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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 04:24 PM
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Question great Texas tuner?

looking for an experienced good dyno tuner from San Antonio to DFW and anywhere in between. im right in the middle in the Killeen/Fort Hood area.

got a new fairly mild 346 Heads /cam(.619) / intake 4th gen that i Road Race that were struggling to get a good tune on.

any recommendations of someone you've had good success with?
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 06:15 PM
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Sam over at Advanced Modern performance (I think that's his place now)
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 06:23 PM
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anyone have any experience with James Karger/Calibrated by Karger?

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Sam over at Advanced Modern performance (I think that's his place now)
i believe youre right
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jdoyle
anyone have any experience with James Karger/Calibrated by Karger?



i believe youre right
Haven't had an experience with karger, but everybody that I know that has had their ride tuned by him, loves his work.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 08:18 PM
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pat g.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 08:58 PM
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Sam Miller or Daniel at Sqr in dfw, had my car tuned by Daniel and the car is night and day difference from what it was. He's been in the game a long time and knows his stuff. Real nice guy aswell.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 10:23 PM
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Pat G, Sam, and Karger, all good. Karger tuned my cam only set-up. Pat G will be tuning my new motor.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 11:18 PM
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I hear Karger is excellent.
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Sam at AMP and or James Krager

Do yourself a favor and stay away from Nelsons Performance in San Antonio!!!!!
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thanks everyone! keep the suggestions coming, haven't heard of any of these, been out of the game so long.

this Pat G guy. do I just look up every Pat in the phonebook for Texas until I find one that tunes?
does he have a shop name or anything I could look up?
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Just Google Pat G. He is LSfamous! LOL He is in Victoria though. My dad bought a Nelson performance tuned car and the genious locked the PCM.
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Sean Burt (formerly LGM) @ True Street in McKinney has tuned my LSX cars for 9 yrs now.
I wouldn't take my cars to anyone else.
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Old Jan 8, 2016 | 08:34 AM
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Andy Moye/Prime Tuning. Does al ot of the work in the DFW area.

https://www.facebook.com/PrimeTuning

https://www.facebook.com/PrimeTuningTX/timeline
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Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS 2
thanks everyone! keep the suggestions coming, haven't heard of any of these, been out of the game so long.

this Pat G guy. do I just look up every Pat in the phonebook for Texas until I find one that tunes?
does he have a shop name or anything I could look up?
patrick.guerragroup@gmail.com
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Old Jan 8, 2016 | 01:58 PM
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Sam at AMP they just moved to GP area hes the best around IMO
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Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS 2
thanks everyone! keep the suggestions coming, haven't heard of any of these, been out of the game so long.

this Pat G guy. do I just look up every Pat in the phonebook for Texas until I find one that tunes?
does he have a shop name or anything I could look up?
http://www.guerragroup.com/#!efi-tuning/cpx3
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Old Jan 10, 2016 | 09:50 PM
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What's wrong with nelson? Just curious, I thought he was one of the best/most popular tuners in texas.
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Originally Posted by SickSilverado
What's wrong with nelson? Just curious, I thought he was one of the best/most popular tuners in texas.
The PCM was locked in the car we bought. Some Tuners say it is so they can warranty there work. The problem with that is, there is really no such thing as a warranty in the box rod business. My dad's car has duty cycle issues because the injectors are stock. Until I either send the PCM back to Nelson or pay him to retune the car, we are stuck with a half *** running car. Some Tuners act like they will run out of business if others learn the process. The truth of the matter is, a dyno is needed to get it just right and those are few and far between. I tune and still take my cars to Pat when it is time to get the tune spot on and see some HP numbers.
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Old Jan 12, 2016 | 08:36 PM
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Shawn at Lethal Performance. They have some of the fastest LSX vehicles in the state that are true street cars. Big Red, Nightmare, Evil TT, Whytedevil just to name a few.
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