Am I screwed???

2002stang · October 27th, 2010, 11:01 AM

So as some of you know i just reciently got my car back from the shop, Or as i like to call it the chop shop. well when i went to work on the car i found out they had drilled out my ignition cause they broke the key off in there so i replaced the entire steering colume and key. know i know the pats is fucked up and it wont turn over. but the shitty part is i had a sct tuner on the computer and that tuner was in the trunk when i droped it off and now it is gone. seeing as the car is now locked to that tuner does this mean i cant use the new Sct sf3 tuner to disable pats?? i am pretty sure it is but just wondering if i have a chance of hope.

dcook_14 · October 27th, 2010, 11:33 AM

You can use another tuner on your car, they just won't be able to use that tuner on other cars. If you plug another tuner into your car, it'll just save the tune that's on there now as the "stock tune" and you can put whatever other tune on it you want.

Dig up your tune files or whatever you can find and call SCT with the serial number and tell them that someone stole your tuner. Tell them if someone sends in the one with that serial number, not to unlock it for them. Go back to the shop and ask them if they accidentally misplaced your tuner. If they give you the run-around then just tell them, okay but just so you know, that tuner can't be used on other vehicles without being sent back to SCT to be unlocked from my car.

236Mustang · October 27th, 2010, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by 2002stang

So as some of you know i just reciently got my car back from the shop, Or as i like to call it the chop shop. well when i went to work on the car i found out they had drilled out my ignition cause they broke the key off in there so i replaced the entire steering colume and key. know i know the pats is fucked up and it wont turn over. but the shitty part is i had a sct tuner on the computer and that tuner was in the trunk when i droped it off and now it is gone. seeing as the car is now locked to that tuner does this mean i cant use the new Sct sf3 tuner to disable pats?? i am pretty sure it is but just wondering if i have a chance of hope.

this just means you need to take it back and have it fixed or have them reimburse you for what you fixed that they broke. And get your tuner back

This is what i would have done and not let it slide....

dcook_14 · October 27th, 2010, 11:59 AM

Agree, you need to go back there and figure out wtf happened. Don't go in there guns blazing, but don't be a pussy about it either.

Why did you replace the key/column? That should have been on them.

2000stallion · October 27th, 2010, 12:06 PM

I can see this heading to the burnout box

2002stang · October 27th, 2010, 01:43 PM

well i would go back to the shop but it was shut down and the owner has dissapeared with 30 other marines's money. over 2million. 30,000 of that being mine. so to go back and try to get the stuff fixed is out of the question. the guy has 72 federal warrents for his arrest and no word on what is going on. i filed a law suit against the individual but the federal system pretty much told me that i was not worth there time and they had bigger fish to fry. thanks Dcook thats what i thought but i wasnt sure i thought that once a tuner was locked to a car that any other tuner would be denied access till the factory tune was re-flashed. Possibly as a safe guard as to not leave a footprint on the factory tune. i guess ill give it a try. and to everyone else if you look in my garage you will see what i am working with. just finished putting the engine back together and now starting on the interior.

matty2111 · October 27th, 2010, 02:02 PM

this is why i hate jville...what was the name of the place?

2002stang · October 27th, 2010, 02:05 PM

Rush motorsports, and Then after the bbb started harrasing them they changed to Raceline Engineering and Distribution. There in sneads Ferry NC. i have to go and pretty much reposses my car before the land owner tried to sell it. Kinda fucked up i think

matty2111 · October 27th, 2010, 02:14 PM

like goin out the back gate, like going to wilimgton, a little past the light on the left?

2002stang · October 27th, 2010, 02:23 PM

yep. mine was the blue convertible that was there with about 5 other cars.

dcook_14 · October 27th, 2010, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by 2002stang

thanks Dcook thats what i thought but i wasnt sure i thought that once a tuner was locked to a car that any other tuner would be denied access till the factory tune was re-flashed. Possibly as a safe guard as to not leave a footprint on the factory tune. i guess ill give it a try. and to everyone else if you look in my garage you will see what i am working with. just finished putting the engine back together and now starting on the interior.

No, you can just get another handheld and get another tune. If you want to have a "factory tune" I'm sure one of the reputable tuners can put that together for you pretty easily so you can return it to stock if you ever felt the need. Talk to Joe@TrickTuners or Rick and Linn at Amazon Tuning Solutions and let them know whats up. I guess the best route would be to get a race tune for your mods, a street tune for your mods, and then the stock tune so you can go back to it if need be

2002stang · October 27th, 2010, 04:16 PM

ok cool thats good so now i just have to get a new tuner. well i dont have a lot of mods in the motor right now but i do have a good amount of parts on the side of the garage from shit he didnt take when he left. the thing im missing is the eaton supercharger and my forged internals. so off to the shopping mall when i get more money. used all i had for this car and the last 6gs i had for my F450 super duty

236Mustang · October 27th, 2010, 04:37 PM

what kind of job did they do on your stang that cost 30k?

