Chasers Tuning

[mikep]

It IS off topic, there's an article in latest HPI about beefing up an auto. you can trick the auto with an electronic shift kit which will make your auto runs like a manual. you then have to shift it out of drive, 3 , 2, 1 yourself. Better try grab the magazine and have a read, the article is quite informative.

Whats HPI ?

Thanks,

Mike

[SLYSX]

QUOTE (>GoDziLLa<)

I don't know if its true but someone told me that chasers used to be BMT but either went bankrupt or changed name now thier chasers Nope, Chasers was race gear orginally, then BMT when bankrupt and Benny and a few mech's from BMT went to chasers and started a tuning division for them.

[beefy]

My Choice: Ice Performance or Racepace.

I've had great results from both.

My wife works just a few minutes walk from Racepace so its ideal for me to take my car there.

I haven't tried Chasers but I "heard" that their main Mechanic has returned to Japan hence the change from BMT to Chasers. true/false?

Quite a few of my friends have been to Amberley Autos with good feedback.

[Nismo32R]

When mine was tuned it had at least 22 runs on the dyno...

hey marcus, can you tell me how much did Ben charge you for tuning PFC??? coz i might need Ben to check on my timing

[rs73]

Whats HPI ?

Thanks,

Mike

HIGH PERFORMANCE IMPORTS magazine

[QuickR33Melb]

Farken Hell this thread has more dribble in it then the baby section of a hospital!

Since the title of this thread is Chasers Tuning I'd like to add my 2c. I've been a customer of Chasers for around 12 months and I have found all the staff, particularly Benny to be exceptionally knowledgable when it comes to Skylines.

Those of you that go to Chasers will know that the workshop is always open to 8-9pm at night while they are working hard on cars. The team at Chasers recently moved to Dynon road (the extension of Spencer Street) where they have teamed up with Paul the Motec Tuner which is an exciting partnership as these two know more about import cars then most of us could hope to learn in a lifetime. Benny from Chasers has seen this thread on the internet and spoke to me last night about it. He told me that if anyone has a problem with a tune, new turbo, front mount etc etc from his workshop then they will work hard to make sure you are happy which is a lot more than most workshops will do.

Having owned a handful of imports I have found Chasers to be a place that I can trust implacably.

Jevan

PS- DYNO GOING IN MONDAY!!!!

[Sylent Nyte]

My Choice:  Ice Performance or Racepace.  

I've had great results from both.

My wife works just a few minutes walk from Racepace so its ideal for me to take my car there.

I haven't tried Chasers but I "heard" that their main Mechanic has returned to Japan hence the change from BMT to Chasers. true/false?

Quite a few of my friends have been to Amberley Autos with good feedback.

Kashima was walking around Autosalon, so that would be false.

[rs73]

Jevan,

Do you know if they have FC Logit in place?

....Since the title of this thread is Chasers Tuning I'd like to add my 2c.  I've been a customer of Chasers for around 12 months and I have found all the staff, particularly Benny to be exceptionally knowledgable when it comes to Skylines......The team at Chasers recently moved to Dynon road (the extension of Spencer Street) where they have teamed up with Paul the Motec Tuner which is an exciting partnership as these two know more about import cars then most of us could hope to learn in a lifetime....Having owned a handful of imports I have found Chasers to be a place that I can trust implacably.

Jevan

PS- DYNO GOING IN MONDAY!!!!

[paulr33]

Farken Hell this thread has more dribble in it then the baby section of a hospital!

Since the title of this thread is Chasers Tuning I'd like to add my 2c. I've been a customer of Chasers for around 12 months and I have found all the staff, particularly Benny to be exceptionally knowledgable when it comes to Skylines.

Those of you that go to Chasers will know that the workshop is always open to 8-9pm at night while they are working hard on cars. The team at Chasers recently moved to Dynon road (the extension of Spencer Street) where they have teamed up with Paul the Motec Tuner which is an exciting partnership as these two know more about import cars then most of us could hope to learn in a lifetime. Benny from Chasers has seen this thread on the internet and spoke to me last night about it. He told me that if anyone has a problem with a tune, new turbo, front mount etc etc from his workshop then they will work hard to make sure you are happy which is a lot more than most workshops will do.

Having owned a handful of imports I have found Chasers to be a place that I can trust implacably.

Jevan

PS- DYNO GOING IN MONDAY!!!!

What's been the problem with any of the posts you've seen? rs73 asked for feedback from anyone has had their powerfc tuned at chasers. A few people posted their feedback and rs73 got what he was after, some feedback and experience. Why the big hoo haa about it?

[Bobbygill]

i havent had any tuning done yet from chasers but my car has had the works done from them, and from my experience, benny is one of the most courteous and nicest mechanics i have ever dealt with, who always spends time with u and explains things properly and all, i know its not got nothing to do with tuning, but i tought i might add my lil share in. i know i will be definately going to benny to get a tune.

