Xr6 2007 Bf Mk2 Engine Go Boom!

[rednose]

CMS and Autotech are not the only shops in Sydney with experience with these cars.

Lets say they were not the pioneers when these engines hit the market.

Others did the initial grunt work with continuing results.

Talk to some others as well

Spiro is probably still using my UniChimp as a paper weight. LOL

Channels the Gooseman

No one said they are the only shops, there are plenty of capable shops.

But if I was in his position and had a good experience with Autotech previously I would at least go back to Spiro and have a chat.

If money was the only reason the OP left Autotech well I'm sure he's learnt a valuable lesson.

I cannot and will not comment on other workshops (good or bad) as I have not used anyone but Autotech.

[Buf-Phoon]

Just sayin there are other options. This thread seems to just mention CMS and Autotech.

I've also used Spiro in the past as well as other shops.

You are right in implying you get what you pay for.

Might be exxy upfront but there is some reassurance the job will be done right

[Kosij]

Buf! I mentioned who I have used and who I personally think could help him based on my experiences.

Considering I have almost the same car as op and I'm more then happy with Cms and there work why would I mention

C&v

Tune house

Bta

Castle hill

And the likes when I can't vouch personally that they know there Barras.

When it comes the Barras and the zf's you need someone who deals with a lot of them so they know what they are doing! Cms & autotech have the cars from 9 seconds to 11 seconds rolling out of there shop on a weekly basis! I ain't referring a shop I'm not 100% happy with.

And I've been to autotech myself so I can Persoanlly say I left there because there work was way to pricey! Apart from that I couldn't fault spiro and he's tunes!

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Autotech have had a few high-profile big bangs too...so I wouldn't necessarily pin them up as the ultimate gurus either. And I'm not saying that to have a chop - just to get the point across that nobody is perfect.

And the topic of this thread used to have an awesome name with plenty of happy punters but how things can change.

If the OP is comfortable with his choice of mechanic then there's not much to be achieved by throwing away whatever he's already spent with them to move on to a third workshop. Yeah it could turn to sh*t, but I'm pretty sure he'd be keeping a firm finger on the pulse this time around.

[gsd112]

Ive had tunes done by 3 Sydney tuners Tunehouse, CMS and Autotech and lets just say the car ran its best after the Autotech tune by far, and the customer service was light years ahead as well. Nothing wrong with the other 2 but they just never nailed it. First 2 couldn't iron out a miss at idle but Spiro did and the tune was way smoother, and it was right first time. Your right but no one is perfect but I base my opinion on what Ive personally seen and I have been to Springwood Car Care for servicing and they were okay but had a limited knowledge of the barra.

[rednose]

Autotech have had a few high-profile big bangs too

???

[Kosij]

Ive had tunes done by 3 Sydney tuners Tunehouse, CMS and Autotech and lets just say the car ran its best after the Autotech tune by far, and the customer service was light years ahead as well. Nothing wrong with the other 2 but they just never nailed it. First 2 couldn't iron out a miss at idle but Spiro did and the tune was way smoother, and it was right first time. Your right but no one is perfect but I base my opinion on what Ive personally seen and I have been to Springwood Car Care for servicing and they were okay but had a limited knowledge of the barra.

Tell me did your issue get resolved with a hole in the throttle body :/

So when did you go to spring wood? Before it after autotech?

[gsd112]

Nope just adjusted the tune. 95% of people would of been fine with it the way it was as it was very minor miss and they tried to eliminate it but it was still there and I wanted it perfect. It was 3+ years ago on my old BA and I felt the car was smoother after Autotech tune. I just used Springwood car care for a service on my FG G6ET (which is stock) they were fine but had minimal exposure to the Barra, like known issues ,inlet manifold tightening etc. So ive gone back to Autotech as I prefer to pay a bit extra for the customer service, and I work 2 mins from them know and I get my car back when I need it on time every time, and on the 1 time there was a small issue the car was straight back in and fixed immediately. I rate those 3 tuners highly I just rate Autotech a touch higher.

Edited 01/10/14 06:22 AM by gsd112

[rednose]

Nah, impossible he drills holes in every bodys throttle body, even if there just there for a service...lol

[gsd112]

He could of never asked actually I might ask next service, he did a throttle body clean on the fg might of done it to that.