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Ha, thanks for the concern.
I had a good talk a week ago with the shop owner, and it actually was up on one of their lifts. He let me know there was a lot modified on the car that I wasn't aware of. I'm impressed they even touched it;
The following was not stock; MAF, Fuel pressure regulator, some aos stuff, and the intake box. On top of this, the P.O. had gone in and straight-piped this car, deleted the muffler, hollowed out the cats and welded them shut and all I think.. P.O. had given this thing a beating.
The shop kind of made it clear that they had spent the first week of work ruling out the "cold air intake", which doesn't have a shield, so they thought it could be a hot air problem. Then they had to check over my exhaust and rule that out too, I guess O2 sensors(?). After that he's been going through several vacuum leaks, and replacing some o-rings along the way free of charge, and doing smoke tests and other stuff.
Communication has improved a bunch, probably because I mentioned I have some money set aside ready to fix the car.
Come Monday, I've got a buddy with a parts car, and he's got a stock airbox I'm going to give over to this mechanic to install and help get the car functioning better. Quoted rates aren't too bad and I'm enjoying the improved communication. And it's a bonus to be able to pick the parts and bring them in.
I'll update again after the airbox install.
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