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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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Looking for a shop near by that works on ls1 i live in glendale az i need a ls1 expert to show me how to know what pushrod length i need. i am willing to pay for his time anybody know someone ???
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Welcome to AZ, I was in Glendale living at Luke, but just moved over to I10 and Dysart basically (Avondale). Post up on AZ Fastest Street Cars site prob get more people in the west side of town willing to help out.
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thank you i will look that up i cant wait to go to firebird or speed world. my car is so close to being race ready
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Old May 1, 2009 | 12:29 AM
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if you dont mind the drive to mesa

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Old May 1, 2009 | 01:11 AM
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X2 on Topgear. You cant go wrong with him. Great rates plus one hell of a person.
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Originally Posted by 99w69kitt
Looking for a shop near by that works on ls1 i live in glendale az i need a ls1 expert to show me how to know what pushrod length i need. i am willing to pay for his time anybody know someone ???
Do you have a pushrod length checker? What cam and lifter setup are you running?


Sean
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Old May 1, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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If you're going out to the East side go to Loud Pedal. They make real power and have great rates. Jason there will tell you how it is and won't blow smoke up your ***.

Check the link in my sig.
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Originally Posted by Drewstein
If you're going out to the East side go to Loud Pedal. They make real power and have great rates. Jason there will tell you how it is and won't blow smoke up your ***.

Check the link in my sig.
I can personally say TOP GEAR is the ONLY SHOP that i trust on my car.... the owner has worked on my car a few times and his rates are great and if something goes bad he will look at it free of charge... ive never heard of LOUD PEDAL so i cant say anything about them....not to mention Sean works very fast and will have your car done sometimes same day no matter what your doing to it !
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Old May 1, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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THanks guys any body know if there open on saturdays
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Top gear is open saturdays and i believe sundays give him a call

trust me take your car there
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Dont know loud pedal either. Sean has done almost all the work (previous owner) on my bird. I getting ready to send him more work soon. He also built my Impala. IMO there is no better place to go.
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Sean at Top Gear has done all the work on my car as well. Great guy to work with.
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talked to sean hope to hear from him soon
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Old May 3, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by campbellshotrods
sean at top gear has done all the work on my car as well. Great guy to work with.
ditto....

Campbell .... I love the exterior of your car... Looks good !!!
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Old May 4, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Tapout97
I can personally say TOP GEAR is the ONLY SHOP that i trust on my car.... the owner has worked on my car a few times and his rates are great and if something goes bad he will look at it free of charge... ive never heard of LOUD PEDAL so i cant say anything about them....not to mention Sean works very fast and will have your car done sometimes same day no matter what your doing to it !
Not to discredit Top Gear, but they don't have any LSX cars that can hang with my car. The guy doing the tuning for LPM runs bottom 9s on medium boost in his LSX car.

If you want to setup some runs I'm happy to roll out. Anything you got LS powered that can hang with me for a 40 roll? I didn't think so.

I'll do it on 91 all day too.
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Old May 4, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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Dont know loud pedal either. Sean has done almost all the work (previous owner) on my bird. I getting ready to send him more work soon. He also built my Impala. IMO there is no better place to go.
If you're in Az you must have heard of Jason or myslef. NicD does the tuning for us as well. Any of us ring a bell?
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Originally Posted by Drewstein
Not to discredit Top Gear, but they don't have any LSX cars that can hang with my car. The guy doing the tuning for LPM runs bottom 9s on medium boost in his LSX car.

If you want to setup some runs I'm happy to roll out. Anything you got LS powered that can hang with me for a 40 roll? I didn't think so.

I'll do it on 91 all day too.
WHO CARES...... most the cars there are DAILY DRIVERS..... if you running a 9 second car gets of you off so be it ... point is top gear is the best shop around and hate to tell you this not really there hasnt been 1 person whos complained about it before i ever went there 3 differnt form boards recommend them over 5 other shops i listed !!!
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Old May 4, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Drewstein
If you're in Az you must have heard of Jason or myslef. NicD does the tuning for us as well. Any of us ring a bell?
Yes i have heard and flat out you guys are looseing money but not tunning
LT1 CAMAROS TRANS AMS IMPALAS SS.... IN THIS ECONOMY WHY TURN DOWN BUSINESS

2 MONTHS AGO I WANTED TO BRING MY CAR TO NICD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE DOESNT TUNE NO HARD FEELINGS BUT THATS MONEYTHAT COULD HAVE WENT INTO BOTH YOUR POCKET AND SHOP JUST MY OPINION.....
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Old May 5, 2009 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Drewstein
Not to discredit Top Gear, but they don't have any LSX cars that can hang with my car. The guy doing the tuning for LPM runs bottom 9s on medium boost in his LSX car.

If you want to setup some runs I'm happy to roll out. Anything you got LS powered that can hang with me for a 40 roll? I didn't think so.

I'll do it on 91 all day too.
Not to burst your bubble or anything. But it sounds like most of us on here dont have the bank roll you do. Most of the people that go to Topgear are hard working people that want to have some fun with there cars and have a budget they need to stay in. Sean treats his customers fair and with honesty. While I know for a fact that Sean has worked on some higher end cars and CAN build a 9 SEC car if someone wanted him to. I know if I had that kind of money and wanted a 9 SEC car I would go to Sean before anybody else in this town just on his past work and reputation alone.

Sorry MR. Drewstein I am not in your league. I am more than happy for my quest for 11.5 SEC on NA. That is as fast as I wish to go with the budget I have. Good luck to you sir.
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Old May 5, 2009 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Drewstein
If you're in Az you must have heard of Jason or myslef. NicD does the tuning for us as well. Any of us ring a bell?
The more I think about it I have heard of Jason. The company name did not ring a bell with me. Sorry about that. I purchased a set of used push rods from him for my cam work Sean did for me. I also have heard great things about NicD also. I have never heard of you tho. Maybe some day we will meet at firebird and I can watch your tail lights.
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