[Build Thread] -- Journey to 700+ WHP [Supercharger]

[Chuck33079]

You're driving it incredibly gently since the car isn't tuned for the way it sits now, right? You said "Driven for 100ish miles all kinds of hard and no code, nothing broke, all solid" which is a terrible idea until you get the car back to your tuner. Honestly, you probably should either immediately retune it or not drive it. Beating on it when it's tuned for a different setup is a quick way to blow the motor.

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

You're driving it incredibly gently since the car isn't tuned for the way it sits now, right? You said "Driven for 100ish miles all kinds of hard and no code, nothing broke, all solid" which is a terrible idea until you get the car back to your tuner. Honestly, you probably should either immediately retune it or not drive it. Beating on it when it's tuned for a different setup is a quick way to blow the motor.

My friend was driving it unfortunately. lol.
If it was in my hands, it would be , as you say it, incredibly gentle.

He said he drove it all kinds of hard and logged it and everything and in his opinion .... says it's fine.

If something goes wrong in the future because of that well nothing I can do but sulk.
But I trust him since he has GTR Turbos in his car and is still running strong to this day.

It was tuned for everything except for the test pipes as soon as it was installed.

Eugene did tune it for 2 hours before the test pipes were in and now the only difference is test pipes between now and then.
Let us hope that the motor is still healthy lol T_T

[Chuck33079]

Originally Posted by cupcakez

My friend was driving it unfortunately. lol.
If it was in my hands, it would be , as you say it, incredibly gentle.

He said he drove it all kinds of hard and logged it and everything and in his opinion .... says it's fine.

If something goes wrong in the future because of that well nothing I can do but sulk.
But I trust him since he has GTR Turbos in his car and is still running strong to this day.

It was tuned for everything except for the test pipes as soon as it was installed.

Eugene did tune it for 2 hours before the test pipes were in and now the only difference is test pipes between now and then.
Let us hope that the motor is still healthy lol T_T

Ok, that's better. But why did you let your friend beat on your car? Haven't you had enough problems with people and shops you trusted turning out to be idiots and sticking you with the bill?

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Ok, that's better. But why did you let your friend beat on your car? Haven't you had enough problems with people and shops you trusted turning out to be idiots and sticking you with the bill?

I told him to not give it back to me until he knows its 100% driveable.
That I didn't want a car back that if I beat on it in the future, a piece of hardware would fall off or fall apart.

That's really why I didn't mind if he did or not, it was to test his own work on the car, and he would take responsibility and fix anything that went wrong if it did. He guaranteed his work to me last night and said it was good to go, and is ready to be beaten if I so chose to do that (which won't happen often in my hands lol)

[Chuck33079]

Originally Posted by cupcakez

I told him to not give it back to me until he knows its 100% driveable.
That I didn't want a car back that if I beat on it in the future, a piece of hardware would fall off or fall apart.

That's really why I didn't mind if he did or not, it was to test his own work on the car, and he would take responsibility and fix anything that went wrong if it did. He guaranteed his work to me last night and said it was good to go, and is ready to be beaten if I so chose to do that (which won't happen often in my hands lol)

It's good that it seemed to work out for you, but most of the time when people say things like that they ghost you when their work breaks. Just keep that in mind going forward. Especially if he was just an individual instead of a shop. At least you can apply some pressure on a bad shop by getting the word out about their crappy work.

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

It's good that it seemed to work out for you, but most of the time when people say things like that they ghost you when their work breaks. Just keep that in mind going forward. Especially if he was just an individual instead of a shop. At least you can apply some pressure on a bad shop by getting the word out about their crappy work.

Thanks man. You're right. Most people will ghost and run away from things they make mistakes for on cars that isn't theirs.

I feel really blessed and lucky to have him as a go-to mechanic that is willing to fix, repair and make honest charges for labor he performs on my vehicle.
He's worked on my vehicle in the past and I continue to go back to him because he is about the only reliable, fast working, efficient, honest, and caring person to work on my car. Others that have worked on my car have some of those traits but he is the only one that I've personally come across to have all of those traits which I think, is very rare to find!

On top of that, he takes care of the car like his own (I know alot of mechanics say that, but we both know they really don't lol)

Oh believe me, I have tons of screenshots from their facebook chat on that shop that will prove to others they are not professional. If I showed you guys all the screenshots you would face palm yourself and then yell at me even more for why I chose to bring it to that shop in the first place, and stuck with them LOL.

He is planning to open up a shop in the future after he finishes his business degree which I think will be awesome. I told him I would 100% support him and his shop any way I can because he's always been there for me through thick and thin with my never-ending car issues and treated me well beyond what I deserved lol, so the least I could do is support him and his mechanic shop when he /does/ open one!