Arizona BS Thread
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Well car is back at the mechanics house. He think it's something to do with the tune the way that it's slipping and only has first and second gear. He's checking right now to see if it's anything mechanical. He said he's pretty positive that Vince fucked up the tune though. So he says... EZFlash was weird though in how it tuned my transmission when I only selected it to tune my engine... So I called Vince to see what the deal was with that. All I know is one of the 2 fucked up... Going back to the mechanics casa tomorrow morning to load some old tunes and see what the tranny does. BLEH!
Well car is back at the mechanics house. He think it's something to do with the tune the way that it's slipping and only has first and second gear. He's checking right now to see if it's anything mechanical. He said he's pretty positive that Vince fucked up the tune though. So he says... EZFlash was weird though in how it tuned my transmission when I only selected it to tune my engine... So I called Vince to see what the deal was with that. All I know is one of the 2 fucked up... Going back to the mechanics casa tomorrow morning to load some old tunes and see what the tranny does. BLEH!
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So my BS for the last 3 months, I filed my federal tax refund electronically like they wanted me to on Jan 23, never recieved anything from the IRS until March 9 when I walked into their office and they told me to send it on paper and wait 8 weeks, so today almost 7 weeks later I called and they told me to re-send the paper refund and wait another 8 weeks to see what happens. Great news is that 8 weeks from now I will be in Afghanistan, on top of that the bitch tells me that hopefully when I come back from there everything will be fixed, no **** when I come back it will be tax season again
So yeah I'm extremely pissed since now I can't take a nice vacation before my deployment, Thanks Fucked up goverment
So yeah I'm extremely pissed since now I can't take a nice vacation before my deployment, Thanks Fucked up goverment
Lookie lookie!
Blew $900 today on a Nikon D3100 and another lens (55mm-200mm) Who wants to be my first test subject?
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The tune cannot "**** up" an auto and cause it to slip. It can cause large Tq spikes and cause it to slip. The commanded shift points in the tranny will happen just like its commanded. Its mechanical if its slippage. Just like if your clutch is slipping in a manual. Either you are overpowering the clutch, or manipulating it wrong. Its operator error most of the time with manuals.
He said he was gonna check the pressure levels at certain RPM's for each gear right now to check and see if it was something mechanical. He thinks that Vince isn't commanding enough line pressure which I know I have maxxed out... I never told him to change anything on the transmission so why would he? And a tune wouldn't make the car worse over time... It was fine at first and slowly got worse as I put more miles on it. It was slipping in every gear And wouldn't shift into third. Only had first and second... So now it's a waiting game, again.
Okay good then I'm not the only one who thinks this...
He said he was gonna check the pressure levels at certain RPM's for each gear right now to check and see if it was something mechanical. He thinks that Vince isn't commanding enough line pressure which I know I have maxxed out... I never told him to change anything on the transmission so why would he? And a tune wouldn't make the car worse over time... It was fine at first and slowly got worse as I put more miles on it. It was slipping in every gear And wouldn't shift into third. Only had first and second... So now it's a waiting game, again.
He said he was gonna check the pressure levels at certain RPM's for each gear right now to check and see if it was something mechanical. He thinks that Vince isn't commanding enough line pressure which I know I have maxxed out... I never told him to change anything on the transmission so why would he? And a tune wouldn't make the car worse over time... It was fine at first and slowly got worse as I put more miles on it. It was slipping in every gear And wouldn't shift into third. Only had first and second... So now it's a waiting game, again.
Anyways, the 55-200 is a decent lens, just a little slow on the autofocus. Next time I am up that way, I will let ya play with some of my other lenses so you can see what is out there.
Keep an eye out for a used 18-105VR, and you can ditch the 18-55 and the 55-200 (And you won't look back).
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RPM bounce? 2007 2.2L, 4T45E - Transmission Forum - ecotecpower.com - the ecotec enthusiast site
However I did find this information interesting as they threw the same codes that I am right now and have the same problems and GM says it's part of the tune that's causing it.
However I did find this information interesting as they threw the same codes that I am right now and have the same problems and GM says it's part of the tune that's causing it.
He might have under-estimated the amount of tq our cars put out too. When it comes to transmissions a stock one can hole 5bazillion WHP, but only a certain amount of tq. Hence why honda transmissions shatter into a billion pieces, when you think about anything over 300ftlbs, but can hold well over 300WHP.
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A lot of the guys here who did super / turbo swaps and installs did them in their own driveways and garages. Maybe you can organize a tech day and save on labor costs. 
However if not I want to say FF Ace has some experience with a local shop, but I can't recall which (or even if what I say is true).
However if not I want to say FF Ace has some experience with a local shop, but I can't recall which (or even if what I say is true).
RPM bounce? 2007 2.2L, 4T45E - Transmission Forum - ecotecpower.com - the ecotec enthusiast site
However I did find this information interesting as they threw the same codes that I am right now and have the same problems and GM says it's part of the tune that's causing it.
However I did find this information interesting as they threw the same codes that I am right now and have the same problems and GM says it's part of the tune that's causing it.
Theres an awesome place here in tucson..... I know the owner, and the pricing is very fair, and they do great work. They specialize in high hp turbo cars. A bit of a drive, but the shop does awesome work.
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A lot of the guys here who did super / turbo swaps and installs did them in their own driveways and garages. Maybe you can organize a tech day and save on labor costs.
However if not I want to say FF Ace has some experience with a local shop, but I can't recall which (or even if what I say is true).
However if not I want to say FF Ace has some experience with a local shop, but I can't recall which (or even if what I say is true).
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Thanks bro I will give them a call tomorrow and see what the labor cost would be for them to install a supercharger for me. But heres the next question lets just say I grow the ***** in my pants to install it myself would I screw up anything driving it to get it tuned for the supercharger?
Well my plan is to of course do the install but right after done with that, flash the base tune asap that way you can start logging and getting it perfect.
As long as you dont go over 250hp you'll be ok, unless you have deep pockets to rebuild the motor
As long as you dont go over 250hp you'll be ok, unless you have deep pockets to rebuild the motor