Tuning shops in WA state ?
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Tuning shops in WA state ?
Hey guys i'm moving to Ft.Lewis in late june and i will need to retune my car for local weather and temprature.
I want to know is there any good dyno tuning shops that anyone knows of ?
Thanks in advance.
I want to know is there any good dyno tuning shops that anyone knows of ?
Thanks in advance.
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the only place i really know if is a place called Intec Racing in Kent
(253) 872-0872
7405 S 212th St Ste 101
Kent, WA 98032
They dyno'd my car and installed my turbo for me
(253) 872-0872
7405 S 212th St Ste 101
Kent, WA 98032
They dyno'd my car and installed my turbo for me
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What kind of fuel management and setup are you running?
In the Portland area I recommend:
Surgeline Tuning
PRE (Performance Race Engineering)
PSI (Portland Speed Industries)
In washington im not too familiar with tuning shops unfortunately but Portland isn't too far from ft. lewis!
In the Portland area I recommend:
Surgeline Tuning
PRE (Performance Race Engineering)
PSI (Portland Speed Industries)
In washington im not too familiar with tuning shops unfortunately but Portland isn't too far from ft. lewis!
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never heard anything bad about Intec in Kent. the mazda crew loves going to Speedware in Redmond. I love just visiting the place. its like a showroom/museum of sports cars ranging from classic muscle cars to high end exotics. Labor is $85/hr. Kelly is our contact person.
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thanks guys..
Honestly as far where Ft.Lewis is from these place i have no idea, lol..
online i also found KAIZENSPEED.com anyone heard anything about them ?
As far as my set up.
Dezod Stage 1
AEM FIC
and will have my built motor in 3-4 weeks, so hopefully everything will be installed mid june and once i transport the car to WA i will brake in the motor and clutch, then tune it and would love to go to some meets over there )
So you guys can show me whats good about WA.
Honestly as far where Ft.Lewis is from these place i have no idea, lol..
online i also found KAIZENSPEED.com anyone heard anything about them ?
As far as my set up.
Dezod Stage 1
AEM FIC
and will have my built motor in 3-4 weeks, so hopefully everything will be installed mid june and once i transport the car to WA i will brake in the motor and clutch, then tune it and would love to go to some meets over there )
So you guys can show me whats good about WA.
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Intec is about 30min away from Ft. Lewis. Speedware is about 50min. Theres also, Fastlane motorsports right outside the gates of McChord AFB which is next door to Ft lewis. and there is also Axiom Motorsports in lakewood which is about 2miles away from Fastlane.
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I was pleased with Intec's work, customer service and all. I'm not sure what dyno they use
Speedware motorsport is also a great place (not sure if they dyno tho).
I haven't heard of any the other shops, but i'm sure if you google them you'll find something on them.
Speedware motorsport is also a great place (not sure if they dyno tho).
I haven't heard of any the other shops, but i'm sure if you google them you'll find something on them.
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when are you gonna go back and get stuff done to your car? I'm thinking of dynoing my car again since there seemed to be something wrong with the place I went to. Ppl were getting bad air fuel ratios.
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kaizen speed is good. they have built some fast cars and have a skyline they are building up and a fully drag civic that is clean. owner drove a supra powered lexus for a while so they do worrk on a lot of differernt makes. The owners are cool guys.
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Just spoke to Reid about few things.
He reccomended to get a standalone with built engine, he also said we if they will tune it he want to break in the car on the dyno and charge for AEM EMS everything tuned would be $700.
Also i asked him about LSD install and he gave me a quote $650.
I would like Adorian to chime into this and give her opinion as far as the tuning price.
They use Dyno Dynamic dyno.
Reid also invited me to their shop so i can take a look at the shop and meet him.
And everything is good i will just deliver the car to them from TX..
The only thing is their shop is like 3 hours drive from Ft.Lewis.
What do you guys think ?
anyone heard ANYTHING about kaizen?
He reccomended to get a standalone with built engine, he also said we if they will tune it he want to break in the car on the dyno and charge for AEM EMS everything tuned would be $700.
Also i asked him about LSD install and he gave me a quote $650.
I would like Adorian to chime into this and give her opinion as far as the tuning price.
They use Dyno Dynamic dyno.
Reid also invited me to their shop so i can take a look at the shop and meet him.
And everything is good i will just deliver the car to them from TX..
The only thing is their shop is like 3 hours drive from Ft.Lewis.
What do you guys think ?
anyone heard ANYTHING about kaizen?
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They are 10 minutes from my house. I visit their shop often. Both are good guys but I have never had them tune any of my cars. All my friends have though, They did my polyurethane bushing swap. They are the only shop I am personally familiar with, besides rods cars but I do not recommend them. All I can say is check them out and see what every one else says bout it. They have a Skyline sitting in their shop that will be pretty sick.