status of pina motorsports......

[pimpin81]

okay just saw on there facebook page they dont open until 10:00 am today so ill keep trying .

so stoked to finally get my gsx tuned.

 

[gtrej01]

No to sure about them, but I did a little research and found that there Facebook account shows no updates since last year and they also have a D- grade on the Better Business Bureau. Not Good?

I made my appointment at English Racing for next Monday for my tune.

 

[pimpin81]

Yah I'm not driving from the Canadian board to Camas just for a tune. i also noticed the bb score it was from an incident 3 years ago according to the information. I've met the guy before he seems like a very honest person shit happens sometimes. I wish I didn't live 264 miles from camas or I would go there, but that's stretching it with no wideband tune. thank you for your response tho I welcome all comments on this subject

 

[gtrej01]

Ya that is a long drive. Good Luck bud.

 

[pimpin81]

yah im kinda bummed right now i keep calling but no one answers . and other then pina and english ive never herd of a reputable dsm shop who has an awd dyno. So
Andre answer your phone !!

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Pina is no good. Andre is a good welder, but he's been known for blowing engines. English is alright too but they aren't all they are cracked up to be. Most of the crew from pina that were good, left and went to do there own thing.

 

[pimpin81]

so what your saying is that im screwed basically and i have no where to bring my car

 

[Archer Fabrications]

I can give you the name of the guy that left pina and built
My motor, hes a great tuner, andre is just a douche, doesnt answer calls, takes forever, over charges. English didnt do dick to my tune and i paid 300 ive been doing everything myself since then. They didnt try to even turn up my boost more than 22 psi resulting in my profile dyno numbers. Granted i had a few minor issues, but none significant enough to not try on a tune i paid good money for. Theres really no better way than to do it yourself. Im on 30 psi now and tuned everything myself.

 

[pimpin81]

yeah i need someone who can install my wideband to a good safe tune for a dd, and diagnose a idol issue, sometimes while driving around and i come to a stop my idol stays up high could just be the linkage . i dont want to keep driving it without it being tuned. i have dsm link and did the best i could to get it drive-able which i must say isn't bad get almost 0 knock at wot but i need someone who can do it right and i live in bellingham so my options are prety limited.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

He can do a Wb install also. He did mine. Ill talk to him and see if hes up for it. Sounds like you have a boost leak with your high idle.

 

[pimpin81]

yah see if hes up to it. also i had problems with the throttle body from the begining so i closed the fiav in the throttle body.

idle problem only occours after driving it , when i first start it and warm it up its rock solid

well i scheduled an appointment with English next week, they answer there phone .

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Yeah hes game ill pm you his email!

 

[gtrej01]

yah see if hes up to it. also i had problems with the throttle body from the begining so i closed the fiav in the throttle body.

idle problem only occours after driving it , when i first start it and warm it up its rock solid

well i scheduled an appointment with English next week, they answer there phone .

What day you going up to English Racing?

 

[Archer Fabrications]

If you go to english i hope you have better luck than me. Car has to be perfect.

 

[RvlutionMtrsprt]

It doesn't have to be perfect. You just have to understand that when you pay for a tune that doesn't automatically mean that they're going to fix all the little things that need to be done as a part of the tuning fee.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

They will not do an aggressive tune if your car is not perfect period.

 

[white92talontsi]

They will not do an aggressive tune if your car is not perfect period.

Who would? If they do then they don't need to be tuning a car. We get people all the time that bring there DSM's here for us to tune and the cars are a long way away from even being able to be tuned.

"so you have a bad wheel bearing" It's not going on our dyno. That is just an example.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

I had a 7 bolt crank pulley on my 6 bolt and that was enough for them to not touch my boost controller. There is no difference after i switched.

 

[pimpin81]

I'm going to English on Wednesday , I don't even have a boost controller set up the waste gate on my pte is set to 16 psi and that is where it shall stay I just want a safe dd if I get 300whp ill be happy it should be a reachable goal given my supporting mods .

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Did you email jack at all?

 

[pimpin81]

No I didn't I decided to just bring the car down to English

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Oh ok. Post back how it went for you

 

[phunny]

Can English tune using ecmlink yet?

 

[Archer Fabrications]

What do you mean can they? Of course they can............and have been for a long time.

 

[phunny]

What do you mean can they? Of course they can............and have been for a long time.

That would be completely incorrect. Attempting and actually doing a decent tune are not same. So don't jump in saying "of course" when it's not the case. I would hate to see the OP drop good money and not get much in return, it's a simple are they proficient or not?