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So it is the end of my time as a Mustang owner, at least for the time being. An unfortunate accident in my wife’s car has left us with the Mustang as the sole vehicle for a family of 4 (soon to be 5). Unfortunately her car was a 2008 Mitsubishi Galant so the insurance is only giving us $4700...

Yep! Got it back a couple weeks ago. Sadly the car hasn’t felt the same since the accident. It still runs and drives perfect, but I’m not having as much fun in it. I’m sure it would probably pass but I’ve actually decided to sell it. I was actually about to make a post because there were some...

Hey! I never got my car dyno'd, but the S550 my kit was based on gained ~100 hp and ~150 lb-ft of torque if I remember correctly so that's the gains you can probably expect once properly tuned.

Hey sorry, just seeing your post. Yep! Got it sorted by running off wastegate pressure alone and tuning the wastegates to exactly 10 psi. Tuning is done and car runs like a dream. Currently just waiting to get it back from the body shop after hydroplaning and hitting a wall.

Hydroplaned in the rain and hit the barrier last Monday. Sad times. Doesn't look TOO bad, but the lower airbags did deploy. Initial appraisal from the insurance was ~$4k in damages, but still waiting for the final appraisal after the shop gets everything broken down. Fingers crossed there's no...

Hey y’all! Bottomed out on a nasty broken road in SE Houston and cracked my gas tank. Need to buy a new one and they’re almost $1k new from Ford. I’d like to buy a used one and am willing to pay for shipping.

So I’ve actually been looking into this and talked to two local performance shops. They both told me too much backpressure after the turbo would actually LIMIT building boost because the turbine would take longer to spool up. Without getting to science-y, the turbo needs high pressure from the...

Ugh. Pretty sure one of the turbos is leaking oil. Also pretty sure that's what the smoke has been. Still not sure why it had been stopping after driving for a bit but now its happening randomly throughout drives. I'll just be sitting at a light and all of a sudden there's smoke all around me. I...

So a couple things: I was able to track down the connector for the parking light/turn signal by googling the serial number on the plastic housing. The Ford part number is WPT-1167 for those curious. I got a new one and soldered it up and the parking light works now! Also, I finally got around...

Anybody have any idea how to de-pin the front turn signal/parking light harness? My parking light wire snapped at the connector so I need to pull the middle pin out to fix it. I don’t want to break it because I can’t seem to find these harnesses online.

Unfortunately "active learning" didn't solve the issue, but I was able to find a shop that passed me. I guess by the next inspection I'll check the O2 sensor wiring harness and replace the O2 sensors if needed. The car does run really rich on startup every single time I start the car. It...

I thought about that but if the wires were actually damaged I think it would throw a code. I talked with MPT again and they think it could be because they had “active learning” turned off for the tuning process. They sent a new tune with active learning on so I flashed it just now and I’ll check...

I probably could find a shop that will just pass me and at this point I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to. It’s a little annoying because I’ve been to 2 different shops and both failed me.

So unfortunately I am failing Texas emissions and can’t get my car registered. Registration deadline is April 14, so I’m a little annoyed. I have three monitors that won’t set: O2, heated O2, and catalyst. At first I was thinking tune, but I called MPT and they told me that per federal law they...

Has anybody had issues with MPT tune causing them to fail emissions? I have failed emissions in Texas three times in the last week now because the PCM monitors are saying not ready for my catalytic converter oxygen sensor and heated oxygen sensor. I spoke with MPT and they told me that none of...

Thanks! Yep I have a MityVac so I will definitely do that.

Ahh interesting. So you have a nipple on each turbo that goes directly to the wastegate. I am running off wastegate only right now, but I have it tee off from the driver side turbo with a line to each wsstegate. I feel like I remember seeing your setup before but I am going to try this next weekend.

Yep, so at this point that is 100% the issue.

Luckily I had it on dash cam and it was a unique situation where our light had just barely turned green and it was very low speed. I was actually the one that caught him. I stopped with the guy that I hit and we saw the red light runner turn into a gas station. The other guy trusted me and I...

So a little update from recent events. I got a low oil pressure warning light a few weeks back. Turns out I had a rodent living in my engine bay and they chewed through the wire... So far it’s the only damage we can find other than poop everywhere and the smell of urine. My brother and I...