Thank you guys.
 

Through the various guides and helpful responses of many on this forum I've been able figure out what's gone wrong with my 8 and with a dealership warranty on the car I'm getting a new engine in my 8 soon. I'll post up some pictures of that later but, sincerely, thank you all and a great big thank you to those who directly responded to my posts on the new member forum. I'm going to be far more active as soon as the engine comes in and will be working with those of you on the forums to make my 8 one hell of a beast!
-Gbrldown

Awesome. There is very little reason to start new threads, I can assure anyone that if they are thinking about starting a thread to ask a question, that there is already a discussion about it here already that contains the answers they seek. The search function and patience are a powerful tool.