Tune - How much and where? Western NY
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Tune - How much and where? Western NY
I live in the Buffalo, NY area. I believe my car could use a good tune. Main issue is pinging at high revs. Does anyone know where the best place to get a tune is in western NY and how much it should cost? Thanks.
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I have been researching this myself and I have only been able to find two places in the area that offer a tune and/or performance upgrades. They are 1) J and J Speed Shop in West Seneca and 2) PJ's Performance in North Tonawanda. Hope this helps and if you know of anyone else please let me know.
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I am planning on driving from NC to see Chuck at Corvettes of Westchester. He tuned my C6 and want him to tune my C5 now. I would suggest you give him a try.
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Chuck Cow does great work. He tuned my C5Z and C6Z, for simple vararam and wake up tunes. He will tune my C5Z in May after my cam swap. He is great. Just tell him Alex Harrington recommended you.
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09-'10-'12-'13-'14
Hey man, what year car do you have, and what mods do you have on it?
I can help you....give me a call at the shop, i am here late most evenings...
914-332-0049
Stay Tuned
Chuck CoW
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There is a place in Rochester called: New Era Performance
http://www.neweraperformanceparts.com
I have heard good results from C5/C6 owners who have tuned their cars there.
Also, BTF Racing did my tune (small shop with tons of turbo experience.
http://www.baldturbofreak.com
Not sure if he still has the same shop location and maybe just doing stuff on the side.
I have worked with him to design a alt bracket for the ProCharger vers.1 to increase tension on the belt without causing belt wobble/slippage (see his CNC machine setup on his page).
Also,gets calls from Corvettes Etc. in Livonia, NY (no website) to tune quite a few vettes.
Hope this helps!
KFW
http://www.neweraperformanceparts.com
I have heard good results from C5/C6 owners who have tuned their cars there.
Also, BTF Racing did my tune (small shop with tons of turbo experience.
http://www.baldturbofreak.com
Not sure if he still has the same shop location and maybe just doing stuff on the side.
I have worked with him to design a alt bracket for the ProCharger vers.1 to increase tension on the belt without causing belt wobble/slippage (see his CNC machine setup on his page).
Also,gets calls from Corvettes Etc. in Livonia, NY (no website) to tune quite a few vettes.
Hope this helps!
KFW
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Kennedy's dynotune, 3165 Niagara Falls blvd., also in N. Tonawanda. My son had his Ford lightning done there, he has a Dynojet and I believe he charged $500 which included 3 pulls on the dyno. Not sure how this tuning business works, is this somthing that needs to be done on a dyno to be correct or can it be done long distance by sending information back and forth to a tune shop such as Chuck Cow? I have done some research on the Diablo Sport Predator and it seems like a possibility. I live in N. Tonawanda and just bought my first Vette, a 04 Z which is presently all stock, I am considering installing some LT's, CAI and possibly a cam, although in this economy I don't want to take too much of a hit in the MPG.
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Kennedy's dynotune, 3165 Niagara Falls blvd., also in N. Tonawanda. My son had his Ford lightning done there, he has a Dynojet and I believe he charged $500 which included 3 pulls on the dyno. Not sure how this tuning business works, is this somthing that needs to be done on a dyno to be correct or can it be done long distance by sending information back and forth to a tune shop such as Chuck Cow? I have done some research on the Diablo Sport Predator and it seems like a possibility. I live in N. Tonawanda and just bought my first Vette, a 04 Z which is presently all stock, I am considering installing some LT's, CAI and possibly a cam, although in this economy I don't want to take too much of a hit in the MPG.
Give Chuck CoW a call at the shop , you will get all the answers you need and then some
All you have to lose is a few minutes of your time. Here is his number 914-332-0049
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
I had Chuck at Corvettes of Westchester do a tune for me and the tune was fantastic, Not sure how far he is from you, But he knows his stuff.... He also has a mail order tune that is out of this world.
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You guys do realize Westchester NY is about 6+ hours from Buffalo right?
I lived in Buffalo and had all the tuning done by Mike, at New Era in Rochester. Great guys.
They put my gears in and one of the seals they installed ripped, I was leaking fluid all over, they went through the entire rear end again got it done and back to me asap.
I can't say anything bad at all about them, plus they have great prices.
Tell Mike Josh with the Red C5 sent you. He did my car to the tune of 450whp na 550whp juice.
1-585-865-1832
I will have their sticker on my car for this years AKA Rally. Mike really goes out of his way to help you out.
I had a problem here in Houston with my car and he spent hours on the phone helping me out.
Only a one hour drive too!
http://www.neweraperformanceparts.com/
My car is the red vette at about 1:01 ...
http://www.fquick.com/videos/New_Era_Performance/4071
I lived in Buffalo and had all the tuning done by Mike, at New Era in Rochester. Great guys.
They put my gears in and one of the seals they installed ripped, I was leaking fluid all over, they went through the entire rear end again got it done and back to me asap.
I can't say anything bad at all about them, plus they have great prices.
Tell Mike Josh with the Red C5 sent you. He did my car to the tune of 450whp na 550whp juice.
1-585-865-1832
I will have their sticker on my car for this years AKA Rally. Mike really goes out of his way to help you out.
I had a problem here in Houston with my car and he spent hours on the phone helping me out.
Only a one hour drive too!
http://www.neweraperformanceparts.com/
My car is the red vette at about 1:01 ...
http://www.fquick.com/videos/New_Era_Performance/4071