Review for Protune at GST

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12-20-2010, 08:25 AM

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sigma pi

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Originally Posted by Ebolamonkey

Yep. like i said before. minor miscommunication. no big deal. after meeting mike, it is clear that he is a good dude with good intentions.

Unfortunately, it looks like my clutch is starting to slip so i am going to have to wait till next week for my protune. Was deciding between an exedy or act, but mike was able to get a discount from exedy so that sealed the deal.

Noooww i waaaaait for Mooondaaay....

w00t going to be putting the power down!!! you wont be cheated by a slipping clutch

12-20-2010, 02:33 PM

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NorCalPaintball

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my experience has failed epically...

during the tune, the high-flow cat inside perrin 1pc dp came loose (I guess) and is now blocking flow. FML. afr's were fine, but boost went suddenly from 19 to 13.5psi...

now I have to somehow get a different (catless) dp to get in there to finish the tune. probably invidia catless divorced mouth

sucks to be me. now i am without a car until sometime this week (no idea when), and now stuck with a broken perrin pos, which i now have to deal directly with them too, they haven't returned one phone call yet... which i find funny, because i've talked to 2 people, sent an email and left a message to them. still no response at all. I figured at 2x the cost, I would be getting a 2x quality piece or have amazing customer support. guess not.

anyone else have sh*tty reviews of dealing directly with perrin? or are they just impossible to get answers/replies from? i can call and email them 5 times each day if i have to, i paid out the a** for this piece of sh*t catted dp, which i figured was going to be flawless.

either way, i just want to get a catless dp on there, get my damn tune finished and get my car back... it's ending up going on a week now.

Last edited by NorCalPaintball; 12-20-2010 at 02:35 PM.

12-21-2010, 02:59 PM

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sigma pi

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WOW what a bummer

I have a catless that doesnt fit my 03 you can have but I am in so cal. It came off an 05 STi

12-21-2010, 03:04 PM

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NorCalPaintball

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wow... thank you, will PM you for details if I end up needing it.

GST is still not exactly sure what the deal is, I guess (still waiting for a update), hopefully my car doesn't end up being gone for a month, as it was only sent in for the day... fml.

i'm hoping it's the cat at least, can't think of anything else it could be.

thanks again for caring.

12-21-2010, 03:09 PM

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joewagon

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I think I am going to go to GST to get my protune done also. I still have 600miles to break in my motor before I can get it tuned. I can't wait. I will definately post up results when I get it done.

02-09-2011, 07:24 PM

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OneManArmy

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What ever happened with this?

And for the record... the only Perrin piece I have had direct experience with and not had some form of issue with are my rear endlinks. Their fit and finish is crap.

02-09-2011, 08:26 PM

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Well every time I went to GST I had a great experience...even though the tuning thing never goes as planned and mike is a super busy guy so it takes a while but all in all I love the result they put out. I went to mike a few months back to get a retune cause I was having some issues. He gave me a safe tune for half the cost and I was still running 265whp and 265wtq on a safe tune. Now I just got to go back for the other half of the tune...I'm aiming at 300+ on both ends...