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View Poll Results: What weekend would you like to have a TurboTrix tune?
August 12-13
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September 2-3
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45.83%
Either weekend works for me
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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Just want to know why. I need better answeres other than "no alamo"
Alamo is a little place with nowhere to sit or do anything. Also, last October they strapped my car on the dyno wrong and pushed my exhaust up, which melted my bumber after 20 minutes on the dyno. Brice said he would take care of it and get me a bumber shield to cover the melted and discolored part up. It took ~40 emails, ~15 calls and 7.5 MONTHS for him to finally get the part to me. He also said he would give me a $200 credit towards parts installs because of the headache I had to go through. When I went to USE the credit to have them install my intake cam, he said he wasn't going to give me a credit and I would have to pay $200 to have the install done.

I hope that explains why I will not be setting up ANYTHING at Alamo, and for future tunes I will be doing all I can to not have anything there. I would rather pay to have my car SHIPPED out to TurboTrix and custom tuned than drive down to Alamo for a tuning session.
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tke_413
Alamo is a little place with nowhere to sit or do anything. Also, last October they strapped my car on the dyno wrong and pushed my exhaust up, which melted my bumber after 20 minutes on the dyno. Brice said he would take care of it and get me a bumber shield to cover the melted and discolored part up. It took ~40 emails, ~15 calls and 7.5 MONTHS for him to finally get the part to me. He also said he would give me a $200 credit towards parts installs because of the headache I had to go through. When I went to USE the credit to have them install my intake cam, he said he wasn't going to give me a credit and I would have to pay $200 to have the install done.

I hope that explains why I will not be setting up ANYTHING at Alamo, and for future tunes I will be doing all I can to not have anything there. I would rather pay to have my car SHIPPED out to TurboTrix and custom tuned than drive down to Alamo for a tuning session.
Thanks man thats all i wanted to hear. I like knowing all i can about shops and people for furture referance.
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 02:53 PM
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Plz keep me posted.
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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We checked out Kingpin at the open house today, and they are going to jump right into the Evo market. They look like they have potential to be a great alternative. We will be talking further with the ownership about sponsorship and having some tune and dyno days once the Mustang is in place.
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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We checked out Kingpin at the open house today, and they are going to jump right into the Evo market. They look like they have potential to be a great alternative. We will be talking further with the ownership about sponsorship and having some tune and dyno days once the Mustang is in place.

Sounds great!!!!! Im in
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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I'm interested in Mark coming to Kingpin. Count me in for sure. I'd prefer august, even sooner if possible.
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Old Jun 3, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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It was nice to meet you, Ethan, at Kingpin today. I agree that it should prove to be a nice alternative for us. Looking forward to spending some $ in advance of Mark flying down again.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 07:10 AM
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What date is good for everybody? How about the first or second week of September?
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by tke_413
Either one of those will work for me, do you know what kind of dynos they have and where they are located?
Before finalizing the location, you probably want to give Mark (TT) a call. I believe he draws the line at using Dynapack because of the lengthy changeover time (pulling all four wheels) for each car.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 12:34 PM
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How about early september?
QAT-R....What's up man, how is your car holding up? Are you still learning to tune?
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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Kingpin is a Mustang dyno. The ownership of Kingpin will want to talk with Mark before plans are made...the first step is to get them talking.

Originally Posted by Evo8RA
Before finalizing the location, you probably want to give Mark (TT) a call. I believe he draws the line at using Dynapack because of the lengthy changeover time (pulling all four wheels) for each car.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ez
Kingpin is a Mustang dyno. The ownership of Kingpin will want to talk with Mark before plans are made...the first step is to get them talking.
I'll contact TurboTrix and Kingpin once I find out an approximate date that is good for everyone. Some want August and some want September...if everyone give me some dates that are good, I'll figure out what's the most popular and start setting things up.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 06:59 AM
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Sounds good. Let me know if NTEC can help in any way...

Originally Posted by tke_413
I'll contact TurboTrix and Kingpin once I find out an approximate date that is good for everyone. Some want August and some want September...if everyone give me some dates that are good, I'll figure out what's the most popular and start setting things up.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 07:12 AM
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Sat. 2nd or Sun. 3rd of September would be perfect so I can make the HPDE the next weekend.

BlownIncome, you've got pm.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by QAT-R
Sat. 2nd or Sun. 3rd of September would be perfect so I can make the HPDE the next weekend.

BlownIncome, you've got pm.
Does that weekend work for everybody?
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