# Well guys...it's done for real now.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [September 10, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876 "2008-09-10T22:09:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/181 "2008-09-13T08:37:39Z")

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> [@TurboTravis](#):
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> Well, for one you paid too much for the tune, and two, look where it got you now…

K-Pro tune is $600 anywhere you go, i needed the ECU wired up as well as a few other things which added up to $700. So no, i didn’t pay too much.

Thanks for letting me know where it got me now!

> [@Globe1280](#):
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> A retune wouldnt be 700$

Regardless, a few days after a fresh tune my car shouldn’t be blowing spark plugs apart.

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**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/182 "2008-09-13T10:18:27Z")

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I wouldnt be using platinum plugs either

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**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/183 "2008-09-13T10:32:44Z")

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i use the ngk plugs bkr7e gapped at 24 i think it is… i used to gap them at 26-28 and had problems with breaking up after about 300 miles now no problems…

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**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/184 "2008-09-13T11:16:22Z")

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> [@psi2high](#):
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> I wouldnt be using platinum plugs either

I used Iradiums

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**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/185 "2008-09-13T11:16:54Z")

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> [@K20powerz](#):
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> I used Iradiums

waste of money. copper for life

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**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/186 "2008-09-13T11:20:15Z")

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> [@Mk4 30R](#):
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> waste of money. copper for life

I wasn’t buying them. My sponsor, Dad Racing Co., supplied them

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**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/187 "2008-09-13T11:21:15Z")

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> [@K20powerz](#):
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> I wasn’t buying them. My sponsor, Dad Racing Co., supplied them

i gotcha, next time save your sponsor some money and get copper. 2bucks each vs 10+… and have the sponsor put that money towards something better like race gas!

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**Author:** ![Cliff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@Cliff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cliff)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/188 "2008-09-13T11:42:53Z")

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> [@K20powerz](#):
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> Regardless, a few days after a fresh tune my car shouldn’t be blowing spark plugs apart.

Ya… but Joey… the guys down to synapse are good people. If they messed something up and it wasn’t up to par… I know for a fact that they’d get you right in and fix whatever they messed up. Did you try calling them, letting them know? Communication goes a very long way and I know synapse isn’t out there to dick around people.

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**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/189 "2008-09-13T11:47:34Z")

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> [@Cliff](#):
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> Ya… but Joey… the guys down to synapse are good people. If they messed something up and it wasn’t up to par… I know for a fact that they’d get you right in and fix whatever they messed up. Did you try calling them, letting them know? Communication goes a very long way and I know synapse isn’t out there to dick around people.

I understand this, i’ve tried to talk to Mike and never got like an offer to come down and maybe mess with the tuning and see what the problem was or anything…Now it’s too late.

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**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/190 "2008-09-13T11:53:15Z")

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Mike is out in mass. Call morgan. Paul even volunteered to fix the motor

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**Author:** ![Cliff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@Cliff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cliff)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/191 "2008-09-13T11:58:46Z")

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> [@psi2high](#):
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> Mike is out in mass. Call morgan. Paul even volunteered to fix the motor

No shit. Stand-up guys.

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**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/192 "2008-09-13T14:40:09Z")

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> [@psi2high](#):
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> Mike is out in mass. Call morgan. Paul even volunteered to fix the motor

I understand that, but i don’t need help with the motor, i need help with the tune…Tuning is the only thing i don’t have access to or else it would be done at home like everything else.

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**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/193 "2008-09-13T14:40:50Z")

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> [@K20powerz](#):
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> I understand that, but i don’t need help with the motor, i need help with the tune…Tuning is the only thing i don’t have access to or else it would be done at home like everything else.

how is it comin anyway bud?

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**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/194 "2008-09-14T10:25:51Z")

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If I blow my motor with Morgan/Travis build it for free? I’m up for that. :banana

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**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/195 "2008-09-14T10:29:13Z")

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> [@88slowmarro](#):
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> how is it comin anyway bud?

Sitting in my driveway at the moment. We’re pulling the motor next week probably, He’s finishing up the under carriage of the '69 and then towing it down to his buddy’s house so the garage is open to pull the Civic in. I’m debating re-painting the Civic as well, changing the color scheme and what not, spraying the engine bay, cleaning it up a bit, doing a wire tuck…It should be a completely different car next year.

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**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/196 "2008-09-14T10:50:30Z")

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red or black!!! that would look sick!!!

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**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/197 "2008-09-14T10:50:44Z")

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It better be different you little fruit pie

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/198 "2008-09-14T10:53:59Z")

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red would be funny 😛

do it

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**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/199 "2008-09-14T10:55:24Z")

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> [@freakls](#):
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> red or black!!! that would look sick!!!

I was thinking more along the lines of either:

1. Midori Green
2. color match to the color of the Trans Am because i love that color  
or 3. Electron Blue Pearl (99-00 Si blue).

Then spray the engine bay black.

> [@psi2high](#):
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> It better be different you little fruit pie

It will queerbait

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**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-guys-its-done-for-real-now/238876/200 "2008-09-14T10:55:49Z")

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do flat barney purple

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