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Old 10-01-2008, 07:30 PM
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Looking for the most thorough street/dyno tuning shop in Central/Southern CA. Anyone have any ideas?
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Originally Posted by 03chevy5.3rcsb
Looking for the most thorough street/dyno tuning shop in Central/Southern CA. Anyone have any ideas?
Jim is pretty thorough. IMO
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where synergy located, im not sure of there pricing but they have tuned some bad *** vehicles.
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Originally Posted by charcold-bowtie
where synergy located, im not sure of there pricing but they have tuned some bad *** vehicles.
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Originally Posted by D_reks{5.3}
Jim is pretty thorough. IMO
Not IMO, the more I dig into my tune, the more shortcuts i find he did
Old 10-01-2008, 11:57 PM
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03chevy are you tuning your truck? Have you hit up their forums? I've been looking for a tuner too, I ended up buying hptuners. I'm still learning how to use this stuff. No real gains yet, but I'm learning more everyday.
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Originally Posted by charcold-bowtie
where synergy located, im not sure of there pricing but they have tuned some bad *** vehicles.
Synergy is in Newark by Fremont, about 30 minutes south of Oakland or 20 minutes North of San Jose on 880.
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Synergy is in Newark by Fremont, about 30 minutes south of Oakland or 20 minutes North of San Jose on 880.
Lol I can look up the address. If that anywhere close I would go there.
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There's a guy named charlie down in LA that's really good, contact WCCH for the guys number.
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Originally Posted by 03chevy5.3rcsb
Not IMO, the more I dig into my tune, the more shortcuts i find he did
just outta curiosity what kind of short cuts are you noticing? because i gained a noticeable amount of RWHP.


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