getemslough

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So my good buddy Matt (rx8Whitten) bought an 8 a couple months ago from a used car dealer. This particular vehicle had a Pettit stage 2 kit installed on it. The car had a reman installed a few months earlier due to a test drive where the customer did not warm the engine and took the car out and flogged it till it blew. Once I took a look at the car and went for a ride in it I realized things weren't quite right. The original owner had done a very poor job of wiring and the dealership left vacuum hoses unhooked and bolts loose everywhere. Once we got things hooked up and tightened down we took the car down the road where it lost all power and started detonating badly. We determined Mazda had reflashed the ecu back to stock parameters. After a month of hassle and the lot he bought it from hauling it to all of the local Mazda dealerships (who are worthless) Matt finally contacted Moon for advice. Moon immediately drove down from Maryland to look the car over. The diagnosis was as we expected, no compression on 2 faces due to a failed apex seal. No surprise due to the lean ness of the factory tune. Luckily the lot was nice enough to order a new motor and let us do the replacement. Once everything was bolted back up Moon made a second 3 hour trip from Maryland. This time he completely rewired the main harness as well as the the harnesses for the coils and the inter cooler pump. He went over the whole blower system and ordered replacement parts for the tensioner from Cam Jr. at Pettit and completely replummed all of the vacuum. He then installed the blower and went through the whole startup process. Finally Matts new car is running! It is being broken in without the blower belt at this time but Moon has another trip planned for a final inspection and we will be meeting with Kane for a tune! Thank you again so much Moon! And thank you for supporting your product so much that you make it right even for a second hand owner!

Race Roots

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Very nice of him to do that. Crazy to think that a dealership even took a car in with a supercharger on it. I can only imagine what they gave the guy for a trade in.

Whats even funnier is that they tried to sell it without it running right.

getemslough

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Yeah it was a mess when he got it. Oh and that reminds me Brice... I know someone else that deserves a good guy thread. Lol sorry things were so hectic I didn't even think about it... shame on me!

rx8whitten

Thank you moon and geoff for all your help. Its been a crazy couple months with this car. The car is still running and I'm breaking it in now. Just over 300 miles on it. I'd never have a running car right now without moon and geoff!