2002stang · October 27th, 2010, 05:16 PM

well if i must. they were doing a complete build. starting with 4.3 stroker with eagle forged and dished pistons running 8.1 compression. 2.3L KB mamoth kit with a stand alone computer, kenny brown suspension, subframe connectors, adjustable coilovers with 1.5 front drop and 3/4 rear drop. complete interior with black and red accents and sparco seats custom color matched along with a 8pt roll cage. t5 5spd conversion with built gforce trans and a 8.8 with 3.73 rear gears. cant remember the cam specs but with everything done it should have pushed around 440 to 480 rwh hp. and a 100 shot of zex NO2. but instead they ran off with everything and parted my car.

Mr. Red Pony · October 27th, 2010, 09:41 PM

fuck.....

I guess that is a lesson lie "do your own work"

GreenMustang00 · October 27th, 2010, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Red Pony

fuck.....

I guess that is a lesson lie "do your own work"

agree on this one

SSteady98 · October 28th, 2010, 03:28 AM

holy fucking batman. that is really fucking messed up.

G.T. Rags · October 28th, 2010, 03:31 AM

agreed

2002stang · October 28th, 2010, 09:32 AM

Ya but I look at it this way I lost a lot of parts but I got the most important thing back and that's the car. I usually do the work my self but didn't have the time for this project and figured I'd help a fellow service member with some business. I'm doing all the work myself now

xn1919 · October 28th, 2010, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by 2002stang

Rush motorsports, and Then after the bbb started harrasing them they changed to Raceline Engineering and Distribution. There in sneads Ferry NC. i have to go and pretty much reposses my car before the land owner tried to sell it. Kinda fucked up i think

lol im comming to NC for FMTB on feb ill have to keep my eyes open!!

October 27th, 2010, 11:01 AM	#1
2002stang Regular 2002 Vert Warp speed Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dunkirk, Indiana Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	Am I screwed??? So as some of you know i just reciently got my car back from the shop, Or as i like to call it the chop shop. well when i went to work on the car i found out they had drilled out my ignition cause they broke the key off in there so i replaced the entire steering colume and key. know i know the pats is fucked up and it wont turn over. but the shitty part is i had a sct tuner on the computer and that tuner was in the trunk when i droped it off and now it is gone. seeing as the car is now locked to that tuner does this mean i cant use the new Sct sf3 tuner to disable pats?? i am pretty sure it is but just wondering if i have a chance of hope. __________________ RETIRED Military Crew CPL/USMC John 15:13 *"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."*

October 27th, 2010, 11:33 AM	#2
dcook_14 Banned 2004 Mustang GT 12.35@114.08 w/ 1.88 60' Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Waterloo, IA Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 7 reviews	You can use another tuner on your car, they just won't be able to use that tuner on other cars. If you plug another tuner into your car, it'll just save the tune that's on there now as the "stock tune" and you can put whatever other tune on it you want. Dig up your tune files or whatever you can find and call SCT with the serial number and tell them that someone stole your tuner. Tell them if someone sends in the one with that serial number, not to unlock it for them. Go back to the shop and ask them if they accidentally misplaced your tuner. If they give you the run-around then just tell them, okay but just so you know, that tuner can't be used on other vehicles without being sent back to SCT to be unlocked from my car. __________________ Do the Right Thing, Cook. ~Zip.

October 27th, 2010, 11:59 AM	#4
dcook_14 Banned 2004 Mustang GT 12.35@114.08 w/ 1.88 60' Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Waterloo, IA Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 7 reviews	Agree, you need to go back there and figure out wtf happened. Don't go in there guns blazing, but don't be a pussy about it either. Why did you replace the key/column? That should have been on them. __________________ Do the Right Thing, Cook. ~Zip.

