Finish Line Performance, naperville Il
10-22-2006, 09:54 AM
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I live very close to them and know a lot of people who have went there since I was in high school (14+ years ago), and haven't heard too many complaints about their finished product. I've been there a couple times for exhaust work and had good experiences. My only complaint is both times I've been in for work they've bad mouthed other peoples products I've had on my car. Saying their stuff is better etc. Maybe it is, but it's bad P.R. and it pissed me off.
10-22-2006, 12:05 PM
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My only complaint is both times I've been in for work they've bad mouthed other peoples products I've had on my car. Saying their stuff is better etc. Maybe it is, but it's bad P.R. and it pissed me off.
10-22-2006, 12:36 PM
#5
FLP has Midwest engine tech build their motors (though you purchase them through FLP) and they are very very good, I speak from experience and also others experiences. They built my 408 and ported my Dart heads. I make very respectable HP on a D1SC, and Dan Bills is an extremely knowledgeable individual. Several well known memebers here have him tune their car, and for good reason. FLP has a very dedicated customer base, you don't hear about them as much as say Speed Inc, but they are always busy and turn out some very bad *** cars.
10-22-2006, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TS6
FLP has Midwest engine tech build their motors (though you purchase them through FLP) and they are very very good, I speak from experience and also others experiences. They built my 408 and ported my Dart heads. I make very respectable HP on a D1SC, and Dan Bills is an extremely knowledgeable individual. Several well known memebers here have him tune their car, and for good reason. FLP has a very dedicated customer base, you don't hear about them as much as say Speed Inc, but they are always busy and turn out some very bad *** cars.
WOW!!! Scott at midwest is building me a 370ci motor as we speak. sould be done in a week or two. Scott gave me a tour and everything is done in house. His shop is like 15 minutes away from my house. The price is less thank flp but i didnt know they was doing flp engines. Well small world.
10-22-2006, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DuronClocker
Let's just say I wish I had spent the extra money and waited the extra month to let them tune my car instead of Speed, Inc. 
What didnt you like about your Speed Inc tune?
10-22-2006, 03:48 PM
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My car was on the dyno for all of 3 runs. Mid/upper range is good, but they only dyno-tuned from 2800-6400. I wanted it from 2000-6800 or so. Low-end is terrible, as are the surging issues down low. It is like an on/off switch at 2800RPMs. I'm only running a 224/228 cam, it should be making good power almost 1000RPMs lower than it does. I might as well have gone with an even bigger cam if this is how they tune the bottom end 
Even after talking to Larry, he told me all of that is normal solely based on the fact that I have a cam in the car. I asked him to take the car for a drive with the tuner and do some street tuning, and they said they would, but when I picked it up all he had to say is the above.
I've talked to a few other guys who have had the same problem and had someone else tune their car afterwards and get rid of all of the low-end problems, and he had a much bigger cam than I (GM-847 on an LT1). Couldn't go down the road at 30mph in 5th until he had MadZ28 tune his car again.
Even after talking to Larry, he told me all of that is normal solely based on the fact that I have a cam in the car. I asked him to take the car for a drive with the tuner and do some street tuning, and they said they would, but when I picked it up all he had to say is the above.
I've talked to a few other guys who have had the same problem and had someone else tune their car afterwards and get rid of all of the low-end problems, and he had a much bigger cam than I (GM-847 on an LT1). Couldn't go down the road at 30mph in 5th until he had MadZ28 tune his car again.
10-22-2006, 03:56 PM
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Dan is a great tuner, thats for sure. I have a fairly large cam in my car, and a blower, and it idles at 900 rpm or so just fine and is very driveable. Drives like stock until you get in it. I took it to the track and literally just backed off the trailer, drove around to warm it up, staged, pushed the skinny pedal and ran 10.4 at 135, going light on the throttle until late second gear (thought it would spin). All on pump gas too.
10-22-2017, 08:43 PM
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DO not go there , brang my 1969 camaro there, and they messed it up putting on new heads, ran terrible, after i picked my car up there was loud banging coming from engine, had to call a tow truck , i found out they put wrong rocker arms on and reused all the locking nuts, some of them came lose, what a nightmare , my experience Very UNKNOWLEDGEABLE, i will never recommend them ,i would rather get someone off of craigslist thats how bad of an experience i had
10-23-2017, 03:08 PM
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Wow, no kidding. Did they offer to make it right?
I called FLP just before I did my 9" a few years ago to get a price on installing a set of 3.90s. They wanted $1100....lol. Cam install they wanted double what any other shop was quoting. They are located in a fairly wealthy area with a high population so I'm sure they have their niche of big builds. Don't think they want anything to do with small **** anymore.
I called FLP just before I did my 9" a few years ago to get a price on installing a set of 3.90s. They wanted $1100....lol. Cam install they wanted double what any other shop was quoting. They are located in a fairly wealthy area with a high population so I'm sure they have their niche of big builds. Don't think they want anything to do with small **** anymore.
10-23-2017, 03:17 PM
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Sounds like a "boutique" operation, for customers with more money than common sense and/or brains
