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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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The final verse goes something like this: 'but you can't fool ALL of the people ALL of the time'.

But as a "now" famous old Camaro, Vette and Viper performance center likes to say 'if you can fool most of them most of the time you'll do just fine'.
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimmyz28


You need to check your facts champ, cause this is nothing more than complete bull**** out of Rob's mouth to your fingers. Don't mislead this forum about this shop when you have no phuggin' idea what you're typing about. You'll be screwed sooner than later, just wait.

The FACT is, LWA re-ported (per their recommendation) said heads and claimed they'd make more power and they did, to the tune of 18hp and a labor bill that totaled $6000.00 for a H/C/tune pkg (not new heads mind you, these are the same heads in drove in with) and a tune that NEVER worked after 5-8 revisits to their shop. They suck!

There's the whole story!
The fact is, I have had no bad dealings with LWA in the 5-6 years I have been dealing with them. If and when it ever happens, I am sure it will be handled properly. If not you can personally tell me you told me so!

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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimmyz28
The FACT is, LWA re-ported (per their recommendation) said heads and claimed they'd make more power and they did, to the tune of 18hp and a labor bill that totaled $6000.00 for a H/C/tune pkg (not new heads mind you, these are the same heads in drove in with) and a tune that NEVER worked after 5-8 revisits to their shop. They suck!

There's the whole story!
You should bring that bill with you to the next cars and coffee meet. I'd love to see that with my own eyes. :o

A tune that "never" worked...... yeah..... find that one hard to believe as well especially if your claiming your current shop was able to fix the tune after the fact.

Oh and you failed to mention an important part of your story. Who did the port work on the original heads? The OP was asking about the quality of LWA port work so if the heads were from another local shop or one of the mainstream porter's then that's a big big deal!
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris@HPS
I have had no bad dealings with LWA in the 5-6 years



I've probably been working with LWA about the same time and have had zero issues. LWA has been there for me "literally" day and night if I had any sortof question or problem/concern. Even 800 miles away while racing in Miami I was able to reach Rob and he talked me through correcting something I personally setup incorrectly. His support via the phone on a WEEKEND got me back racing in less than 10 minutes.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by LEAVINU
You should bring that bill with you to the next cars and coffee meet. I'd love to see that with my own eyes. :o

A tune that "never" worked...... yeah..... find that one hard to believe as well especially if your claiming your current shop was able to fix the tune after the fact.

Oh and you failed to mention an important part of your story. Who did the port work on the original heads? The OP was asking about the quality of LWA port work so if the heads were from another local shop or one of the mainstream porter's then that's a big big deal!
I stand corrected, the H/C/Tune was $4000.00 + another $1000 to bolt -on new LS6 heads I bought after Rob's re-port work amounted to 18hp. The stage 1 heads from Agostino Racing didn't have much done to them to begin with, even Rob said so after flowing them.

I'm done with this fellas. Best of luck with LWA.
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