Turbo M-Edition
#23
Well definitely going back to them and throwing this in their faces to see what comes about. Most likely Ill buy a new 1.8, build the internals, then swap it in. **** my life.... It does serve me right for not doing all the research on tuning but with 3 shops saying they wouldn't build the car any different themselves, having it dyno tuned by a shop that has done a few turbo'd miata's before with an AEM certified owner who's been slapping turbo's on cars for 30+ years, and having a stack of receipts/notes/conversations from the previous owner with the owners of 949, flying miata, and Bell Engineering about timing and turbo set ups.... I figured i was in the clear :/ Guess not........
#26
Again, still my fault for not doing previous research on the tuning. BUT I learned my lesson and time to start either re-building or build a new engine. Any advice on where to start?
#29
I'm definitely going to him and giving him MASSIVE amounts of **** for this! At the very very least he should be returning the money I spend on the tune, if not helping me pay for the blown engine! This is what happens when you trust other people. Honestly I just feel used and dirty.... If you don't know how to tune the car, why pretend that you can? That's bullshit.
#31
^ the previous owner had it at 18psi, then the shop kept it at that and did "slight tuning" I left it at the shop for a week just so they had time to mess with it, apparently they didn't "need" to change much. I'm pissed as they should've seen any mistakes in the tuning if they knew what they were doing.
#34
Yup, again No idea. Just going off of what he said.
WORST news is that I'm moving at the end of the month so have to find a place to store/work on the car until that's all settled.... serious FML
ONLY good news is at least i have another fun car to drive in the mean time and it's a little better for winter time
WORST news is that I'm moving at the end of the month so have to find a place to store/work on the car until that's all settled.... serious FML
ONLY good news is at least i have another fun car to drive in the mean time and it's a little better for winter time
#36
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^ the previous owner had it at 18psi, then the shop kept it at that and did "slight tuning" I left it at the shop for a week just so they had time to mess with it, apparently they didn't "need" to change much. I'm pissed as they should've seen any mistakes in the tuning if they knew what they were doing.
#40
I did have a purpose in mind, to have them check over the car completely and make sure everything was running at 100% efficiency as well as nothing needed to be fixed and/or replaced and to make sure the car was reliably tuned. I told them I don't care about a ton of power I just want to make sure every morning the car will start, and if I push the car as hard as I can it won't break. I told them the previous owner tuned it but i'd rather have a "reputable shop" look over the car and the tune. The ONLY reason I took it in was to be extra cautious since the car seemed to be running perfectly smooth with no hiccups since I've owned it. Apparently they did not do that.