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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 12:55 PM
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All you've done is quote a list of parts they have for sale which confirms exactly what I said, that they sell parts for imports. Thank you for your confirmation.
They clearly advertise their "Engine Building Specialties". Most of the builds on their site are imports.
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 12:58 PM
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Jestr is a free-agent tuner. Titan Motorsports is the shop that he most commonly works for. They do the wrench work, and Jestr will tune the car. However, Jestr can also tune other places, if you prefer.

The last work that I had done on my car was done at Express Auto Clinic on East Colonial Drive (corner of Old Cheney and 50). They installed a DP and made me an axle-back exhaust to work with my custom mid-pipe. Other than that, I have no experience with them. However, the Master Technician (Todd) is a really knowledgeable guy, Their labor rate is fair and reasonable, and I have been happy with the work. That being said, I have not tried out their work on transmissions, yet. I will be the first one to try them before I recommend them.

I used to have these guys do work on my old Eclipse:

http://www.orlandoimportspecialist.com/

I never had a problem with anything that they did. Again, I have no experience with them and transmission work.
cool, I didn't know that
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by NFSLancerRA
Jestr is a free-agent tuner. Titan Motorsports is the shop that he most commonly works for. They do the wrench work, and Jestr will tune the car. However, Jestr can also tune other places, if you prefer.

The last work that I had done on my car was done at Express Auto Clinic on East Colonial Drive (corner of Old Cheney and 50). They installed a DP and made me an axle-back exhaust to work with my custom mid-pipe. Other than that, I have no experience with them. However, the Master Technician (Todd) is a really knowledgeable guy, Their labor rate is fair and reasonable, and I have been happy with the work. That being said, I have not tried out their work on transmissions, yet. I will be the first one to try them before I recommend them.

I used to have these guys do work on my old Eclipse:

http://www.orlandoimportspecialist.com/

I never had a problem with anything that they did. Again, I have no experience with them and transmission work.
So it's best to go to express auto clinic to get some injectors, fuel pump, and injectors installed then have jester tune the car?
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 10:38 AM
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So it's best to go to express auto clinic to get some injectors, fuel pump, and injectors installed then have jester tune the car?
Yeah, that is what I would do. Are you in town?
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Not in town but will be in the area beginning of august.
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by NFSLancerRA
They clearly advertise their "Engine Building Specialties". Most of the builds on their site are imports.
They sell engine components only and work on domestics. One of us deals with them and knows what they are talking about.
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Anarchy99
They sell engine components only and work on domestics. One of us deals with them and knows what they are talking about.
Alright, then who would you recommend to go to to have a 4B11T built? I have no clue about Titan in that department. They do well with other platforms. I know that PRS has experience working on the new Evolution X blocks. I even know a few people who have had work done there. Kings and CFT both offer engine building services. For basic drop-in components, I can't see either being a particularly bad choice, assuming that they will do a 4B11T. There is a machine shop downtown, Auto Machine and Parts Co (Derek or Dennis is the builder's name), which comes highly recommended from Honda people. Again, whether or not they work on Evolution X blocks is anyone's guess, although it isn't exactly rocket science.

I have no personal experience with any of those shops in terms of motor work. Real Street comes highly recommended, and they are a vendor on OF. I just moved back into town a month ago, so forgive my ignorance.
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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I am honestly curious. I haven't had motor work done in Orlando, before. So many choices. In NC, it was simple. Here, there are so many conflicting opinions about shops it is ridiculous.
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 12:37 PM
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One stop shop. One phone call.
PRS (Performance Race Solutions)
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 01:16 PM
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Do they build blocks in house?
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiresomejunk
So it's best to go to express auto clinic to get some injectors, fuel pump, and injectors installed then have jester tune the car?
Jestr tunes independently. You will need a base map to upload in order for the car to start. Jestr can do that for you. You then do logging and email tuning with him. He is doing mine right now
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 02:47 PM
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Jestr tunes independently. You will need a base map to upload in order for the car to start. Jestr can do that for you. You then do logging and email tuning with him. He is doing mine right now
He will be in town to have Jestr tune the car in August, he said.
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Do they build blocks in house?
Yes.
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 05:31 AM
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Are there any shops that can do installs in northern Florida like near JacksonVille or Gainesville?
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Originally Posted by NFSLancerRA
I am honestly curious. I haven't had motor work done in Orlando, before. So many choices. In NC, it was simple. Here, there are so many conflicting opinions about shops it is ridiculous.


Depends on where you live in NC. For people like me that lived in Jacksonville, it was Spec-Ops or Force-fed. I went with Force-Fed.

I did own one Evo 9 that was tuned by a shop in Charlotte (can't remember the name). It ran AWESOME. It was one of the best running, bolt-on Evo's I've ever driven.
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