Ahhhh, so you want to disregard that he ran stock plugs that weren't gapped properly with Map 2, didn't have his plugs torqued down properly, and also decided to run map 5 with E85 (max E30 is what Burger recommends). Nobody has to be an "expert tuner" to know that's not doing his engine any favors. If you'd be willing to use your car under those same scenarios, we can either prove or disprove my theory and see what happens. So let me know when you want to fill your Stinger up with E85, run map 5, and use stock plugs that aren't torqued down properly and we'll see what happens. Would that be proof enough for you?
Scott also painted the picture at the beginning that his car merely ever had a catback exhaust, and disregarded all the issues his car was previously suffering from and the
mods that were on it.
Try this analogy: If someone didn't change their oil for the first 15,000 miles, then finally changed it every 5,000 miles after that, and then had engine problems at 30,000 miles, does it take an expert to think that his engine probably developed issues during those first 15,000 miles of neglect? That's essentially what happened here: His engine suffered neglect at his own hands, and he wants to act like he had nothing to do with it.
I think it should serve as a warning to folks not to mess with their cars if they don't understand what they are doing. Not everyone is going to get as lucky as the OP to have the dealer cover the repairs under warranty. Thanks for trying to make him feel better by defending him, but it's not doing anyone any favors. Let's learn from his mistakes, and discourage others from doing the same thing.
