Make the trip to the bay area if you need really technical work done. I wouldnt trust any shop in reno with my car.

 

what are you trying to get installed?

 

Was looking to get cams, cam gears, head studs, I think thats about it for now. Just nervous to do this myself and looking for a shop that knows evos. There are good shops in the bay area, just sux they're 3 hrs away.

 

You need a special tool to do that. I wouldn't trust myself either on the cams. Not on a 4G63. I've done them on the eclipses and talons but its been years since I've even looked at one.

 

Saturday, July 22, 6pm @ Old town mall meet list

1. gobagheera
2. evo8r
3. Atlas
4. turbolag4500
5. Evo478
6. umsracing
7. RenoEvo
8. evoski

Please add yourself to the list.

 

+1

Reno sucks *****. Every tuning shop here is a joke. Red Sun Auto Salon, N.E.A.C., and that one other place have no clue what they're doing. My brother is doing all my work, as he has fully built a couple of honda motors, so he has techinical experience. Plus, the 2 lifts in my garage are a bonus ^_^

Just make the drive to a couple places in sac, like D2 or Motorsport Dynamics.

When I do my cams, I'm doing the drive to the bay area to get it tuned by WORKS. w00t.

Can't wait to see everyone on saturday!

 

Works is awesome but they charge $95 an hour. But they do have factory trained techs.

 

AHH man dont get tuned by WORKS. They have great customer service and all but I think you can get a lot more out of your car safely by going to someone else. Not to mention all the BS with their o2 housing going on lately makes me question them as a company in general. If you're gettting flashed I'd go w/ Shiv or SRM for Ecutek and EIP or speed element if you want ECUflash.

 

hmmm... well i dunno now. which do you perfer? and Tu, how are you liking vishnu?

 

i really like vishnu myself. prices are a little steep but worth it

 

post #400 in this thread. w00t.

well i dunno... i have some more important things to deal with anyway, like my new sidekick im getting ^_^

EDIT: DOH! i'm dumb.... #401.... v_v

 

If I was to do it all again. I still would get it tuned with vishnu. He was a nice guy and tuned it within 5 dyno pulls and he knows his stuff. If I was to buy parts I would talked to Speed Element. I have talked to Devin at SE and he was the most helpful guy on what to do and good on prices also.

 

What about Gruppe-s doing the install, anyone deal with them at all? I just don't want to get raped for install cost. I'll check into Speed Element to get the parts I'm lookin for. I appreciate all the help guys! By the way, stopped into IVM (Infinite Velocity Motorsports) today, talk about evo haters, the worst customer service I have ever encountered. I was in and out of the there in about 3 minutes.

 

Yeah IVM is a v8 muscle car shop for the most part...lol. Gruppe-S was good a while back, my buddy got his GT30 tuned there but he made really weak power, I dunno if it was his car or the tuning so I can't really comment. From what I've been reading, it sounds like their labor/tuning has been slipping in terms of top tier quality. For ordering parts it seems hit or miss. I've read bad and good things. I think there are better options out there for you, depending on what you need. Speed Element is really trying to make a name for themselves with top notch customer service, great deals on parts, and affordable tuning. I've yet to hear any negative comments about them. They've been getting great results with ECUflash, check out their IX in the ecuflash forum, it made 310whp on a mustang dyno with very minimal mods.

 

anyone here rolling out to MOD next weekend?