02/16/2026
Some builds test your skills.
This one tested our sanity.
About a year ago I met Mike Tarabocia on a tuning help page when he couldn’t even get his new engine to start. From over 3,000 miles away we diagnosed a high-pressure fuel issue — and that kicked off this whole project together.
Since then we’ve been building and fighting with this buggy running a 6.6L Gen V LT stroker with a Brian Tooley Racing 230 cam and CNC ported heads.
What we’ve dealt with:
• Blown transfer case
• Then a blown transmission
• Gen V LT PCM tuning issues from no speed signal
• Countless late nights figuring things out
We finally reached testing… and of course the build had one last surprise — a low-pressure fuel pump problem. So full power numbers will have to wait a little longer.
But after everything we’ve been through, we weren’t going to keep people waiting.
Here’s a compilation of the tuning and testing so far while we sort out the fuel pressure issue. We’ll be back soon to finish the job properly.