[Phantom32]

Hey, since i've had my car - 12 months - the car has had all its work done at chasers since day one. Benny, Brad and Scott have always been open to lending me a helping hand no matter how great or small the problem. The car is currently there undergoing an RB25 conversion, which has been dealt with very swiftly and much quicker than i expected. I haven't had a tune there though, so i guess i can't comment to your original post.

Everyone has their own opinion about their own workshops, so it impossible to get an unbiased opinion. Every workshop has the potential to produce excellent results, but every workshop also slips up once in a while and gets flamed forever.

Don't take any of our words for it, go out yourself and speak to the various workshops then make up your mind.

[RHiSC]

Paul Flourentzou from PMWi (www.pmwi.com.au) will be handling all of the tuning in-house from now on at Chasers, since we moved to the bigger workshop in West Melbourne, and aquired our own dyno...

Previously we had Protek handle the majority of PFC an SAFC tunes/dynos, power-runs, etc. Paul has not had anything to do with any of this work up until now, as our dyno only just became operational yesterday. Paul will be handling all of our tuning/dyno work from now on, as he already has a great reputation in the industry, and is an authorised dealer for Motec.

[Al]

Hey, since i've had my car - 12 months - the car has had all its work done at chasers since day one.  Benny, Brad and Scott have always been open to lending me a helping hand no matter how great or small the problem.  The car is currently there undergoing an RB25 conversion, which has been dealt with very swiftly and much quicker than i expected.  I haven't had a tune there though, so i guess i can't comment to your original post.

Everyone has their own opinion about their own workshops, so it impossible to get an unbiased opinion.  Every workshop has the potential to produce excellent results, but every workshop also slips up once in a while and gets flamed forever.  

Don't take any of our words for it, go out yourself and speak to the various workshops then make up your mind.

:bs!:

Not all opinions are biased.

I have never taken my car to Ben @ Racepace and have only meet him once, but just from word of mouth, experience, and results I know he is good at what he does and therefore I will recommend him, were needed. Just like, if someone was looking for a mechanic on the west side I would recommend EAS Performance, for the same reasons. See, I will probably never get my tune at Racepace only due to the fact that I have a Wolf3D ecu and Ben would probably not know how to tune/use this ecu as well as my mechanic and Rank Rotary.

Sorry, a little off topic, but had to point out not all recommendations/referrals are biased. Most ppl are genuinely honest.

[Phantom32]

:bs!:  

Not all opinions are biased.  

I have never taken my car to Ben @ Racepace and have only meet him once, but just from word of mouth, experience, and results I know he is good at what he does and therefore I will recommend him, were needed.  Just like, if someone was looking for a mechanic on the west side I would recommend EAS Performance, for the same reasons.  See, I will probably never get my tune at Racepace only due to the fact that I have a Wolf3D ecu and Ben would probably not know how to tune/use this ecu as well as my mechanic and Rank Rotary.

Sorry, a little off topic, but had to point out not all recommendations/referrals are biased.  Most ppl are genuinely honest.

ok, not all opinions are biased, my bad.

But you see what i mean, there's alot of people out there who will generally flame/praise a workshop from what they hear from other people without having taken their cars there themselves.

Alot of stuff is hearsay, which gets exaggerated and made 10 times worse, or 10 times better.

[SLYSX]

The Chasers 180sx ran an 11.65 @ 122mph last night on street tyres, inhouse built and tuned

[pinoi_boi_r33]

not to mention it was on full drift setup (but with more boost). no suspension changes.

[sno33]

i saw the chasers pink 180 get tuned at c&d motorworx in sunshine

so they took it to protek and then c&d....?

[Cefiro_PWA]

Chasers are known to kinda Mis-Lead people with there information and Brain-Wash People as others might know... the word "No-Time" is all a theory, but in prac its all about money and dedication....

Good luck, but id rather take it to ProTeK or ICE.

Cheers

[Sylent Nyte]

^^^They served me rather well when another shop somehow messed up my engine bro, I caught the problems just in time and spoke with Benny, who did me a good quote. They finished my rebuild in a week and a half, and Benny was calling me at every stage of the rebuild with progress reports.

I don't see how I was being brainwashed or misled, they worked, I paid, I caned the thing to death around Sanddown and Calder's[circuit laps, no drags btw], and the engine never missed a beat. How's that for service?

i saw the chasers pink 180 get tuned at c&d motorworx in sunshine

so they took it to protek and then c&d....?

Might have been that their dyno wasnt online at the time, it would have been their car on the dyno, but Paul would have been the bloke in the car doing the tuning.

[Jetdat]

It's not about how much time you have, it's about how much dedication you have. Ice worked on my car till 5am on Sat morning and moved the car in at 8:30 in the morning.

And look at the results.

That is dedication...

i booked my car in for specific repairs/tunes for a monday morning at 8:00am in TWO weeks advance, after seeing some recomendations here on these forums.......

they did not turn up to work till 12:00 noon that day, and did not do the specific things i asked for and charged me premiuim dollars.....

then i went to another tuner and was looked after very well.

maybe i should invest in some shares?