the prices are fucking outrageous to put it simply.
Jimmy sold raif an hta86 for 1400 brand new lol
im sure it was some part of some other deal that he had made out on with someone else. james never loses or gives anything away for cheap or free. ever.
Well , at least t/money will still go to a sub par shop with really expensiveee price tag lol . Let’s see how they do wit his g.t.r
I got a free motor, and numerous other parts from Jimmy. Although I’ve done a lot for him and made him A LOT of dough.
Lots of LOL’s@this thread. I know both sides of the story here, and each could have been handled better. Kind of like Travis getting wasted and calling/texting John at 5am multiple times…who would ever expect a proper response that those times? Then at other times sure John could have been a bit nicer or more prompt with his responses. I’m not taking sides, but this whole ordeal didn’t have to go this far.
As for talking about locking EVO ecu’s you act like he welded it shut and branded it. Anybody with the interwebz and google can figure out how to unluck an evo ECU…its not rocket science. As far as talking about Larry’s tune I’ve personally seen the messages Larry is 100% happy with his tune and even told John he wasn’t sure why Travis was so concerned about unlocking his ECU. I remember you telling John when he was tuning the car up here (at my house, I was in the back seat) you were talking about making fueling changes and such. What tuner would want some car owner who doesn’t have any tuning experience making such changes on a 800whp car? You make minor changes and the car goes pop…who’s fault is it then. I remember you you kept wanting John to push the car more up top, more boost etc. He was getting past his comfort level.
I’m not trying to get in the middle of this and I’m not trying to attack you, john, or the shop, and I’m not taking anybodies sides.
Maybe John isn’t the best EVO tuner around, your car didn’t break on his tune did it? To me a car making that much power and staying running for an extended period of time is impressive to me.
IMO, John is one of the best subaru tuners on the east cost. I’ve dealt with more than a handful of tuners with my car and my car makes the best power and is reliable on his tune. With that being said my car is currently one of the fastest FP green STI’s that isn’t completely gutted. My car will drop some weight, get some real fuel, and a gearing change and it WILL break records. Hell with e85 alone it could possibly have the record with my gearing…we’ll see in the spring. <3 my “BROToon”
It’s all good man. I’ve learned a lot about ‘tuners’, and tuning myself this season. My car is making more power, spooling faster, and doing it all safer than ever before. It cost me a lot of time, money and frustration, but I’ve finally got a great tuner that truly cares about his customers.
john is good peoples. kenny is good peoples. angel, berto, hector all good peoples. jimmy and his crackhead dad are the problem. the prices are wayy too high for level of work. the employees can all do great work, we were just pushed to pump outproduction as fast as possible. i became apathetic and took days off to apply at other places closer to home. and that saturday i missed i left johns house at like 3am drunk. i just didnt give a shit about that day. ive worked in the shop and ive seen every little detail happen. and it will never compair to the quality, honesty, fair prices, and professional attitude that synapse has to offer. not that this thread was made to become a competition, but 99.99% of you even slightly knows what the fuck your talking about. including you corey.
synapse, dont chang a damn thing. youve had the right idea the whole time.
the shop is shot…employees are great guys…but itll never be one of the greats.
The work that The Shop CT did on my Evo was downright disgusting. Thankfully, I’ve repaired/replaced most of the ‘work’ they did, and will finish up the rest next season. The metal flash left in the intercooler pipes and the exhaust hanger rubbing away at the right rear upper control arm are some of my favorites:Idiots
The work that The Shop CT did on my Evo was downright disgusting. Thankfully, I’ve repaired/replaced most of the ‘work’ they did, and will finish up the rest next season. The metal flash left in the intercooler pipes and the exhaust hanger rubbing away at the right rear upper control arm are some of my favorites:Idiots
That’s why I don’t trust anybody to work on my car and do all the work myself man.
ding ding ding, we have a winner:number1
I’m talking about work that was done before I owned the car, not sure if you know that’s what I meant. I’ve done all of my own work on my cars since I was 15, outside of major fab/welding.
Yeah I knew what you meant. However I don’t think everything was done at the shop was it? It was Freddie’s old car so I’d assume he did 90% of it. Even then I can’t see cobbing a car of that caliber.
I’m under the impression that most was done by The Shop. Dosent matter, it’s in good hands now.
That’s all that matters dad
