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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by hawk611
CMS Its worth the drive, I'm from Santa Ana and i toke my car all the way to him. its only a 45min drive
Must take a lot of herb to toke your car all the way there...
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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Stricly performance... ha
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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I would recommend RPM motorsports or George Lara, but CMS seems closer to you if you are in OC.. But then again I could be wrong.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by 96blackta
Bakersfield is quite the drive for me. About 2 1/2 hours, assuming there's no traffic.

Does CMS have a web page?

check out my guy powertrain dynamics,another great tuner with good prices tell him cj reffered you....he's located in huntington beach
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Old May 6, 2010 | 12:30 PM
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umm CMS!
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Old May 6, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LSGunZ28
I would recommend RPM motorsports or George Lara, but CMS seems closer to you if you are in OC.. But then again I could be wrong.
Where do we find this George Lara you speak of? I have heard of him.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by slow ride 02
Where do we find this George Lara you speak of? I have heard of him.
apparently he posts on 6LE's site. He did my original tunes on my camaro. He kind of fell off the face of the earth though. Good tunes, but never got to finish it before he disappeared. Good guy though
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Old May 6, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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You have to try RET racers edge tuning in downey greg there has been tuning reputable cars does great work, just moved. Into a bigger shop in Downey CA. 8107 PHLOX ST . 562 622 2508. Or 562 445 7001, I took my cammed GTO there and he fixed the problems the other tuners mentioned here didn't get.
The shop is connected to Eds. Speedshop parts and race fuel, 562 622 2519
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Old May 7, 2010 | 12:43 PM
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I think you are about to get questioned about what issues you had that "the other tuners mentioned here didn't get."
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Old May 7, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 93Z28rare
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I think you are about to get questioned about what issues you had that "the other tuners mentioned here didn't get."
Yes, Do tell...........
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Old May 8, 2010 | 10:56 AM
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take it to ryan at cms you can not go wrong
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Old May 9, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike@ZMS
I would personally recommend Haddad Motorsports. Mike Haddad is a good friend of mine and he has done all of my tuning. He also has one of the best dyno's around for load tuning and he is a LOT closer to you.

Give him a call and tell him I sent you his way.

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Hey, doesn't George Lara do all of Haddad's tuning? If so, I always heard that George was a damn decent tuner.
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Old May 9, 2010 | 01:13 PM
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If anything, I used Charlie at RPM! I'd use him again.
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Old May 10, 2010 | 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by WS6 Rampage
If anything, I used Charlie at RPM! I'd use him again.
So, post some numbers. What did he do for you?
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Old May 10, 2010 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by slow ride 02
So, post some numbers. What did he do for you?
I'm going to guess he got tuned.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by LTXBOI
check out my guy powertrain dynamics,another great tuner with good prices tell him cj reffered you....he's located in huntington beach
I called your guy twice and left messages. He never called back?
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Old May 12, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 96blackta
I was looking into having my car professionally tuned, but I can't find a tuner who isn't overpriced, or who I've been told to stay away from. I called SoCal Tuning and the guy wants $750. I thought that sounded unreasonable, considering my friend had his supercharged mustang tuned for $650 including the chip he had to buy.

powertrain dynamics name steve tell him cj referred you....super sweet deals located in huntington beach
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Old May 12, 2010 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by slow ride 02
I called your guy twice and left messages. He never called back?
damn have he contacted you yet!!!great tuner,sweet prices just communications skills are shitty...lol
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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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if i was a customer looking for a tuner the only people i would consider (excluding myself dont want to toot my own horn) would be Charlie @ RPM or George Lara.... they have the experience to back up there work..... to the op we are not that far and i have alot of experience with these cars...
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Old May 13, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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I wonder what George is up to these days.

Many years ago when I met George Lara (2004), I tuned his racecar camaro for him that his g/f was racing and later showed him he basics of hptuners etc when he was learning to do some of his own tuning on his car.

We've had a few cars in our shop that had been previously tuned by him years later and everything looked pretty inline.
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