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

**IGNITED** · November 21st, 2007 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by niky

Creative Speed: on the Alabang Zapote Road, near Casimiro Village

They have a dyno, too, but that's about all I know about them (someone contribute?). They can do dyno-tuning, too. I'm not sure about their preferred weapon, though.

Here got some info on these really nasty guys pala!..

Exact address 322 Alabang Zapote Road Talon Uno, Las Pinas City. They have a bosch dyno..Choice of weapon... get this an RB26DETT!!! (nasa Tokyo ba ako?

)They have a project 800hp GT-R that can rival that of Autoplus. Eto pa, they have a Japanese chief mechanic who came from... NISMO! talk about a local Nissan specialist, who can tune Godzilla. Now I'm really in Tokyo. he he..

The other good thing is they can tune any other Japanese brands, and they also do maintenance repair works as well.

**niky** · November 24th, 2007 12:32 AM

I've yet to go to that shop, but a friend has dyno'ed there before... But that's when the shop was new, and there were some calibration issues, I think, but from word from other guys who've tried it recently, it's in line with the rest.

I'd like to go there sometime, myself, as it's the closest to my home...

**captainslow** · November 24th, 2007 05:51 PM

question lang, baka OT, pero naghahanap kasi ako ng shop to align my chassis, yung velocity and saturn, saturn is closed for 2007 na daw. yung velocity naman.. heard bad things. yung autotechnika kaya may machine na for chassis alignment/reading?

btw, yung creative speed sa alabang, dami for sale na skylines! baka gusto niyo bili hehe.

thanks in advance

**niky** · November 24th, 2007 11:25 PM

Autotechnika was supposed to get a chassis alignment tester by the start of the year... I don't know if they have it already, I haven't asked.

I was asking before, because I wanted to check one of our vehicles that was involved in an accident... they said it was in transit... I can ask on Monday, though. ;)

**captainslow** · November 25th, 2007 03:21 AM

hehe i just called them. hindi daw sila gumagawa noon. sayang.

im trying to avoid velocity kasi..

nagpapaschedule na ako 2 weeks na, bakante daw last thursday walang pila, pero nung pag tawag ko to confirm biglang may 2 na nakasingit sakin. tapos sabi niya dalhin ko daw sa tuesday, para ipila na niya. who knows how many makakasingit before me then.

sana meron pa ibang good shops na nag aalign ng chassis. baka meron nakakaalam diyan hehe.

**niky** · November 25th, 2007 06:52 AM

Sayang. Pa-update nalang on the cost and the experience (better make a new thread for it, so others can see). Good luck!

**Djerms** · November 26th, 2007 06:48 AM

I think Speedyfix also does tuning. I often see high performance cars in their garage.

**RED XIII** · November 27th, 2007 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by dhel

Yep your right dude Ignited there are a lot of GA16 tuners back in the states... it's one of the so called "sleeper" there, a lot of tuner parts for it dun. And you guys are also correct that it is weaker than the SR20 but it being a light weight engine compensates with it's lack of power. Heck! there are GA16 sentras there eating Se-R's, Si's and.. would you believe.. even Evos!!

GA16 tuners there usually have GA16DET, have turbos installed... usually around 250hp * wheels. And to my main man guru Niky, actually there are a lot of B13s there above 250 horses, but ofcourse that's an SE-R. You will see them at SE-R cups, the B13 SE-R actually was a popular choice together w/ B15 SE-R.. some even say the B13 was the best SE-R ever built to date. The B14 naman was a bit criticized for being a non-performer.

Well, the reason I told him to swap his engine coz he's was not a GA16 in the first place..

he got the car from he's sister and wants it to be he's 2nd project car, he's first was a phdm SiR. He heard a lot daw about the "it" engine in the states the SR20 and the oh so jdm SR16, and I guess he wants a piece of the action.

Hi dude! so what did your neighbor friend pick? For me it's the tuner popular SR20! SR16 is a nasty NA powerplant pero if you have plans to tune it more you'll definitely have a hard time. Pero this is a rare engine ha, it's very cool to have one.

Anyways since you are a balikbayan from U.S. Just wanted to ask you this question too.. why does my brother's tuner friends from Miami calls Honda tuners back there in the States "cheap"? and the "H" daw stands for "Hammer"? Although I know that some of them use to tune an EK and one of them has an Integra... and lastly, tama ka they have a lot of GA16DET tuners there, I told my bro to ask them about it eh...

**dhel** · December 2nd, 2007 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by RED XIII

Hi dude! so what did your neighbor friend pick? For me it's the tuner popular SR20! SR16 is a nasty NA powerplant pero if you have plans to tune it more you'll definitely have a hard time. Pero this is a rare engine ha, it's very cool to have one.

Anyways since you are a balikbayan from U.S. Just wanted to ask you this question too.. why does my brother's tuner friends from Miami calls Honda tuners back there in the States "cheap"? and the "H" daw stands for "Hammer"? Although I know that some of them use to tune an EK and one of them has an Integra... and lastly, tama ka they have a lot of GA16DET tuners there, I told my bro to ask them about it eh...

He picked the SR20 and have plans to go turbo!!

on process vehicle right now. Yep! GA16DET ang trip nila dun, pips there really loves turbos..

On your Honda query, well... since sa Japs uso Nissan performance, Americans naman kinda did their part coz the "it" car now among tuners is there is the 240SX, before naman especially during the 90s sa U.S it was those frankenstein civics. It is a known fact that the civic is just regular compact car and performance parts are abundant and some are very cheap... that's why Evo, Sti, Z, 240sx kinda bully and look down to them sometimes and call them cheapo tuners. As for the "Hammer"... errr... sorry civic fans but that nick came from Mc Hammer-- a popular rapper during the 90s.

But you can see those friends of your brother also have a Honda...

buti they don't take it that personal naman, asaran lang.

**artpogi** · December 2nd, 2007 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by EQAddict

So, whats the best place for my VTEC Jazz CVT 1.5? I want a turbo kit (and only a turbo kit because I want the kick) but dunno if the CVT can handle it. Im looking for about 150 whp

I dont want to swap out the transmission either as Im a lazy driver

No first hand experience but IIRC these guys has turboed some jazz before