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Ok, I took my car to a dealership and had the pcm scanned for free (friend works their;)) and it threw 4 codes.
2 for the front upstream o2 sensor (not the one I just replaced), one because my maf runs lean, and one for my stuck secondairies. I'm getting the imrc from airknight, got a o2 sensor coming in the mail, and I can richen up the a/f with my optimizer. Should be good to go for emissions in a week.

I also got a couple white-faced gauges coming to monitor my supercharger. Should be set next weekend! My car has been sitting at my parents for a couple weeks now, because my tabs are expired.

I couldn't imagine having a car like that sitting for a minor TAB.
Just issued a personalized plate that read '1 TURBO' to a contour... thought it was you, so I called to ask about it being a turbo contour. The guy who answered said 'turbo' was the driver's nickname... yeah right.

I hate not being able to drive it. It has been a week and a half now since the Vortech has been in. I drove it to work one day and have taken it out a couple times around the block. Unfortunately, the secondaries not opening is most likely because of faulty wiring. I think I may have blown a fusable link and am trying to get ahold of the wiring schematics for the car. At the rate things have been going, it will probably be another couple weeks before I start driving it daily again.

Today was very productive! I fixed my secondaries, replaced a faulty O2 sensor, and cleaned up all the wiring under my hood. After quadruple checking the wiring for the secondaries, I pulled out the pcm and inspected it. Everything seemed ok, but it took a compressor and pressure cleaned the whole thing. I guess maybe a metal shaving may have caused a short in there.

Tuesday I will pass emissions and get re-tabbed. Then I'll start tuning this monstrosity.