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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 08:42 PM
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Friend of mine is about to get his lt1 trans am tuned there. I had found this thread the other day and I was wondering if this is still true. That "you get what you pay for" with tuning. I just recently got my first ls1 and from what I've read here LMR, ARD and G-force are the best place to get a good tune at. Here's the old thread I found.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-mem...rs-tuning.html

I'm just trying to convince my friend not to go there
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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Shouldn't I be saying something here?
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 08:55 PM
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Pay the extra and get it done right by one of the big names in Houston.
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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Hey look at me I'm getting my car tuned by chuck AAHHH OHOOH SHIIIIIIT

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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by rooster99ss
Shouldn't I be saying something here?
Yes you should! Show him what you have put togeather.
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by SLV_WS6
Yes you should! Show him what you have put togeather.
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by blackdahlia1988
Friend of mine is about to get his lt1 trans am tuned there. I had found this thread the other day and I was wondering if this is still true. That "you get what you pay for" with tuning. I just recently got my first ls1 and from what I've read here LMR, ARD and G-force are the best place to get a good tune at. Here's the old thread I found.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-mem...rs-tuning.html

I'm just trying to convince my friend not to go there
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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Is that the same Chuck that advertises on Craigslist?
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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Yeah it is. And I already did a search just tryin to get some recent feedback an then give him the link to this thread so he read before he f**ks up his car lol
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 10:36 PM
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Real shops don't advertise on craigslist....
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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I don't know his experience with lsx cars but when I had him tune my lt1 a while back I was far from pleased... just so happened his a/f ratio meter quit working that day and needless to say tune ended up being way off... on top of that burnt up one of my pcms luckily I had an extra with me. Car varied almost a full second from summer to winter and this was suppose to be a bracket car lol
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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iv heard alot of bad stories about him but to tell the truth, he tuned my cam only 6 speed car pretty much guessing. (had a bad opti, thought the cam was too big to run on the stock tune). it drove awesome when fixed. when i went back, owen was only able to get 12 rwhp better than chucks by ear tune.




on the other hand, he also told me the reason my car was missing and running like **** was all my pushrods and valves wer bent.
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 11:06 PM
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Ill take a chuck tune over ARD any day of the week.

In fact... I did have a chuck tune in 07...
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave_the_SS
Real shops don't advertise on craigslist....
Why not? Free advertising! Craigslist gets what? Half million hits a day?

It is gold for small/ new businesses
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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 11:12 PM
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I agree with ya htx... especially at the level he is at its great...
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 02:35 AM
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Buddy of mine went to him last week after heads cam full bolt on install on his g8. Let's just say he's already about to make an appointment at g force for a retune. I didn't catch him in time. Do it right the first time
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 07:24 AM
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Just take it to LMR and call it a good day. Also Auto Adrenaline and Pavlock = winning.
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 07:53 AM
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The funny thing is, everyone on ls1tech and their brother used to praise that guy and his old shop (HPE) for about 2 years straight.

He must have lost a popularity contest at some point. Maybe he got caught hanging out with a nerd after school or something.
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 08:10 AM
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yeah i remember when people thought HPE was god!
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