I am late to the party! I was busy yesterday or I would have chimed in. This is my experience and what I have seen from people I know around me.
"Shaun/Drew/AED are dicks and won't tune my car"- I have heard this 6 or 7 times. I could go into detail but I have seen 2 blown motors from people that Shaun refused to tune because they didn't want to use the fuel setup he suggested. Well congrats to Shaun on that one, he just avoid tuning someones cheaply put together built that has fail points everyone and now his name isn't near it. Might have been cheaper to do it his way.
I talk very highly of Shaun and Drew, however I have seen my friends experience the same thing. Shaun and Drew are very busy. Sometimes they have a little time for chit chat and bull shit. But most of the time they don't. They are working and they work ALL the time. Both can be cold and not very approachable from time to time. No it is not the most perfect thing for customer service. But guess what at a bigger shop you would most likely talk to a receptionist or something of that nature who might be a friendly face to deal with. I personally love that I get to deal with the owner directly.
Over the years I have bugged them tons on the phone and email. Sometimes my answers come quick and short and sometimes there is friendly banter. Who cares if I get the answer.
WHAT WAS I DOING YESTERDAY THAT I COULDN'T POST ON HERE?
I was driving my 03 cobra. I drive my cobra 2 or 3 days a week. I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HER. Drew hates me, it's always getting a new scratch or not clean enough. blah blah blah. Drew is so OCD it's stupid. He bitches about dust under my car. How the hell am I suppose to clean that shit? Well he does. And all the work he does shows it. OCD! What do you want in the guy putting your car together? sloppy and quick? Or OCD and professional. Making sure everything is right.
My car is a 2003 Cobra, it has 36k on it. The long block is still stock. Drew has done all the work on the car himself. Ford built this thing damn near 12 years ago now. It makes 812 RWHP. I beat on it, it keeps going.... What the hell is going to happen if I let Drew replace the stock cobra internals? My car I drive to work is going to go from really stupid fast to something no one actually believes anymore.
So ORIGINAL POSTER, when you find a shop that can build and tune like that. Then you have found what YOU want. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE WORK IS DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND YOUR CAR IS WHAT YOU WANT IN THE END.
I trust them. Lots of other people do to. Lots of people are always going to talk shit. But NO ONE ever says they do shity work or their tunes blow up lots of motors..... Yes they can be short. Who cares!?!? I don't! I drive around in my dream car with over 800hp to the wheels... It has 281ci?! WTF! I couldn't be happier. Best of luck and nothing wrong with calling up Shaun and hashing it out instead of posting over a message board.
"Shaun/Drew/AED are dicks and won't tune my car"- I have heard this 6 or 7 times. I could go into detail but I have seen 2 blown motors from people that Shaun refused to tune because they didn't want to use the fuel setup he suggested. Well congrats to Shaun on that one, he just avoid tuning someones cheaply put together built that has fail points everyone and now his name isn't near it. Might have been cheaper to do it his way.
I talk very highly of Shaun and Drew, however I have seen my friends experience the same thing. Shaun and Drew are very busy. Sometimes they have a little time for chit chat and bull shit. But most of the time they don't. They are working and they work ALL the time. Both can be cold and not very approachable from time to time. No it is not the most perfect thing for customer service. But guess what at a bigger shop you would most likely talk to a receptionist or something of that nature who might be a friendly face to deal with. I personally love that I get to deal with the owner directly.
Over the years I have bugged them tons on the phone and email. Sometimes my answers come quick and short and sometimes there is friendly banter. Who cares if I get the answer.
WHAT WAS I DOING YESTERDAY THAT I COULDN'T POST ON HERE?
I was driving my 03 cobra. I drive my cobra 2 or 3 days a week. I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HER. Drew hates me, it's always getting a new scratch or not clean enough. blah blah blah. Drew is so OCD it's stupid. He bitches about dust under my car. How the hell am I suppose to clean that shit? Well he does. And all the work he does shows it. OCD! What do you want in the guy putting your car together? sloppy and quick? Or OCD and professional. Making sure everything is right.
My car is a 2003 Cobra, it has 36k on it. The long block is still stock. Drew has done all the work on the car himself. Ford built this thing damn near 12 years ago now. It makes 812 RWHP. I beat on it, it keeps going.... What the hell is going to happen if I let Drew replace the stock cobra internals? My car I drive to work is going to go from really stupid fast to something no one actually believes anymore.
So ORIGINAL POSTER, when you find a shop that can build and tune like that. Then you have found what YOU want. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE WORK IS DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND YOUR CAR IS WHAT YOU WANT IN THE END.
I trust them. Lots of other people do to. Lots of people are always going to talk shit. But NO ONE ever says they do shity work or their tunes blow up lots of motors..... Yes they can be short. Who cares!?!? I don't! I drive around in my dream car with over 800hp to the wheels... It has 281ci?! WTF! I couldn't be happier. Best of luck and nothing wrong with calling up Shaun and hashing it out instead of posting over a message board.