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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 07:31 AM
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Hey I saw some of you guys on the west coast have used these guys, do they have a website? Where are they located?
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 10:08 AM
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Monroe, WA (N/W of Seattle) if memory serves correctly.

www.speedsecretsefi.com

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info@speedsecretsefi.com
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:13 AM
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Note - he just built 2 LT1s with over 400rwhp (thru a stall + 12 bolt)

PS Ellis, I need a few more business cards.....people are asking
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 08:20 PM
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Business cards? hmmm might have to get a few next time I see ya ellis
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:15 AM
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Thanks guys I sent them an email, just wait and see what they say. Do they do a good job at tuning? How are the prices? I think I will get a couple of pulls on the dyno at least. I need to see where I am at A/F wise before I whack it with a big shot
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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I think it's safe to say that Ellis knows his way around a tune. And prices are pretty reasonable, to be sure. His own project car is a 95 LT1 Camaro so yours will be like "old home week."
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 02:32 AM
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95Ttop,

Your car is just like mine and he's got mine running 13.0's Ellis definitely knows what he's doing when it comes to these cars..he lives and breaths LSX cars...
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 03:24 AM
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Cool I definatley want to meet up with you guys when I get up there, maybe me and my oldest daughter(4yr) will come over to the wet side and play race cars for a weekend. Mine isn't too fast yet, but I am getting ready to put a 200 shot on the stock bottom end and go for 10's. I currentley run 7.8's in the 1/8 (down in the dirty south the tracks are short) so it should go low 12's as it sits and I have been collecting parts like crazy lately . So hopefully when I get to WA my dad and I are going to put the new stuff on, it should 11's on motor and maybe dip into the 10's on the hose. I still am running stock heads and stock bottom end and a 10 bolt! Scarey huh?
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Mail sent!

BTW I lived in Alabama for a while I bought my first Z28 there! Where you going to be up here?

Always good to see new faces!
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email replied to, I didn't know who was who on here, I think I got it figured out now. We will get together and see how bad my tuning is when I get up there
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The real reason we lurv Ellis is because he doesn't spit on our LT1's....that we know of anyway
Trust me, his lil' shop (ahem!) would be our sink hole for $$$$ if we could part with it right now but it will come around soon enough.


Oh yeah, here is a prop for his knowledge: called him up about a friends 98' Saturn with tranny issues. He said 90% of the time it was a specific issue and have the BrandX shop look there first. Guess what - $2800+ later and after tearing apart the tranny then 'rebuilding' it, they fixed the very thing Ellis said to look for *first* and then said it was the only issue.

$298 13 Days Rental Car
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Good grief! If we could hand Ellis $3500 right now like my friend got raped for (with a smile, of course) we'd be hittin the track in February like everyone else. I'd even let him spit on it for that!
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