In addition to what tpearl5 suggested, I'll add this little bit.
Each and every time in my experience when a host is telling someone vBulletin 3 or 4 is using too much resources, it has turned out to be incorrect. vBulletin is NOT a server intensive platform, out of the box. However it can be modified to be so, but we have already covered that here with your disabling of the hooks.
I have never seen native vBulletin be a cause of high server load.
Please let us know what hosting company you have, and the specifications of the hosting plan you are on.
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