Chuck COW
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From: Hudson Valley Region, NY The "sonoma/napa" of the Northeast~~~~~ Are we there yet?
St. Jude Donor '08
personally I have not but I know he has quite a few happy customers. All of the tuners around here are all pretty good its more who you can develop a repoire with.. what are you looking to get done?
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From: mahopac ny
Chuck looks after my car and I could not be happier. He is full service for the vette and a nice shop (7 lifts). He always spends the time to get the job done right and treats each car like it was his.
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From: Morristown New Jersey
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Seen a lot of stuff about him on the C5 forum, we emailed a bit and I would like to see what he could do with my Z to maximize it's potential in stock form..
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From: Hudson Valley Region, NY The "sonoma/napa" of the Northeast~~~~~ Are we there yet?
St. Jude Donor '08
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From: You can't get there from here NJ
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
%100. I had some experience with other shops and was not impressed with some on visits to see if I wanted them to do the work. I also had a bad experience with a place after they did some work.The car ran like crap, but they insisted it was "fine according to their computer readings". They just wanted to sell me more stuff, "to get the car running right". Disgusted with them, I called Chuck, and took a ride up to his place in Ossining, NY. He is so detail oriented, it is almost overwhelming, but you can be sure that when your car leaves his shop, he has explained everything, and has left nothing to chance. Everything is gone over. He even notices things you might not have been aware of, and corrects them right then. That is what I want. It is a bit of a ride for me, but I leave there feeling safe that my car is running great, and that nothing was overlooked. That was not my experience at the other place.His services and prices are reasonable IMPO. His tuning skills are superior IMPO too.
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From: Yorktown Heights NY
Do it!! I spent an afternoon with him shortly after I got my 07... (He's in my neighborhood)... Hardest workin guy in show business... Talked me into a CoW Booster while I was there with a "if you don't like, I'll take it out, no charge" promise.. Needless to say, he didn't take it out!
I think he's one of the few honest to goodness enthusiastic car experts I've met in quite a while. Lots of guys like cars and a bunch of them know how to service and tune them... Chuck seems to be on another plane of enthusiasm about what he does. It's infectious!
I think he's one of the few honest to goodness enthusiastic car experts I've met in quite a while. Lots of guys like cars and a bunch of them know how to service and tune them... Chuck seems to be on another plane of enthusiasm about what he does. It's infectious!
Drifting
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From: New York New York
I have been using COW on my C4 for the past say 7 years and he keeps bringing my car back to life after each visit. I actually need to bring in my car soon to repair my AC. I highly recommend him. He even gives out free stickers:
Burning Brakes
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From: Hawaii
Chuck (he's the guy in the YELLOW shirt) is spot on when it comes to tuning and detail. He came to Maui for a friend's wedding and I got him to stop over in Oahu (Honolulu) for a few days of R&R at my place and "fine" tune my mail order tune. He went above and beyond and gave me pointers on other things I should do to my car to get it running even better. I took his advice and my old '98 will run and out handle the best of um. If ANYONE says anything bad about Chuck they are either jealous, lying or stupid. And that's all I gots to say!
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From: Cumming Ga
I am from NY and send many of my friends there that buy injectors from us. Their experience has always been very positive. Even a bunch of the NY Yankees use him on their personal cars. I would not hesitate. since we live in Ga now I have not visited his new shop but everyone says its clean, safe and well equipped.
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From: Anthony TX
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St. Jude Donor '08
I live in Southeast CT and have traveled to Corvettes Of Westchester to have Chuck tune my cars several times. The trips are ALWAYS well worth the time and distance.
Chuck is one of the most dedicated and enthusiastic tuners that I have ever met. He goes above and beyond to make every tune spot on!
His tuning knowledge and ability to decipher GMs proprietary PCM/ECU inner workings is phenomenal. What other tuner do you know that can install a tunable throttle enhancer in your ECU???
I trust Chuck with all of my tuning needs and he has NEVER let me down. I have recommended his services to numerous friends and forum members and I have never had anyone that I recommended say anything other than how happy that they were with the results of their tuning session.
If you desire a highly accurate and quality tune or need a Corvette Specialty Shop to install your performance parts or just to perform maintenance on your Corvette, Chucks the person that I HIGHLY recommend!
Give him a call and discuss your goals and ask questions.
Bill Curlee
Chuck is one of the most dedicated and enthusiastic tuners that I have ever met. He goes above and beyond to make every tune spot on!
His tuning knowledge and ability to decipher GMs proprietary PCM/ECU inner workings is phenomenal. What other tuner do you know that can install a tunable throttle enhancer in your ECU???
I trust Chuck with all of my tuning needs and he has NEVER let me down. I have recommended his services to numerous friends and forum members and I have never had anyone that I recommended say anything other than how happy that they were with the results of their tuning session.
If you desire a highly accurate and quality tune or need a Corvette Specialty Shop to install your performance parts or just to perform maintenance on your Corvette, Chucks the person that I HIGHLY recommend!
Give him a call and discuss your goals and ask questions.
Bill Curlee
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From: Morristown New Jersey
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The legend has spoken!! I was completely convinced a few messages back, but now that you have weighed in, Bill, I will be calling him very soon! and thanks!
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From: Deerfield Beach Florida
a few elite tuners
Chuck has amazing instincts when adjusting the software that the manufacturers complicate with detuning in mind. i believe that they are trying to protect for failures due to high horsepower engines on the drive train. Chuck, with his many resources has the ability to make improvements and keep the car and you safe. he brought my C6 to life! thanks Chuck, keep up the good work....you will be amazed
jerry
PS i drove up from South Florida after talking to him...well worth the trip, i had an emergency back home and had to get back ASAP...Chuck finished everything on time, rear end gears, a cam with beefed up valve springs, T1 handling package, low speed stall converter, and tuned the auto tranny and engine PCM. you couldn't tell it was the same car. full headers with mild to wild exhaust switch. he cautioned me that the stock tires were unsafe with this setup, because he cares.
jerry
PS i drove up from South Florida after talking to him...well worth the trip, i had an emergency back home and had to get back ASAP...Chuck finished everything on time, rear end gears, a cam with beefed up valve springs, T1 handling package, low speed stall converter, and tuned the auto tranny and engine PCM. you couldn't tell it was the same car. full headers with mild to wild exhaust switch. he cautioned me that the stock tires were unsafe with this setup, because he cares.
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From: Madison Wisconsin
St. Jude Donor '08
Oh yeah, Chuck has done 2 of my Vettes and it is amazing the difference it makes. Best bang for your buck for sure. I've got 4 years on my 08 tune and not a single hiccup. Not to mention once you pay Chuck for his tune, any retunes needed after that are free. Not something I have seen from others. Combine that with his Autocal and his latest "secret" invention and look out. 
Racer
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From: austin TEXAS
i haev a 2008 c6 that i dd and track once a month.. Chuck has managed my tunes for the last 2 years... he finally came to texas last month and i swear he boosted me even more with the cow boost... when i heal toe it is slick as snot.
use him abuse him call him bad names.... he loves it.
tomtom
use him abuse him call him bad names.... he loves it.
tomtom
