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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 02:53 PM
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Soooooo.... I just get a phone call from the guy. He says to put a hold on my flight He said that when they started it up this morning to clean it up for me it was "skipping" whatever the **** that means?

Anyway his mechanic looked at it... but because of the mods his mechanic told him to bring it to a perfomance shop so they could look at it on the dyno.

Well thats ******* wonderful that they guy gave me a heads up now rather then after I flew down there, but I bought the ticket and was flying out tomorrow at 7am so I could be back by sunday afternoon. Spare time is not something I have alot of, looks like I'll be going down this week to pick it up IF everything turns out ok. He's going to call me when he figures out what shop it's going to be at so I can talk to them directly. I'm trying to find a sponsor shop that will take it on short notice... I'll pay for it just to have peace of mind.

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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 04:32 PM
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where is the car Tim?
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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 04:38 PM
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where is the car Tim?
Tampa, FL... Know anyone down there?
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Nautilus
Tampa, FL... Know anyone down there?
timmy, contact.

Loudmouth LS1
his name is devin. real good guy, he has a 9 sec nitrous ls1, so im sure he can recomend a good shop near tampa. he is from the area.
tell him i told you to contact him. real nice guy
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Noyzee
timmy, contact.

Loudmouth LS1
his name is devin. real good guy, he has a 9 sec nitrous ls1, so im sure he can recomend a good shop near tampa. he is from the area.
tell him i told you to contact him. real nice guy
B-rad to the rescue!!
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 09:25 AM
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Tim i talked to NEXT and he has a guy that can take care of ya he said he sent ya a PM
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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Thanks for the help Chef! Next sent me his friends #. The guy I'm buying it from is going to give me the address of the shop that has it today so I can have someone go look at it.
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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yhea, i think next is a little far north, but more then capable. Eric is a great guy as well.

either way, looks like you are all set
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Noyzee
yhea, i think next is a little far north, but more then capable. Eric is a great guy as well.

either way, looks like you are all set
Yeah, haven't called his guy yet because I don't even know where the car is going yet. Thanks for the help though
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 12:40 PM
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Just got a call from the guy, sounds like a tuning issue? It has LT
s, Highflow cats, catback, lid, SLP MAF and he thinks it's untuned. He said after a cold start it smelled like "raw fuel" and was runing a little rough and once it warmed up it ran better but still smelled a little funny...?

I'm going to talk to the mechanic this afternoon.
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Originally Posted by Nautilus
Just got a call from the guy, sounds like a tuning issue? It has LT
s, Highflow cats, catback, lid, SLP MAF and he thinks it's untuned. He said after a cold start it smelled like "raw fuel" and was runing a little rough and once it warmed up it ran better but still smelled a little funny...?

I'm going to talk to the mechanic this afternoon.
git rid of the slp maf. its gay
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Noyzee
git rid of the slp maf. its gay
I think I have a stock one in one of my boxes of parts.
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Noyzee
git rid of the slp maf. its gay
Thats is correct now, In Sean's 98 T/A, SLP MAF = down on power & running like **** = Chuck it in the trash. Nothing works better then stock.
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine
Thats is correct now, In Sean's 98 T/A, SLP MAF = down on power & running like **** = Chuck it in the trash. Nothing works better then stock.
I made the mistake of putting one on my '01 WS6... I put it on at the same time as my lid & catback and the never seemed to run right... then after reading a couple threads on here back in '02 I took it off and problem solved.
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