Fast Intentions Stage 2 TT build by MA-Motorsports.

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Car is going back together. If you want to see updates, check out MA-Motorsports on Instagram. They are not messing around. You will see them when I see them. @mamotorsports

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LOL, don't be giving me those negative waves.

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Relax, just sitting back and watching the show. Smoke 'em if you got em. Boy there is a show going on. Not with me though.

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Somebody is singing this song.

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It's a Disco Inferno. Hot out there.

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Engine is back in the car. Moving on along.

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I know some folks have asked me to post some stuff that has happened. I just want to keep moving forward. Enjoy the journey forward. The car is going to be off the chart this time.

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You are going to see some stuff that has never been done before. If I can think it up, MA-Motorsports can make it happen. Not having any Janky chit on my car this time.

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As far as not needing a standalone and Ecuteck can do it all. That is a heck NO! If the tuner can't see all the data needed and blows your chit up. Then, nothing is said and the car is given back to you broke. Yeah, you need a standalone to add all the additional sensors needed to properly tune the car. If you aren't logging it, you are guessing and asking for trouble. My bad for trusting that tuner. That's not happening again.

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I am done playing games. Mark at Mazworx and Jay Meager both said I needed to change a few things back in 2020. They both also gave me some other suggestions. Those are getting implemented also. Moving on along.

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Enjoy some old school music!!! I wouldn't let Nick tune my covered Wagon or my Radio Flyer. Just say NO!!! to SOHO.

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I guess I am showing my age. LOL

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I really don't want to get down and waller in the mud with the Pigs, so I will leave it at that.

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Well, I guess I am wallering in the mud now.

When the SOHO intake was installed on my car, I got a call from Nick after he had it on the dyno. He said, "I think it can get it to hit 1000whp". I asked what the IAT's were. He told me 158 deg. What boost level, 29psi. I asked him to pull the car off the dyno and build me a proper intercooler. I told him what size I wanted. He said I didn't need it and but he would build me one like they build. I said OK. He then said it did something strange on the dyno and dumped at 7xxx rpms. I have the dyno graph for this. This is when the headgaslet was torched on cylinder 4. Mark had to take the MLS layers apart to see it. It was a small plasma cut on the inner layer. When I came and picked up the car I didn't drive it. My mistake of thinking it was right. When I brought it home and drove the car it had a bad stumble at 2800-3000rpms at partial throttle. I also noticed it was spitting coolant out the coolant reservoir. That was on the 17psi of boost setting, not even turned up. I thought I had overfilled it. I then went to Pocono, It keep spitting coolant out. Just a little bit at a time. Then the car overheated, I knew I had an air pocket and it was done. Headgasket problem. I parked the car, let it cool off, and bleed the cooling system out. Loaded it up on the trailer. I was pissed. I trailered the car straight home from Pocono. 14hr drive.

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Next fiasco was taking the car back to them to install a pressure sensor to check for coolant pressure on the dyno. I bought a coolant pressure gauge and took the car to them. I ended up leaving the car so they could get it to work properly. The coolant pressure gauge wasn't the best of quality. They installed a sensor and hooked it up to the factory ECU with Ecutek. They got the readings and I came and picked the car up. Once I got home, I started having all kinds of drivability issues. The car started throwing O2 codes for bank 1 sensor 1. I installed new O2 sensors, new spark plugs, and it never corrected the issue. I unplugged the coolant pressure sensor and the car ran OK. The factory ECU was not having it. I had only driven the car a couple of times. I basically parked it and only putted to town a few times every now and then. The car was still acting stupid. I didn't drive it much at all during this time and didn't get on it because I knew it was hurt.