October 27th, 2010, 12:06 PM	#5
2000stallion Hardcore Enthusiast 2000 Mustang slow@slow Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 2,000 iTrader: 1 reviews	I can see this heading to the burnout box __________________ For Sale: 99-04 smoked tail light covers 2000stallions Build Thread

October 27th, 2010, 01:43 PM	#6
2002stang Regular 2002 Vert Warp speed Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dunkirk, Indiana Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	well i would go back to the shop but it was shut down and the owner has dissapeared with 30 other marines's money. over 2million. 30,000 of that being mine. so to go back and try to get the stuff fixed is out of the question. the guy has 72 federal warrents for his arrest and no word on what is going on. i filed a law suit against the individual but the federal system pretty much told me that i was not worth there time and they had bigger fish to fry. thanks Dcook thats what i thought but i wasnt sure i thought that once a tuner was locked to a car that any other tuner would be denied access till the factory tune was re-flashed. Possibly as a safe guard as to not leave a footprint on the factory tune. i guess ill give it a try. and to everyone else if you look in my garage you will see what i am working with. just finished putting the engine back together and now starting on the interior. __________________ RETIRED Military Crew CPL/USMC John 15:13 *"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."*

October 27th, 2010, 02:02 PM	#7
matty2111 Regular 2011 Mustang V6 Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 62 iTrader: 0 reviews	this is why i hate jville...what was the name of the place?

October 27th, 2010, 02:05 PM	#8
2002stang Regular 2002 Vert Warp speed Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dunkirk, Indiana Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	Rush motorsports, and Then after the bbb started harrasing them they changed to Raceline Engineering and Distribution. There in sneads Ferry NC. i have to go and pretty much reposses my car before the land owner tried to sell it. Kinda fucked up i think __________________ RETIRED Military Crew CPL/USMC John 15:13 *"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."*

October 27th, 2010, 02:14 PM	#9
matty2111 Regular 2011 Mustang V6 Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 62 iTrader: 0 reviews	like goin out the back gate, like going to wilimgton, a little past the light on the left?

October 27th, 2010, 02:23 PM	#10
2002stang Regular 2002 Vert Warp speed Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dunkirk, Indiana Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	yep. mine was the blue convertible that was there with about 5 other cars. __________________ RETIRED Military Crew CPL/USMC John 15:13 *"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."*

October 27th, 2010, 04:16 PM	#12
2002stang Regular 2002 Vert Warp speed Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dunkirk, Indiana Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	ok cool thats good so now i just have to get a new tuner. well i dont have a lot of mods in the motor right now but i do have a good amount of parts on the side of the garage from shit he didnt take when he left. the thing im missing is the eaton supercharger and my forged internals. so off to the shopping mall when i get more money. used all i had for this car and the last 6gs i had for my F450 super duty __________________ RETIRED Military Crew CPL/USMC John 15:13 *"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."*

October 27th, 2010, 04:37 PM	#13
236Mustang Regular Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Corpus Christi Posts: 442 iTrader: 0 reviews	what kind of job did they do on your stang that cost 30k? __________________ 1995 Turbo V6 Mustang (auto) Check out my build <---- ET: 14.1@99mph (coupler blowing off/MBC failing ) Built by Iron Horse Motorsports

October 27th, 2010, 05:16 PM	#14
2002stang Regular 2002 Vert Warp speed Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dunkirk, Indiana Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	well if i must. they were doing a complete build. starting with 4.3 stroker with eagle forged and dished pistons running 8.1 compression. 2.3L KB mamoth kit with a stand alone computer, kenny brown suspension, subframe connectors, adjustable coilovers with 1.5 front drop and 3/4 rear drop. complete interior with black and red accents and sparco seats custom color matched along with a 8pt roll cage. t5 5spd conversion with built gforce trans and a 8.8 with 3.73 rear gears. cant remember the cam specs but with everything done it should have pushed around 440 to 480 rwh hp. and a 100 shot of zex NO2. but instead they ran off with everything and parted my car. __________________ RETIRED Military Crew CPL/USMC John 15:13 *"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."*

October 27th, 2010, 09:41 PM	#15
Mr. Red Pony Resident badass 01 Built V6 (3.9) 13.91 @ 99.1 N/A Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lawton, Oklahomo Posts: 6,789 iTrader: 10 reviews	fuck..... I guess that is a lesson lie "do your own work" __________________ 271rwhp N/A V6 The Name is Danny. I'm a GM Technician. Suck it.

October 28th, 2010, 03:28 AM	#17
SSteady98 95ish5.0 1995 GT Slow Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Angelo Posts: 490 iTrader: 0 reviews	holy fucking batman. that is really fucking messed up. __________________ 1995 Mustang GT BBK Shorty Headers, H Pipe, CAI, UDP, 255lph Fuel Pump Spec Stage 3 Clutch FR500's all the way around Cobra R Hood Want Gears, Cam, TW Heads, Turbo(Last)

October 28th, 2010, 09:32 AM	#19
2002stang Regular 2002 Vert Warp speed Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dunkirk, Indiana Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	Ya but I look at it this way I lost a lot of parts but I got the most important thing back and that's the car. I usually do the work my self but didn't have the time for this project and figured I'd help a fellow service member with some business. I'm doing all the work myself now __________________ RETIRED Military Crew CPL/USMC John 15:13 *"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."*

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