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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 03:15 PM
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I'm looking at the purchase of an LS1 powered kitcar which needs a tune (LS1 with LS6 heads, intake manifold and a "hot cam"). Who do you guys recommend in the LA area, preferably in the San Fernando valley that can dyno this thing and has the required software?
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 03:45 PM
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Strictly Performance is up in the valley and does tuning.
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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What kind of kit car? Its a trip but I would go to CMS.
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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Cms check out their site on my sig
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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hit up geroge lara... he is in north hollywood... his sn is 12secSS
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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can this be a stickey see this question every other day theres

cms lake elsinore
rpm..santa clarita
haddad..inglewood
strickly performance..SFV

all i can think off
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Originally Posted by InfamousRacingCisko
can this be a stickey see this question every other day theres

cms lake elsinore
rpm..santa clarita
haddad..inglewood
strickly performance..SFV

all i can think off
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Originally Posted by Raptor_WS6
hit up geroge lara... he is in north hollywood... his sn is 12secSS
im with him, he tuned my car, nice guy, and great tuner
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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george Lara, Charlie at RPM are all great tuners, if you want to go for a drive, you can bring it to me, i have tuned quite a few kit/swapped cars, have experience with the issues those cars have. hit us up!
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryne @ CMS
george Lara, Charlie at RPM are all great tuners, if you want to go for a drive, you can bring it to me, i have tuned quite a few kit/swapped cars, have experience with the issues those cars have. hit us up!
Does that mean the above are better than SP or Haddad?
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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I got my tune at STRICTLY MOTORSPORTS and got more hp than my last tune.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 02:42 AM
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by qboy
Does that mean the above are better than SP or Haddad?
did i say that? in my experience i feel they are good tuners, besides george used to tune for haddad
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 04:00 AM
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CMS Ryne is a cool *** dude... + he knows his ****...
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryne @ CMS
did i say that? in my experience i feel they are good tuners, besides george used to tune for haddad
When you say "they", do you mean both shops? Is Haddad's current tuner as good as George? And SP doesn't even have a shop now so how they be doing tuning? I've read good things about you and George and I've seen Charlie in action. The three of you seem to cover different parts of the So Cal area so it probably depends where the person lives as to which shop to pick.

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RPM in santa clarita is your best bet for tuning in your area.
go up there and talk to charlie...the shop speaks for itself.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by qboy
When you say "they", do you mean both shops? Is Haddad's current tuner as good as George? And SP doesn't even have a shop now so how they be doing tuning? I've read good things about you and George and I've seen Charlie in action. The three of you seem to cover different parts of the So Cal area so it probably depends where the person lives as to which shop to pick.
i dont know if haddad's current tuner is good, i have heard good things, but that is all........ i see alot of jacked up tunes..... but i dont know who tuned them, so technically i cant say bad things about any tuner
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by qboy
When you say "they", do you mean both shops? Is Haddad's current tuner as good as George? And SP doesn't even have a shop now so how they be doing tuning? I've read good things about you and George and I've seen Charlie in action. The three of you seem to cover different parts of the So Cal area so it probably depends where the person lives as to which shop to pick.
we are still a fully opperational shop with all capabilities.we are open 8 am to 6 pm mon -fri ....and will open the door to the new shop in a matter of days...
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Only have taken my car to two shops...in the SFV thats SP robs a cool guy and does really good work...and Lou's Performance also great guy and does excellent work...
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