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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 03:41 PM
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Just wondered if anyone had experience lately with a place called Stumps Garage in Pine Groove, PA. From a couple local friends I've talked to they have had good experience with them. Can anyone comment? The shop seems really nice and from what I heard is pretty respectable on tuning.
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Just wondered if anyone had experience lately with a place called Stumps Garage in Pine Groove, PA. From a couple local friends I've talked to they have had good experience with them. Can anyone comment? The shop seems really nice and from what I heard is pretty respectable on tuning.
very good shop! been there with my car and truck and they did great work. check out www.motorcityforums.com for more feedback. ryan(owner of the shop) has worked on a bunch of higher horsepower cars so its not just a shop for oil changes and alignments.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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very good shop! been there with my car and truck and they did great work. check out www.motorcityforums.com for more feedback. ryan(owner of the shop) has worked on a bunch of higher horsepower cars so its not just a shop for oil changes and alignments.
Yea thats what I heard, I spoke to ryan there and was really nice guy who seemed to know what he was doing.
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 12:13 AM
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they get an A+ in my book. Ryan did my tuning for my car. he knows his stuff
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they get an A+ in my book. Ryan did my tuning for my car. he knows his stuff
Thats good to hear, what were you mods? And did you gain any power after the tune?
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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Had both my Corvette and Camaro tuned there. Would highly recommend Stump's for any work.
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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I used to rent out his shop before I got my dyno in West Chester, PA. His shop is setup nice and he has definitely made some good power and drivability out of some old friends cars.

He's a really upstanding guy too with a great team.
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Good to hear, makes me feel more comfortable about going with him. Everyone I ask has nothing but good things to say about him and the fact that the shop is local to me and great prices makes me want to give them a shot
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Originally Posted by fccs
Thats good to hear, what were you mods? And did you gain any power after the tune?
i went from about 318 hp to about 380 hp. the car was really lean.
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i went from about 318 hp to about 380 hp. the car was really lean.
lol woah wait do you mean from just the tuning? I am assuming you have a cam? I'm at 380 now and im really lean, between 14.0-.14.5 A/F at WOT entire time.
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lol woah wait do you mean from just the tuning? I am assuming you have a cam? I'm at 380 now and im really lean, between 14.0-.14.5 A/F at WOT entire time.

Holy ****, stay the hell out of WOT before you blow the engine. Get that thing tuned ASAP.
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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Holy ****, stay the hell out of WOT before you blow the engine. Get that thing tuned ASAP.
Yea I havent driven it in a few days, I have another car for daily driving. Tune should be done on friday
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by andrewzpsu
Holy ****, stay the hell out of WOT before you blow the engine. Get that thing tuned ASAP.
my car was worse than that. but Ryan fixed it
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Ryan will definitely take care of you. He's a great guy and has been a good friend to local car clubs. He's in a new shop now, just down the road from the old shop. He also has an atv/motorcylce dyno.
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I got some exhaust work done by Stump's on my TBSS and some other odds and ends. Ryan is very knowledgeable and his team is a big help.
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Got this just from a tune on my basically stock Avalanche 2500, and he bent the pipes for the 2-2 right side exit, too (not easy to match them up, but he nailed it)

Good people, good prices, excellent, top notch work being done. What more could ya want.

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Yea their dyno got flooded from the huge rain storm we had ahah. Sucks, today would have been perfect but he's going to let me know next week if I can come in for a tune as soon as the dyno is fixed. Can't wait!
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Originally Posted by andrewzpsu
I used to rent out his shop before I got my dyno in West Chester, PA. His shop is setup nice and he has definitely made some good power and drivability out of some old friends cars.

He's a really upstanding guy too with a great team.
what about this killer shop/ dawg... andrew a killer tuner..
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Well the reason I'm going to try Stumps out for now is mainly cause of the distance and reviews. 30minute drive on the highway is nothing for a good dyno tune
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by fccs
Well the reason I'm going to try Stumps out for now is mainly cause of the distance and reviews. 30minute drive on the highway is nothing for a good dyno tune
You're making the right decision on who to go to.. There's a difference between someone who understands how the PCM meters fuel, and someone who basically tricks the PCM to get the fuel to flow.
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