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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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Wanna let every one know the awesome job Ellis did. Took my car to his shop today to get a road tune for my car(mods in sig ). He had idel squared away in a few minutes then we went for a few drives starting with doing a SD map the a Maf map. Got it set pretty quick. Then at the end came the WOT test. Car pulls a lot harder at a nice 12.6 AFR. drivibility is great for a big cam. Just sat in Bellevue rush hour traffic with no issues and no more CEL.
Thanks again Ellis for the awesome job
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 09:24 AM
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Ellis definately knows his ****. He helped me out when I was bringing up my blackbird, and has fixed some other cars for us.
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 12:29 PM
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Oh yeah definitely he does. Only down side now is I spun a rod bearing 2 days later
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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That sucks. He can fix that too. If I was down there he'd be the only one besides me to work on my cars.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 01:52 AM
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Yeah he's a very knowledgeable Guy off I could afford the labor he'd be doing stuff to my car but since I'm a tech that would be throwing money away lol
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 10:36 AM
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Yeah that makes sense. Up here we have no choice but doing things ourselves. There are only a couple of people that know much about ls stuff and no tuners or performance shops.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 07:40 AM
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is there a shop and does he only do work on ls motors?
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 08:23 AM
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Yep, in Snohomish, he shares it with some other guys. He works on other makes also. He just fixed some issues my brother's 96 mystic cobra had a couple of weeks ago.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 08:24 AM
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hey guys i tried to call Ellis the other day, and all i got was voicemail...do you guys have another way or different number to contact him at? also i live 2 hours away so i was hoping i could send my computer up there for a base tune so it would be drivable enough to get it done there. i was also hopin he could port match my FAST intake to my new heads, heard he does great work. any comments on him? also does he have a website?
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 08:30 AM
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Here is his website.

http://www.speedsecretsefi.com/
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 11:09 AM
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thanks

does their shop do y-pipes too, or at least modify them? i am having clearance issues with my QTP y-pipe in the drivers side and it is always leaking cause of a crappy fit. so i need a new header to merge pipe elbow bend or just a new drivers side pipe, maybe even a little flattened out like pat-g did.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:30 PM
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I'm pretty sure Ellis can come up with something for you.
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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 05:18 AM
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damn im gunna have to go check the shop out!
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Stevo161
is there a shop and does he only do work on ls motors?
Technically he has the shop at his house (his original shop), and the one behind the Burger King in Snohomish. I've been there tons of times, and had quite a bit of work done. GREAT guy! He works on LSx, LTx, 3rd gen TPI setups, and has done some newer mustang stuff, too.
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damn im gunna have to go check the shop out!
Stop on by, he is almost always able to bs and show you around. His shop seems to always have more potential horsepower in it the entire nearby Bickford Ford dealership! lol

Might as well give me a PM and we can meet there next week- I gotta talk to him about my nitrous install.
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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 02:31 AM
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oh ima be giving ellis some money here so as well... i gotta get him to tune up the camaro and maybe put on my nitrous kit i havent decided what exactly i wanna do with it all yet but my car deff needs a tune...
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Old Mar 10, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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i will probably be stopping by there next week on my drive up from cali to talk to Ellis about my heads and cam install.
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Old Apr 1, 2011 | 04:23 AM
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damn man your up in oak harbor? you a navy guy as well? if so what command? ya i missed my appt with ellis because of work had to go on a det to a hell hole lol for a month
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Old Apr 1, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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There is pretty much nothing Ellis cant do with an LS based vehicle.
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Originally Posted by NataSS Inc
There is pretty much nothing Ellis cant do with an LS based vehicle.
LT1's too.
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