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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 12:42 AM
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Well I already had made up my mind to tune with CMS. But now one of my buddies said "let's go tune with RET, I've heard good things about them". Ah crap now I'm confused. So what are you guys experiences and who would u recommend? RET is closer to me and little cheaper. CMS is prett far which I don't mind the drive. But I believe in "you get what you pay for" saying.

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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 01:53 AM
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go with cms. i believe in you get what you pay for
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by mannyman84
Well I already had made up my mind to tune with CMS. But now one of my buddies said "let's go tune with RET, I've hears good things about them". Ah crap now I'm confused. So what are you guys experiences and who would u recommend? RET is closer to me and little cheaper. CMS is prett far which I don't mind the drive. But I believe in "you get what you pay for" saying.
Hmmmmm, yeah.

Go with CMS.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 02:34 AM
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Cms from what I hear,go get u some cms.....
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 03:01 AM
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I think Ryne is a stand-up guy who values his shop's reputation and I wouldn't hesitate to pay more and drive a little further to CMS.

I do not know anything about RET and I have no experience with them.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 04:25 AM
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CMS all day. who cares about a little drive when you spend alot of money on your car. make sure it runs right, and it runs good. stand up guy, and he is always willing to help out. DONT second guess it.
my friends vette was tuned by r.e.t. and he hates it for whatever reasons he has. dont know the details. but yeah. he claims he actually lost power or something.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 09:11 AM
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CMS all day. who cares about a little drive when you spend alot of money on your car. make sure it runs right, and it runs good. stand up guy, and he is always willing to help out. DONT second guess it.
my friends vette was tuned by r.e.t. and he hates it for whatever reasons he has. dont know the details. but yeah. he claims he actually lost power or something.
Lol did you see the pic Lee postex of Crash's tune by RET? Faill.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 11:25 AM
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Lol did you see the pic Lee postex of Crash's tune by RET? Faill.
Nope. Hahaha. Yeah man, he hates them to death now.
I heard when they became a sponsor, and they had a dyne day, on the table they had a "how to tune ls1's" book.
And I heard this from a pretty legit source that went to the dyne day...
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 09:11 PM
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Go with CMS which is who everyone continuously reccomends for a reason. I dont know much about RET but alot of guys who go to cheaper places for cheaper tunes end up going to Ryne to fix their cars in the long run, may as well only pay him instead of paying both places.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 09:23 PM
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MRelectric03 you are right. Thanks for the suggestions guys, never had any car tuned so don't know who to trust. Guess I'm sticking with my first option then.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mannyman84
MRelectric03 you are right. Thanks for the suggestions guys, never had any car tuned so don't know who to trust. Guess I'm sticking with my first option then.
Just tune your car foo. Then we can race for that 2k we talked about.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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Take it to cms if you want it tuned right.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
Just tune your car foo. Then we can race for that 2k we talked about.
Got em here ----> KK
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:04 AM
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:14 AM
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Thanks Ryne. Wasn't Doubting, just wanted some opinions. Still wasn't changing my mind about cms. Shooting for wed.. Is that cool?
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:55 AM
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I agree with taking it to CMS, Ryne will work his magic.
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 01:20 AM
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Thanks Ryne. Wasn't Doubting, just wanted some opinions. Still wasn't changing my mind about cms. Shooting for wed.. Is that cool?
not to like stroke cms dick at all but i drive over 500 miles for him to tune my car just saying i have been fucked over by other shops to many times and ryne has helped me a ton and my car is a monster thanks to cms

saving my pennies for my fast 102 this year, and finally let me motor breath
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 10:24 AM
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Zup Manny, good choice. I hear nothing but good things about CMS. I been to RET and I didn't like the experience so I didn't get my car tuned there. You are def right about getting what you pay for. Like you told me, its better to spend the money on the good stuff. lol
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by armkneez8
Zup Manny, good choice. I hear nothing but good things about CMS. I been to RET and I didn't like the experience so I didn't get my car tuned there. You are def right about getting what you pay for. Like you told me, its better to spend the money on the good stuff. lol
Haha yeah I know. Didn't mind the price. Just want to know who is better... Have you got that master done?
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 06:58 PM
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I only trust CMS with my Hailey!
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