around it.

The lowend torque thing is definately an auto thing as the 5spd trannies have a crap load of lowend power in 1st.

With the redline thing. You must either a) be at WOT all of the time or B) have the power button on and OD turned off.

Just trying to explain what you were saying I think. Didnt mean to offend if I did smile.gif

 

You probably have strut problems, or something suspension-related, if you think the stock Tib's ride is rough for your car. For a small 2600 pound car thats meant to be a more "sporty" ride, its very soft. Eibachs will only make it rougher... I advise you to get your struts and other wearable suspension problems checked out when you install the Ebiachs.

My rides not jolty at all, of course I have a manual. Once again, you probably have problems with the TPS, MAF, or something similar, automatics are generally smooth, and I've never heard of a good shaped Tib jolting around.

Torque steer... on a pretty much stock Tib? :unsure: I believe you just have never driven a sporty car dude... the Tib doesn't torque steer hardly any. Mine pulls straight, dead as an arrow. Time for an allignment.

In short, sounds like you car is/has been neglected.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Well with the suspension thing you cant expect to buy a sports car and have it drive like a luxury car. With that said the ride will get rougher with the Eibach setup as it is very performance oriented. If you cant handle feeling the road I would get some coilovers and never take them off of the softest setting.</div>

This is agreed on to an extent. I do not expect it to drive like a luxury car, no. Are you sure about your facts on the Eibach springs setup? I've been told that it can withstand the potholes and bumps much better compared to the stock springs? Could be wrong though.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The RPMs hold due to rotation mass. While this is good for most cars it is not good for a sports car. To fix this you need to get the 3 pulley set and a new flywheel. -Edit- NM you have an auto. Just the three pulleys.</div>

What pulleys would you recommend?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Stearing is not heavy it is very delicate that is why it gets exhausting if you are not used to a car like that. Slight movements of the wheel make the car move a lot so you unconciously move the wheel a lot more than you think you do.</div>

This is where I beg to differ. The steering I feel is far from delicate, in fact I believe is quite the opposite. Slight movements of the wheel hardly move the wheels at all. Numerous sources that have road tested this car will agree that the steering is quite heavy (even worse if you don't regulate your power steering fluid)tongue.gif I've driven many cars, and the steering with all these cars proves to be significantly lighter than that of the RD2 Tib.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The torque steer is because of our LSD or lack there of. Expensive upgrade. You have to figure our cars would probably cost about 2k more if we had something like Mini's tranny (comes with LSD stock).</div>

I don't know how accurate this is but word of mouth is that this problem can be lessened with the help of springs/suspension.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>If you think the exhaust sound was irrating stock you should get in my car lol. At 75mph at 3500rpms ish you can barely hear. No offense but maybe you shouldnt do much performance stuff to your car as it will get louder, no way around it.</div>

Actually, I love the sound of the stock exhaust and muffler! It is probably one of the best stock mufflers I have ever heard! A nice, low rumble to it. It was the ENGINE noise that was irritating, even while cruising at low RPMs. I love cars that are loud, but if they're loud they have to sound good loud.=) With the stock intake, it was this kind of like this distant rumble...never sounded pleasing until the CAI installation. Now it sounds like a Formula car. laugh.gif

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The lowend torque thing is definately an auto thing as the 5spd trannies have a crap load of lowend power in 1st.</div>

Bah, I'm missing out! I test drove an auto 2-door ZX2 before and that thing had POWER down low! Can LevelTen do anything about this with their torque converter? It's just about the only way I'll ever be able to compete with any MTX cars.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>With the redline thing. You must either a) be at WOT all of the time or B) have the power button on and OD turned off.</div>

I'm a n00b, but I assume WOT has something to do with full throttle/flooring it? I tend to floor it at will, yes.tongue.gif But not at every given chance. Sometimes at full throttle it'll shift at redline, or below. Other times, it'll randomly sore off the limiter. Damn computer can never make up it's mind seemingly..

 

I totally agree with you about the the ride quality (bumps/potholes, don't you hate the SOUND too), the low-end torque problem, and the heavy steering.
about the low end torque issuse, even those of you with a manual, the car makes literally no power until past 3K..go drive a minivan once, those things have nothing BUT low end torque (im not implying tibs should be more like minivans or ANYTHING of that nature, just simply stating that minivans DO have a lot of lowend torque, it makes it seem like the car is a lot faster).
as far as 'heavy steering', i drove my friends cutlass and you could literally turn the wheel with 1 thumb, it is VERY light (once again, not saying tibs should be like cutlasses, just once again using a drastic comparison)

if you have an automatic that's shifting past redline, you're either not in Drive (meaning ur in 2nd or Low), your trans is fvcked, or your gauges are off.
the ONLY reason an automatic car should EVER go PASSED redline is if the idiot driver has the car in 2 or L and didn't shift it up before, or the tranny is totally screwed.

 

My tranny is so totally screwed then.tongue.gif

 

how far passed redline man? have you ever hit 7K? well, if that IS the case, then be glad you own a hyundai! trannies are cheap.
check your TPS.

yes, WOT = full throttle.

 

Every now and then, yes.

I think this problem was discussed before in some other thread?

 

Yeah I have the full EiBach setup laugh.gif . See honestly I am a bad example cause I have had the Tib modified since about a month after I owned it. So for the past like 20 months it has been modified. I cant remember how it felt stock....... What sucks about the pulleys is that for the RD2's our only current power pulley setup option is GIM through SR. Redz is working on getting some made but until then we are stuck. Of the three pulleys (water, ps, and crank) the crank makes the biggest difference.

With the torque steer. Let me just say this. Look at my cardomain page at what I've done to the Tib. With a quick 6k rpm shift between 1st and 2nd the car has enough power to pull the wheel out of my hands and slide the tires and the only thing suspension wise I dont have is a front and rear strut bar.