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84Ttop

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Post your best car fails here:

Whether you stumble across something too epic not to share or just really had a fail of your own in the garage lets see it!

I stumbled across this gem last night, it just spells WIN in a whole new light!
 

hoopty5.0

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The Home Depot: You can do it, we can help.
 

Gearbanger 101

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Probably has plenty of "off idle" torque.
 

hoopty5.0

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Well... Not fox related, but still a fail on my end.

A few weeks ago, I returned my coyote to stock to pass emissions. Afterward, I mistakenly loaded in a "canned" tune from a popular vendor instead of the custom tune from AED which it had before. (I just learned what my mistake was a few minutes ago.) Anyway, I knew something was up because the car lost a ton of low end power and had a nasty surge in the upper limits.

Im not here to say canned tunes don't work for everyone, I'm just saying in my particular case, the custom route yielded a ton more power - and it was much smoother.

Anyway - So what was my fail? Attempting to mod my car without first researching what I was doing and going at it competently. Lesson learned there. Last night I tried to figure out what the issue was and may have bricked the ECM. Let's hope I can undo my doing tonight when I get home. Fortunatley, I still have the fox to get me around.
 

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Still one of my fav's

 
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Don't fix the OEM air...
 

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MikeH686

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Starter failure ...
 

A5literMan

At least it is lumpy...
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Does launching at the Dragstrip in reverse gear(instead of 1st)and blowing your driveshaft apart count? (It was an old Chevy 4speed)

Oh and the guy behind me wasn't happy.
 
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Lost a cam sensor and burned up an alternator all in one trip to town!
 

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At least I'm not alone now @MikeH686
 

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tannerc91gt said:
Lost a cam sensor and burned up an alternator all in one trip to town!
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Amazing how you can drive on 2 wheels like that
 

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Amazing how you can drive on 2 wheels like that
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I'm more impressed by the tow vehicle doing it.
 
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