Tuner's Lounge- What's the best tuner shop around?

[RED XIII]

For me it would be autoplus, speedlab and emperor. Since my bro niky already mentioned each location thanks for making my post a bit shorter, damn man may be your the tuner guide for our newbie dhel here!

Since u mentioned this Se-R popularity in U.S. I have this friend who has this b13 sentra who had nitro installed in Speedlab, basically they specialize mostly on the big 3 (Honda, Nissan, Toyota) and mazdas too, they can also supply you with many many branded parts if not available, they can order. They can also do a pretty good job on exhausts from Tanabe to taiwan brands.
Autoplus, whew gives me goosebumps everytime I see their work of art GTR V-spec w/ aroud 1000 horses, this are the guys to hook up if you have cars that can swallow around a minimum of 500 horses, just like bro niky said it hurts ego when u have this compact car around 150 hp (w/c is not bad ha here in Pinas) rubbing elbows w/ the big boys of autoplus lead by their GTR, EVO and Supra, but I think the supara was already sold.
Emperor, the shop's name is actually based from a Initial D cartoon team with the same name (and fonts too!). The shop also has it's group also led by pimped out Evos and Silvias. They carry all U.S and Japan tune brands from Nismo to Spoon, to AEM and Blitz. If you have an EVO or Silvia these are the guys to hook up.

Lastly, I too had a bit of the tuner scene experience in the states. And have you seen Ms. Leah Dizon a pinay import car model, she's really really hot!
Kamusta na pinoy tuners sa cali, Do you know Leo aka "pinoy jdm" have they finished there 3 240sx project? and mind you, back here at home it is quite diff. we have a long way to go pa. Dun pakalat kalat 2JZ engine and if your in the right side of town you'll see an RB25 or RB26, dito... he he ur lucky to find one, exemption sa autoplus ofcourse.

[niky]

RB's aren't that hard to find, actually, but you need to get lucky to get one in good condition... I've seen one or two RB25DETs and an RB26DETT at the engine shops in Evangelista.

Most popular for RWD here are the RB's and the SR20DE's and DET's, with some of the old-schoolers going for the tried and true 4AGE and their variants (the big Nissan sixes won't fit, and the 4AGE gives similar output to the SR20DE...)

But the tuning scene is mostly the common 4AGE or B16A swaps, or the occassionaly SR20DET and 4G63T swaps. It's often hard for the budding tuner to find the right suppliers here, or to find people who know certain engines well, but if you have a hankering for a particular motor or car, the car club forums (grupotoyota, protegetech, clubmitsu, nissanbayan, hcp (is it?), fordclubph (although our knowledge base is still small)) are a HUGE help.

[RED XIII]

RB's aren't that hard to find, actually, but you need to get lucky to get one in good condition... I've seen one or two RB25DETs and an RB26DETT at the engine shops in Evangelista.

Most popular for RWD here are the RB's and the SR20DE's and DET's, with some of the old-schoolers going for the tried and true 4AGE and their variants (the big Nissan sixes won't fit, and the 4AGE gives similar output to the SR20DE...)

But the tuning scene is mostly the common 4AGE or B16A swaps, or the occassionaly SR20DET and 4G63T swaps. It's often hard for the budding tuner to find the right suppliers here, or to find people who know certain engines well, but if you have a hankering for a particular motor or car, the car club forums (grupotoyota, protegetech, clubmitsu, nissanbayan, hcp (is it?), fordclubph (although our knowledge base is still small)) are a HUGE help.

Well I guess you're lucky, the last time I got there all I saw was an RB25.. the limited RB26 that you saw how much are they selling it?

[niky]

It was sold even before I saw it. Yup... guess I was lucky... :lol: ...the demand for these things is such that they're snapped up right away when people get wind of them.

[mazdamazda]

I'd give a shout out to SpeedyFix too though. They were the ones who chronicled a B18 transplant to an Civic HB a few years ago for Top Gear Philippines.

Btw, a "branch" of Emperor is located also in the same compound that SpeedyFix occupies.

[dhel]

Wow.. there's a lot thanks Niky! I heard a lot of guuud stuff about autoplus and speedlab.. the flaw about speedlab daw was their dyno, well in the states its just the same thing, diff. shops, diff. dyno reading. But the discrepancy is not that high though. Back there nga lang there are lots of street tuner sportscars that I don't see here, here I guess it's more of the compacts.. but that changed a bit when I visited the shop you guys mentioned that had this Godzilla named autoplus. Their R34 is wickedly sick! I felt kinda embarassed nga when I parked at their shop with my tito's super stock family car corolla. Me and my friends here were actually planning on our project cars. I was actually looking on acquiring the S14 Silvia of a relative, konti na lang papayag na. Pero a bit dissapointed coz I found out that all locally released S14 here are all matic! I heard Silvia tuners here usually converts it to manual pa (I'm hearing the cash register sound again).. And one more thing that disapointed me a little bit was the new sentra model here, very different from those in the west.

Shout out to my man REDXIII, pinoy tuners in cali are all good before I left, don't know the dude you mentioned though. I hear some of them are planning to compete their 240SX/ Silvia to drift and track.. But I certainly know hot Pinay models Ms. Leah Dizon and Ms. Melissa Reign!

I'd give a shout out to SpeedyFix too though. They were the ones who chronicled a B18 transplant to an Civic HB a few years ago for Top Gear Philippines.

Btw, a "branch" of Emperor is located also in the same compound that SpeedyFix occupies.

About this shop, I heard a not so good story about it... They install AFCs poorly, wiring not properly attached making the engine incoherent.

[niky]

Dyno differences are dyno differences.

Autotechnika's dynapack dyno really reads high compared to dynojets, but it's quite accurate if you compare dynapack to dynapack readings, they're remarkably consistent. I've read up on a possible conversion rate, by calculating inertial drag caused by the wheels and tires to bring the numbers closer to dynojet numbers, but unless you've got accurate scales and a wheel-balancer, these numbers aren't accurate, and they still don't model frictional losses from a dynojet's rollers.

The problem with Speedlab's dyno was calibration. Sid and Ferman sent their roller out a few months ago and they had the surface machined for better grip. Sid says they've also calibrated their dyno since they had the rollers machined, and they're now getting numbers that are close to dynojet numbers. I'll find out within the next few months whether this has been effective.

I did feel that my car over-dyno'd when it was there, but the numbers for vehicles with less torque were more or less consistent with dynojet norms. If it's more accurate now, all the better. ;)

[cd!]

.. Their R34 is wickedly sick! I felt kinda embarassed nga when I parked at their shop with my tito's super stock family car corolla. Me and my friends here were actually planning on our project cars. I was actually looking on acquiring the S14 Silvia of a relative, konti na lang papayag na. Pero a bit dissapointed coz I found out that all locally released S14 here are all matic! I heard Silvia tuners here usually converts it to manual pa (I'm hearing the cash register sound again).. And one more thing that disapointed me a little bit was the new sentra model here, very different from those in the west.

Shout out to my man REDXIII, pinoy tuners in cali are all good before I left, don't know the dude you mentioned though. I hear some of them are planning to compete their 240SX/ Silvia to drift and track.. But I certainly know hot Pinay models Ms. Leah Dizon and Ms. Melissa Reign!

About this shop, I heard a not so good story about it... They install AFCs poorly, wiring not properly attached making the engine incoherent.

he he... do not wonder, the new sentra model here is very diff. from the west... di na nga to "B" series eh, "N" na buti sana if it's a bit like the N14.. yung B15 nyo sa U.S kicks ass.. yung nandito kicks.. nah.
Speedlab and Autoplus for me pare.