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Ok long story short, I had to put my r33 back to stock because it was defected and sent for a DECC inspection. This meant that i had to remove the

- Pod filter

- high flow cat stainless exhaust, large cannon

- 2 stage Boost controller

- Front mount intercooler

to get it passed.

It ran horribly after those things were all taken off and replaced with stock parts.

Not last monday but the monday before i took the car back to a specialist performance mechanic who took the parts off, to get everything put back on, cause i finally got the car cleared.

BUT, they after they re-attached everything, they can't get the car to run properly, and i've been told its unsafe to drive in its current state and that i will need to buy an apexi power FC for 1.5k, or some other computer that they told me was like 3.5k new, cause they can't get the car to run properly. Thats not including time spent tuning it.

Are these guys messing with me? The car ran fine with the stock computer and all these mods before i got defected, i know cause I had it up over 180 and the thing was purring. Now they are afraid to put it on the DYNO cause they don't want to blow it up.

What the hell should i do?

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edit out the workshop name for starters. Read the rules, its not allowed.

But more constructively. No, no need for a new ECU. Those mods are minimal.

Have you reset the factory ECU? (i tihnk its a case of disconnect the battery and hold the brake pedal down for 30 secs or so).

It might need to relearn a thing or two.

If that doesnt do it, take it to another workshop.

take it somewhere else for sure!

have you had a look over it yourself? its probably just something simple like a disconnected sensor or plumbing the boost controller up incorrectly.

what symptoms does the car have?

sounds like your mechanic is a dodgy motherf**ker who's trying to stooge you out of your hard earned. go elsewhere, for all we know they could have deliberately knocked the timing back or something so that you think it needs additional work done. I've seen that done before (timing retarded deliberately by workshop so that non technical person thinks their car needs "tuning")

sounds like your mechanic is a dodgy motherf**ker who's trying to stooge you out of your hard earned. go elsewhere, for all we know they could have deliberately knocked the timing back or something so that you think it needs additional work done. I've seen that done before (timing retarded deliberately by workshop so that non technical person thinks their car needs "tuning")

Gonna take it to specialist import mechanic on monday, 200$ for the DIAG though, just to tell me what this other guy has broken.

>:laugh:

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