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  1. An update on my Tuning Alliance Stage 2 Tune: From the mouth of my better half, "This is how this car should have came from the factory.". I installed invidia up\down pipes, and a grimspeed crosspipe, I was afraid the crosspipe would get too hot around the oil filter so I engineered a heat shield from the OEM one. Took me the better part of a day working by myself, mostly because of little things like trimming the turbo heatshield, making the crosspipe shield, and making sure I got every bolt torqued correctly. (I'm a bit OCD and paranoid when it comes to my cars). I couldn't help but laugh as my father watched me hook up the test connectors and proceed to flash the ecu, as he asked "have you done this before?" "Welp, I've read but never written". (He is from the muscle car generation, so anything past bolt ons and engine mods are foreign to him, pun intended) So the flash went flawless, I was more nervous for those two minutes than the entire days work. Unplugged test connectors, said a short prayer,and turned the key. I could hear the difference immediately. Guys, just let me say, that was the best $200 I have ever spent on a car. I turned my logger on, all looked well, so I proceeded to make my 2hour voyage home, keeping the revs low, as hard as that was. Flawless, that is the word. I've driven this same 2hr drive 100 times, and could point out every hill\bump\curve where the car would stumble like it wasn't programmed right. Not now. i can FINALLY leave this car in D and forget about what rpm range I'm in, I can forget about being afraid my car will bog at the wrong time. Mike, I love you man! Tomorrow is my birthday, I'll be 36, and I don't even need you guys to send presents now, because I'm quite happy. I'll pull some logs in a day or so. If you buy an 05\06 LGT, take my advice, buy the down\uppipes, get Mike to send you a tune, and skip the hassle of being upset at the factory tune. I took a short drive earlier, can hear the most beautiful spooling sound by 2000rpm. I fkkn love my TA tune, and you will too.
  2. In my struggle to pull my rom this morning, I learned something I want to share that may help the community. ECUflash 1.29 worked fine for me...until I updated to windows 10. Long story short, Version 1.44.4671 works in 64bit windows 10, I just got my rom pulled and sent to Mike @ TA, I installed the 1.44.4671 version on a whim as a last resort before I chalked it up as a loss for today, and BAM, mission accomplished. I use a vag-com cable, so if any of you run into this problem, try the newer version I listed, it worked well for me first try.
  3. Just paid the invoice for my TA stage 2 tune for my 2005 LGT, and I'm more excited than any Christmas I remember! I'll be back soon to update how this weeks down/up/cross pipe + etune install goes.
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