Lei Siew Long

i need to have my hondata tuned and I would like some feedback from people who have actually had their car w/hondata tuned there. positive or negative feedback would be great.

falcongsr

I'm sure you'll get it straight from the horses mouth shortly.

Flamenco-T

LMAOL I was thinking of the same thing as soon as I saw importbuilder's hahahahahahhahahahahaah

Lei Siew Long

ha, ha, YES, but, unbiased opinions is what i want.

98lude

I have never tried area51, nor importbuilders, but my car was dynoed at Atomic, and strictly by Charles. I give a big thumbs up to him.

On the other hand, personal biased opinion says "up yours" to importbuilders, specifically to Jeff.

Lei Siew Long

hmmm, i expected a lot more responses. why does everyone on this board recommend importbuilders then if they absolutely have NO experience with their services, products, and customer service.

falcongsr

does everyone recommend them? i am not in CA so i dont know anything about them.

BodyKits NW

I would recommend Import Builders. I have driven down to check out there facility and just talk with Jeff. Great guys down there.

vtecvoodoo

Jeff has tuned quite a few friends` cars and did a good job. Can`t go wrong w/ Charles either. Who has the cheaper rates?

Ryan

IMALLSLO

Ill say this, tuning an Vafc etc.....on an all motor car I say go for it. When it comes to tuning hondata, dfi, speedpro etc...... I cant vouch for em. Why dont you just give em a call and ask what they can do for you. Remeber this, Dont let the guy tuning your car learn from his mistakes at your expense. Good luck to you.


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BoostinDC2

A51

Lei Siew Long

good advice and feeback from you and others. are you referring to importbuilders or Area 51 as far as not letting them tune a standalone?

BodyKits NW

Jeff has a lot of experience with the hondata. He has worked with the hondata guys for awhile now and knows how to tune there system. I don't even think Area 51 is a hondata dealer. Jeff is fully setup to not only tune on the road, but on the dyno as well.

DvSiR

Go see either one of them, wessyders know what they are doing. Jeff has been tuning the Hondata for awhile, he tuned my car and a bunch of my friends cars.

WEST UP!

Lei Siew Long

are you running a hondata? i see from the pictures that you are running a fmu setup.

SEFIxCivic

my cousin went to import builders to get his car dyno tuned and he said that Jeff was a nice guy and did a good job.

DvSiR

those are old @ss pictures from like 2yrs ago before I got my AEM.

Andrew 825SM

Go to importbuilders for hondata tuning, area 51 doesn't do hondata. Its $100/hour for IB and $150/hour for Area 51. I also would recommend dynamics.

Lei Siew Long

Area 51 tunes hondata. i called and asked but, i'm not sure how much experience they have with hondata and it's a lot for tuning at Area 51: $175/hr. i also tried dynamic but, they don't tune hondatas.

does anyone know anything about R&D dyno in torrance/gardena

Armaan

Know the topic is old....but what about R&D Dyno in Gardena, CA?

B20-T

Yes , Jeff is a nice guy..as soon as i get my car up and running i am goin down there to get a hondata s200 w/boost and get it tune by him..Hes a very nice guy and i would trust him to work on my car

wrXtian

charles @ area 51 can tune hondata.. i believe he used to be with atomic, and then import builders then left them to go 2 area 51.

gsrvx

I don't think Charles was ever @ IB.

krazy

he could have been. IB and atomic are real close together.

id like to know more on this too. i may have a buddy of mine tune it. http://www.prospeed-performance.com

hehe shameless plug. hes a hondata dealer too.

krazy

IMALLSLO

How do you figure? Atomics building is the building IB is in right now. It was a partnership between Charlie and Jeff. Jeff opened IB (which was Atomic to begin with) when Charles left to do his own thing. Cmon people need to learn the details instead of acting like they know. By the way Area51 is now closed so no more tuning since we bought their dyno.