Best tuner in the Midwest
04-13-2018, 12:37 AM
#41
I’m looking at having Shane Hinds tune my F1C blown grand sport soon. He’s just been very particular in what he wants on the car lol, so it’s taking longer than I had hoped. (Sourcing the parts he wants to use and only those parts lol). Same thing with my neighbors G8 LSA blower car. But I haven’t heard ONE SINGLE BAD thing about him. And I’ve heard people have actually paid to fly him out to tune there cars lol. So he clearly knows what works and what he wants. He’s located in IOWA if I’m not mistaken. Would be worth trailering the car to him for both of us, as I’m on the IL/WI border.
04-15-2018, 02:03 PM
#42
My apologies for skipping your earlier posts. I might make a trip out there soon just to check out the shop. I am in Bartlett, so a bit of a drive but not too far.
I’m looking at having Shane Hinds tune my F1C blown grand sport soon. He’s just been very particular in what he wants on the car lol, so it’s taking longer than I had hoped. (Sourcing the parts he wants to use and only those parts lol). Same thing with my neighbors G8 LSA blower car. But I haven’t heard ONE SINGLE BAD thing about him. And I’ve heard people have actually paid to fly him out to tune there cars lol. So he clearly knows what works and what he wants. He’s located in IOWA if I’m not mistaken. Would be worth trailering the car to him for both of us, as I’m on the IL/WI border.
04-15-2018, 05:24 PM
#44
Pro
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04-15-2018, 06:14 PM
#46
Pro
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04-15-2018, 08:51 PM
#47
Thank bborello1
My apologies for skipping your earlier posts. I might make a trip out there soon just to check out the shop. I am in Bartlett, so a bit of a drive but not too far.
Quick search on Shane Hinds does bring up a lot of 5 star ratings. It might be worth the trip. I'll have to do some more research on him. I am still waiting on my heads and cam to be shipped from AHP. Hopefully they will send it any time now. I'll have to run it by the wife and see what her thought would be on trailing the car to Iowa in terms of cost. This was an unexpected repair over the winter, thanks to Fast Motorsports out of Woodstock (no longer in business I believe). Sounds like you are close to my parents (Gurnee). I am in Bartlett (west of Schaumburg). How soon are you looking to trailer your car to Shane?
My apologies for skipping your earlier posts. I might make a trip out there soon just to check out the shop. I am in Bartlett, so a bit of a drive but not too far.
Quick search on Shane Hinds does bring up a lot of 5 star ratings. It might be worth the trip. I'll have to do some more research on him. I am still waiting on my heads and cam to be shipped from AHP. Hopefully they will send it any time now. I'll have to run it by the wife and see what her thought would be on trailing the car to Iowa in terms of cost. This was an unexpected repair over the winter, thanks to Fast Motorsports out of Woodstock (no longer in business I believe). Sounds like you are close to my parents (Gurnee). I am in Bartlett (west of Schaumburg). How soon are you looking to trailer your car to Shane?
I’m still very torn on which I’d prefer. But since there’s 3 inches of **** on the ground I’m not exactly motivated to do a damned thing right now anyways but look at the car in the garage 😭
04-16-2018, 11:41 AM
#50
Shane and I talked again today. It sounds like he prefers remote tuning with HPTuner pro and his wideband package. He’s currently 1-2 months out on dyno service so I haven’t exactly made up my mind.
I’m still very torn on which I’d prefer. But since there’s 3 inches of **** on the ground I’m not exactly motivated to do a damned thing right now anyways but look at the car in the garage 😭
LOL I feel your pain with the white crap outside. Totally demotivated to do anything on the car, but I know when it warms up a bit I will be rushing to get her up and running
04-16-2018, 01:12 PM
#51
Safety Car
Shane is good.
04-17-2018, 12:14 AM
#52
Melting Slicks
Makes me wish we could make a sticky that plotted and listed the best tuners on a US map. It's not really "hard" to find a good tuner, but we certainly don't make it easy for ourselves.
04-17-2018, 01:55 PM
#53
Safety Car
"Best" (or even "among the best") is hard to quantify. It'll just be a popularity contest. These people may also work for, or out of, shops that aren't sponsors. I think it's better to just ask people in your area.
11-12-2018, 09:24 PM
#56
giving a shout out to nickey performance from st Charles ill, 2016 zo7/zo7 build/tune. they can and will do from A to Z on your car. Stefano can answer all your questions and more importantly steer you in the right direction on what level of performance your expecting to accomplish. one of the best tuners out there is his guy Matt. they were great to deal with and showed me around shop at other builds they were doing. nice to actually see a perf shop back up there build/tunes on the dragstrip, 1/2 and 1 mile events then post videos on you tube!!!
Charlie,,,
Charlie,,,
11-12-2018, 10:05 PM
#58
Go Fast
Katech in Clinton Township, MI did my C6Z. I was pleased with the results.
Also heard good things about Motor City Speed in Walled Lake, MI
Also heard good things about Motor City Speed in Walled Lake, MI
Last edited by Bgreenard; 11-12-2018 at 10:06 PM.
11-13-2018, 02:42 PM
#59
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giving a shout out to nickey performance from st Charles ill, 2016 zo7/zo7 build/tune. they can and will do from A to Z on your car. Stefano can answer all your questions and more importantly steer you in the right direction on what level of performance your expecting to accomplish. one of the best tuners out there is his guy Matt. they were great to deal with and showed me around shop at other builds they were doing. nice to actually see a perf shop back up there build/tunes on the dragstrip, 1/2 and 1 mile events then post videos on you tube!!!
Charlie,,,
Charlie,,,
11-13-2018, 03:29 PM
#60
Unfortunately, 99% of people don't know tuning, so they just recommend what they heard or tuners they've been to. Tuning is like body work, a body shop can have great reviews because the paint looks nice and the body shop treats you well and looks clean...but it doesn't mean that the job was done right.