ElevationTC

btw its not safe to drive your car like that!

since ur downpipe will be leaking out everywere, messing with your tune!

ecko04

Exactly Mike, that's why i'm only driving it to a shop in the morning to fix that ish and depending on how far the shop is away from me....AAA might be towing it.

ecko04

All fixed

I'll get in there with a paint scraper and get the rest of that excess RTV off along with my mother of pearl polish on the mani.





Rob, it was hard enough trying to explain to the weld guy at Meineke what to do so I took it. I'm looking to get a 3" exhaust and downpipe pretty soon so i'll save the custom wstegate dump for that project.

crush02342002

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put a little heat wrap on it and no one will ever know. how much did they charge ya?

ecko04

$50...it would have been $250+ had I not taken the car back home, pulled off the exhaust manifold and only took them what needed to be welded.

crush02342002

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bastards...lol...too bad you werent in texas!! it works though and thats what counts

crush02342002

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hey bro pm me your address so i can send that pipe to ya...i finally got around to cleaning up after that clutch install and found the pipe.

ecko04

I just wanted to thank everyone on SL, including special thanks to Crush (Chris), B_Real (Rob), Elevation (Mike), CarbonXe (Jon), PTUNING (MrC, TOAN, Chris, Mike, etc.) & Dezod (Don & Paul).


As of today, 2pm EST, I completed the restoration of my 07 tC to stock. I knew if I did not install the PTUNING exhaust I won in the raffle that I would restore the car and once UPS picked the exhaust up for delivery to its owner yesterday I knew I was done.
The reason why isn’t specific, it just gives me piece of mind. Throughout my excursion I’ve learned many things, one being there is no such thing as a Mustang Dyno Dynamic . I started off as a complete forced induced and still for the most part am but i’ve come a long way.

I now have peace of mind in knowing everything the tC can do, I started off with the NA build (header, pulleys, exhaust, mid-pipe, s-pipe, CAI, etc.), moved on to Nitrous (Ny-trex Triple Threat 75 shot) then to turbo (Dezod S1 tuned by PTUNING) all in 2 years.

Now I’m more stock than I was when I bought the car. It was a fun ride but I learned everything that I already knew….more power, more problems . I no longer need to check for boost leaks, no more forgetting to set the turbo timer, no more monitoring vacuum lines, no more seals on the turbo blowing, no more fault O2 sensors due to the tune, no more mud on the undercarriage due to the removal of the mud guards because of the intercooler piping, etc. Another thing to everyone looking to be boosted, do it right the 1st time and always have backup funding, and realize everything has its breaking points, just hope it’s a part before the motor.

I never took my car to the track, no 1/8 or 1/4 mile time slips, no vids of me owning people or anything like that. It was boosted and I daily drove it every day to grad school, up to Northern VA and Maryland, back and forth to Atlanta, Montgomery and Birmingham. It might seem boring but I’m a road warrior, it’s what I do.

I probably won’t be around on SL nearly as much anymore but I will make my occasional post here and there. A funny thing is that I expected to feel some sort of regret but as I dropped my last wrench into my tool box and put away my blue tarp I actually felt more liberated than ever and I knew I made the right decision.

Once again, thanks all!

For all your boosting needs check out:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=177028

CarbonXe

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Sell the tC and get something that's fast/fun in stock form. The tC has made me realize that modding = ruining the integrity of the car.

ecko04

That's on my "TO-DO" list but i'm trying to stick it out another year or so until I finish up my M.S. and go to a different school.

dave2610

amen

CarbonXe

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Good idea. It's better to stick with the tC for as long as you can stand it lol.

all4degame

This is so true Jon. You sell yours and pick up a new one yet?

crush02342002

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i agree with you guys but id do it again cause it was fun for me.

CarbonXe

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Not yet, I have 6000 set aside right now, another 2-3k coming within 2 weeks and if I sell the tC private party, I'll have another 1k (owe 13,100 on it now, they go for 15k used, so I'll sell mine for 14 just to move it fast) toward the down payment, then I'll be off to pick up my new 3.8 Track Gen Coupe :D. Can't. ____ing. Wait.

So would I, but never again to a daily driver. One thing I will NEVER do to my DD, is touch the suspension. It absolutely RUINS the ride. After driving a 2010 Mustang for 2 days, I fell in love with the stock suspension ride quality.

crush02342002

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btw curtis im about to send the oil pan off...if you dont need it ill pay you for the fitting and we can call it good or ill send it off to ya....its whatever mang

crush02342002

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i think i owe 8g's on mine now.....man i cant wait to have it paid off so i can buy another tc...lmao...nah ill prolly go for an xb next.

ecko04

Keep it and the fitting, I don't need it anymore

B_Real45

Hey bro - I'm glad you're doing what you feel is best for you. I'm glad to have been able to contribute a little to your project. Feel free to hit me up any time regardless if it's Scion related or whatever.

crush02342002

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^^x2.... I enjoyed working with ya Curtis and bs'ing on the phone....dont forget a brotha...lol