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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 04:14 PM
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Guys,

I need some direction on the best place to bring my baby for maintence, engine upgrades, & etc..

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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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there are tuners all over the place, I was really imprressed with pwerhouse in orland park, but there are a couple of others that are supporting vendors that ive heard great things about as well
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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 04:26 PM
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How do I find these Tuners that are located all over the place?

I know of D&M and Performance Technical Center. Any others you can think of?
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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 04:34 PM
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http://www.ls1speed.com is one.

I think melrose t-tops does vette work.
There is another one up north too.

Dont know really who to reccomend though. Depends on the scope of what you have planned.

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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 04:50 PM
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Powerhouse in Orland Park, PTC in Elk Grove Village, HP Performance in Mundelein, FLP in Naperville, LS1Speed in Schaumburg -I'm sure I'm leaving some out (and I think I have their names and locations of those I mentioned correct). In addition vettetech81 (I think that's correct) works out of a shop in Westmont. Try posting this query over in Great Lakes, and don't forget Vettefest at McCormick Place in March; I'll bet that a lot of the shops will be there :cheers:


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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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:iagree: w/ Monster231. Know several people from our Corvette club who have had work done by Powerhouse. They do good work w/ fair prices. :yesnod:
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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 09:46 PM
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:iagree: w/ Monster231. Know several people from our Corvette club who have had work done by Powerhouse. They do good work w/ fair prices. :yesnod:
Yes- PowerHouse is great and I will continue to go there. I've been to FLP also, but only for tuning.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 10:20 AM
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Thanks Guys. When is the vettefest? March ?.
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I'm having a little trouble finding a webpage on PowerHouse. Would anyone have it?
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FLP- Finish Line Performance, in Naperville. They are a vendor here on the forum. Great guys for tuning, Dan really knows his stuff, and the price was great!!

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Powerhouse Performance in Orland Park does excellent work!
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Default Re: I need Chicago area Tuner recommendations?? (Razmo)

Guys,

I need some direction on the best place to bring my baby for maintence, engine upgrades, & etc..

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I have heard that D&M Corvette in Downers Grove is pretty expensive, but i don't know anymore about them than that. However, I can recommend a technician whose work I know to be of very high quality. I'll e-mail you his info.

-Brendan


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