Masaru Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Hey guys, I was wondering if there were any recommended tuners in the Bay since I'm down in San Jose. I searched thru some topics about this, but they were a bit old. So I'm checking if any recent tuners have started up or your experiences with those that have been around for a while. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris GTO TT Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Snail Performance at FW in Rocklin /Thread 2003 Baja 5MT 2016 Outback 2.5i Premium w/Eyesight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo2701 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Vlmspec in truckee. amazing tuner highly reccomend. rates start around 250$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I looked as well for a little while. Couldn't find a decent recommendation in the Bay Area and went the Etune route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhitter Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I have been going with Cryotune (e-tune) can't recommend him enough. He has been great too work with and I highly recommend him. Vlmspec in truckee. amazing tuner highly reccomend. rates start around 250$ If you are willing to drive to Truckee that's really good too. My OBXT build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Cryotune here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo2701 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 one nice thing about having jared do it in truckee is if u have any hardware issues it will be easy to diagnose where as etunes are great but if u have any hardware problems its gonna be real hard to have them tune your car properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpmarky Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Snail GST EQ Tuning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Who here has used GST for tuning? Over the phone his wife (I guess wife) just prices them right out of the park for any wrenching. 7K for the work I"m doing to the OBXT. I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpmarky Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 GST is popular on i-club with the WRX/STI crowd. What did you need for your OBXT? I like AHQ for wrenching, high quality and reasonable prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I was shopping around for headgasket repair/motor rebuild. They didn't want anything to do with me bringing in the motor alone for the teardown/rebuild. Their reply over the phone as they would only do it if they did the entire job... Yeah no thanks at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Gonna call AHQ about 5EAT experience. Wanna have a plan for the eventual transmission rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadvw Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Who here has used GST for tuning? Over the phone his wife (I guess wife) just prices them right out of the park for any wrenching. 7K for the work I"m doing to the OBXT. I think not. I had GST install catless UP, 650cc injectors, bnr16g turbo and tune it. I felt the price was reasonable, although they seemed to rush the tuning. Plus, they only do Cobb (and maybe Ecutek), no open source. I've since done e-tunes with Mike @ TA and throttlehappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo2701 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I had GST install catless UP, 650cc injectors, bnr16g turbo and tune it. I felt the price was reasonable, although they seemed to rush the tuning. Plus, they only do Cobb (and maybe Ecutek), no open source. I've since done e-tunes with Mike @ TA and throttlehappy. out of curiosity what did they charge you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadvw Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 out of curiosity what did they charge you? PM sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegAC_GT Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Ahq - mountain view - is garbage IMO. Nice people but poor work. Snail - Rocklin is perfect for tuning but a bit far. Gst - Hayward? - is about the closest in terms of distance, they're great. See gst l time attack for reference. Fw Motorsport - Rocklin - solid shop to get repairs or maintenance done. Lic Motorsport - Novato - see above Eq - don't know where - is the lulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegAC_GT Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 As for tuning I'm not a fan of e-tunes. It's always best to go dyno tune. Unless you have tuning software you're more than likely not getting the proper readings to give to your tuner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris GTO TT Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I wouldn't let EQ touch my car with a 10ft pole... 2003 Baja 5MT 2016 Outback 2.5i Premium w/Eyesight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadvw Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 As for tuning I'm not a fan of e-tunes. It's always best to go dyno tune. Unless you have tuning software you're more than likely not getting the proper readings to give to your tuner. Probably true, although.. There aren't that many that are within driving distance.. And GST wants to charge for every minor change.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadvw Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Any opinions on Garage 1 that seems to specialize in Subaru in Campbell (formerly San Jose) and Mountain View? Not a "tuner" as such, but having talked with Aaron, they seem "tuned-friendly" - i.e. they'll install an aftermarket UP/DP, flash a ROM if you help them get it set up, etc.. They don't do any actual tuning, though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Garage 1 helped me out when Subaru couldn't...many moons ago. They are at least open for modified cars to come in for repair. I was stock at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhatman Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 EQ Performance is in Fairfield...Depending on what you want they will do it, but if it explodes, you wont get any sob stories from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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