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Jan 20, 2013 | 10:31 AM

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Yeah I got to call him tomorrow. I have kind of not given him a good time and I wonder if he will do it on MLK day or not.

Lemme know if you do...I have mon & tues off....I wanna swing by, I live 5 min from his shop.

Jan 20, 2013 | 03:42 PM

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Cool, he hasn't called me back so hopefully he calls me tomorrow and he can do it.

Jan 20, 2013 | 11:05 PM

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I think so but when I touched it some of it cam off on my finger, though it still was on the turbo also.

One of the issues I was having after firing the car back up was that a bunch of codes got thrown. I think most of it was the fact that it had been sitting so it needed to relearn everything. Also it threw a vacuum leak code which I narrowed down to the PCV hose from the valve cover to the intake manifold. The thing was completely busted up. So instead of going stock replacement I cut the rest of the hose off all the way to the connectors and went and bought rubber hose to fit over the connectors, then put some clamps on it, and reinstalled. My problem with that on was fixed but, I still had a cel with no code. After driving it for a little bit I found that the water/meth kit has to be all the time right now until I get a tune to run with and without.

You can change that in the settings of the kit. I have mine so i can turn it on and off. Mainly for long trips at night.

Jan 21, 2013 | 12:13 AM

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I know I need to have it tune properly and set up right so it can do that.

Jan 21, 2013 | 03:19 AM

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I know I need to have it tune properly and set up right so it can do that.

It is really handy. Im tuned for meth but it obviously doesn't spray under vacuum, turning it off is nice when it is bright.

Jan 21, 2013 | 07:34 AM

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It is really handy. Im tuned for meth but it obviously doesn't spray under vacuum, turning it off is nice when it is bright.

God help me I am a victim of a bad sense of humor. Where is Walter White when we need him?

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Jan 21, 2013 | 12:23 PM

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So the coating that Gpop puts on the turbo is a high temp paint. It isn't permanent but, will last for a little while.

Jan 21, 2013 | 12:35 PM

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So the coating that Gpop puts on the turbo is a high temp paint. It isn't permanent but, will last for a little while.

No tune today?

Jan 21, 2013 | 01:38 PM

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Nope Jan never called me back. I am going to have to tune it next month because I am going to be gone for about 2 weeks.

Jan 22, 2013 | 04:27 PM

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I am getting the car tuned by RMW on Feb 4th I can't wait.

Jan 23, 2013 | 11:36 AM

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I am getting the car tuned by RMW on Feb 4th I can't wait.

is RMW located in laguna hills now? or is jan able to tune from just about anywhere? i live about 20 mins away from laguna hills and would love to swing by to check out your car and see jan at work, if it's not too intrusive of course. please let me know! thanks!

Jan 23, 2013 | 12:02 PM

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The shop that he works out of when he is at home is in Laguna Hills.

Jan 23, 2013 | 08:17 PM

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If you don't mind me asking, Porthos, what method (phone, e-mail) did you use to get ahold of Jan? I haven't had a ton of success getting ahold of him in the past. (I know he had some family stuff come up, so that no doubt had something to do with it.)

Jan 23, 2013 | 08:24 PM

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I just call him and leave a message. I also call during the day and try not to call him on the weekends.

Jan 29, 2013 | 10:34 PM

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Hurry up already. I want to see your numbers.

Jan 30, 2013 | 01:57 PM

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Hurry up already. I want to see your numbers.

Yes I am currently in the desert where I am currently driving a humvee instead of my MINI and am probably not going to be able to tune on Monday.

Feb 4, 2013 | 02:57 PM

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So, yay or nay on that upgraded exhaust manifold?

Feb 4, 2013 | 05:05 PM

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Problem with meth kit. The fail safes are causing a boost cut issue.

Feb 4, 2013 | 05:13 PM

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Problem with meth kit. The fail safes are causing a boost cut issue.

Have you adjusted the programming? I had this issue at first as well.

Feb 4, 2013 | 07:16 PM

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Yes it is still boost cutting. I am going to disconnect the fail safes and see if it does it.

What did you do to get past it?

Feb 5, 2013 | 01:52 PM

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I turned something off my moving the pin connectors. I'll take a pic when I get a chance

Feb 5, 2013 | 08:12 PM

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Sooner the better.

Feb 5, 2013 | 09:04 PM

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I see you have the HFS 4. I have the three so it might be a bit different. But I have the Failsafe off. I think thats it, and possibly the boost cut with no CEL switched.