longball
I fought the lawn...
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2009
Finally. After close to 6 years, 3 motors, 4 turbos, 4 torque converters, 4 transmissions and God only knows
how many tens of thousands of dollars, the combo in my sig is pretty much up and running. Thanks to Otto.
After finally getting it all together in the fall the FAST box had to be sent in. Winter was here when things
were squared away. Tuning this year was giving me fits. Only had old tunes from a different engine and
had lots of problems dialing it in. Intermittent problems which are had to fix and lots of stalling.
Otto came up yesterday to help. Man, he had that thing purring in no time. What he can do in 15 minutes
I may never be able to do in a lifetime. Time for test/tune drive but the battery dies. Go get a new battery.
Put battery in - no start! Otto hooks up computer, all FAST readings are at max! Temps=255, TPS=100!
WTF!!! Unplug some sensors - sensors still reading 100% maxxed! Huh? Must be the FAST box again!
For shits & giggles Otto hooks up my old computer and tune - all FAST numbers - normal! Car won’t stay
running but a half hour of Otto working his magic - car is purring again! Otto started playing with the FAST
box and wiring - car would stutter and stall. Otto found the original installer of the FAST box had not
done it correctly. He solders a few connections and - wahla - no more intermittent problems. Otto kicks
ass!
Test drive - Otto dials it in on all driving conditions from idle to 75mph. Man was it purring. I think Otto
was even impressed! Then we smelled something burning! Pull over - tire rubbing on frame. My fault.
Didn’t check after installing - first drive. Member I bought them from had no problems. Me being an
optimist - no problems right? Wrong. That was all we had time for. I will switch tires and then have
Otto dyno tune it. YAY!
Thanks again, Otto!!! You are freakin’ AWESOME!!!
how many tens of thousands of dollars, the combo in my sig is pretty much up and running. Thanks to Otto.
After finally getting it all together in the fall the FAST box had to be sent in. Winter was here when things
were squared away. Tuning this year was giving me fits. Only had old tunes from a different engine and
had lots of problems dialing it in. Intermittent problems which are had to fix and lots of stalling.
Otto came up yesterday to help. Man, he had that thing purring in no time. What he can do in 15 minutes
I may never be able to do in a lifetime. Time for test/tune drive but the battery dies. Go get a new battery.
Put battery in - no start! Otto hooks up computer, all FAST readings are at max! Temps=255, TPS=100!
WTF!!! Unplug some sensors - sensors still reading 100% maxxed! Huh? Must be the FAST box again!
For shits & giggles Otto hooks up my old computer and tune - all FAST numbers - normal! Car won’t stay
running but a half hour of Otto working his magic - car is purring again! Otto started playing with the FAST
box and wiring - car would stutter and stall. Otto found the original installer of the FAST box had not
done it correctly. He solders a few connections and - wahla - no more intermittent problems. Otto kicks
ass!
Test drive - Otto dials it in on all driving conditions from idle to 75mph. Man was it purring. I think Otto
was even impressed! Then we smelled something burning! Pull over - tire rubbing on frame. My fault.
Didn’t check after installing - first drive. Member I bought them from had no problems. Me being an
optimist - no problems right? Wrong. That was all we had time for. I will switch tires and then have
Otto dyno tune it. YAY!
Thanks again, Otto!!! You are freakin’ AWESOME!!!
