Update on PTUNING's 15,0000 Sq/ft State-of-the-art Service/T

[MrC@ptuning.com]

We are still on track for completion in mid Nov 2006. Here's some pics of the progress on the new PTUNING facility for the month of Sept. 2006. We want to make this a one-stop-shop for all your performance needs. From in stock inventory, to installation, to suspension alignment and setup, to touchless tire mounting and balancing, to ecu programming and dyno tuning, to high performance cnc engine machining and buildup, to custom fabrication and welding.

If you have a lowered vehicle and you've been turned away by other alignment shops because they can't get your car on the alignment rack, don't worry, you finally have a place to take your car to for an alignment. We can even align your car with the wheels off. Here's our in-ground alignment pit being poured.






We've been waiting on the permit for this concrete slab outside, for months. It was finally approved and once it's cured, we'll be assembling the dynocell's exhaust tower on top of it.





The drywall is going up finally.




Here's the staircase to our second level.

[spazegun2213]

Very nice!!! keep up the work and you'll have our cars in there in no time!!

This place is going to be great!!

[MrC@ptuning.com]

Very nice!!! keep up the work and you'll have our cars in there in no time!!

This place is going to be great!!

Ross, the new facility i showed you just grew from 10,000 sq/ft to 15,000 sq/ft. We're using the extra 5,000 sq/ft to house just our inventory. So now we will have all that extra space--originally allocated for inventory--to use as additional servicing area, this will allow us to take on long term projects, e.g. engine building-up, fabrication, etc.

We will be booking appointments for the month of November shortly here. I will keep you posted. Let me know if anyone needs any servicing done.

[Cereb Daithi]

sexy. once i get everything squared away with the STi i think ill have to make a drive down for this. (although you might be seeing the RS at a meet sometime soon julian)

[spazegun2213]

Very nice!!! keep up the work and you'll have our cars in there in no time!!

This place is going to be great!!

Ross, the new facility i showed you just grew from 10,000 sq/ft to 15,000 sq/ft. We're using the extra 5,000 sq/ft to house just our inventory. So now we will have all that extra space--originally allocated for inventory--to use as additional servicing area, this will allow us to take on long term projects, e.g. engine building-up, fabrication, etc.

We will be booking appointments for the month of November shortly here. I will keep you posted. Let me know if anyone needs any servicing done.

I call being the first one serviced on your nice rack

i mean, when would I be able to get an alignment?

[complacent]

i mean, when would I be able to get an alignment?

[Sabre]

(although you might be seeing the RS at a meet sometime soon julian)

I'll actually need an alignment before too long as well, haha.

[spazegun2213]

+12345 for Ptunings customer service. A friend of mine and I stopped in on saturday 5 min before closing and had a 25+ min conversation with the sales guys.

they were great, and i felt so bad when we walked out and they were supposed to be closed

[Cereb Daithi]

i know i sure as hell need an allignment myself..but i can do that around here...

haha poor RS... my front tires are now almost unusable and they are only about 5 months old... i dont even want to know how bad the allignment is. sliding around on the backroads of PA is harsh on a car... you can literally hear the sound of grinding tires over the screech

[zaxrex]

Now I just have to get the camber bolts put on and get an alignment. Just in time for winter!

[Nihilation]

Yea, definitely looking forward to this new shop, where's it located?

[sirwilliam]

Now I just have to get the camber bolts put on and get an alignment. Just in time for winter!

Maybe we can get a group alignment discount?

[Sabre]

Yea, definitely looking forward to this new shop, where's it located?

It's going to be VERY close to you

[MrC@ptuning.com]

Maybe we can get a group alignment discount?

We're working on it. We'll definitely give you guys a good deal. So how many people are interested in getting an alignment in Nov. when we open. Also is everyone here looking to get there car align to factory spec or is there a dcawd custom-spec alignment, assuming you're suspension has enough camber/toe adjustment. I'm trying to get a rough idea of how many slots you guys might need.

[Sabre]

Assuming my car is back on the road, you can add me to that list

[schvin]

Assuming my car is back on the road, you can add me to that list

f'in ditto

[sirwilliam]

Maybe we can get a group alignment discount?

We're working on it. We'll definitely give you guys a good deal. So how many people are interested in getting an alignment in Nov. when we open. Also is everyone here looking to get there car align to factory spec or is there a dcawd custom-spec alignment, assuming you're suspension has enough camber/toe adjustment. I'm trying to get a rough idea of how many slots you guys might need.

Well, my car needs an alignment and I will be dropping it 1" so it will definitely need an alignment after that. Not sure what spec I need?

[zaxrex]

+1 for me on that list.

I'll be wanting factory specs for the winter roads/tires. The rear is dropped a good deal, but the camber bolts I got should get me within a degree...

[Mr Kleen]

had a couple friends in over the weekend from Lexington. Andy noticed my PTuning key chain and said "Hey, I bought my intake from them online a couple months ago!" it's a small world...

[MrC@ptuning.com]

had a couple friends in over the weekend from Lexington. Andy noticed my PTuning key chain and said "Hey, I bought my intake from them online a couple months ago!" it's a small world...

We've been online since 1999. A LOT of people know about us for years. The only market we haven't capture is the hardcore Subaru/Evo/350z/s2000/SRT-4/VW/BMW/Audi owners and that's because we never did servicing in the past. But all that is going to change with the new shop:)

As most of you already know, we have a huge market with the Scion community. We are currently working on an engine development program for the Scion Tc Engine (2AZFE). The motor is basically a 2.4L (88.5mm bore/96mm stroke) aluminum block/head with coated aluminum cylinder. We are planning to develop the following components for this motor to make it withstand the pressures of forced induction (30-40psi):

- ducticle iron cylinder sleeve
- custom forged piston
- custom billet connecting rods
- coated ACL main and rod bearings
- coated piston skirt, piston crown, including underneath piston coating
- lightened/balanced oem forged crankshaft/and or custom billet crank
- Balancer eliminator kit
- custom piston oil-squirter (factory block does not have any)
- custom billet main caps
- ARP main studs
- ARP head studs
- custom head gasket
- o-ringing block
- cnc cylinder head porting/blending
- custom nitrite-coated stainless steel intake valves
- custom iconel oversize exhaust valve
- custom HD dual valve springs
- custom titanium retainers
- custom racing-style valve keepers
- custom bronze valve guides
- custom valve seals
- all rotating assembly with be computerized balanced
- crankshaft will be balanced down to 0.2 gram from end to end. FYI, 2 gram is consider a very good balance for a racing engine and 5 gram is consider a very good balance for a good street motor.
- and much more

We are spending a lot of time and money working with our machinist and cnc programmer to come up with the blueprint spec for this motor so that all cylinder and head work can be done on a 4th and 5th axis CNC machining center.

We may take on the STi motor as our next project. Most of the development on the Evo/eclipse 4g63 motor are in place.

This post will probably be deleted next week--don't want to give our competitors any ideas:)

[zaxrex]

Ohhh Steeeeve. Better watch where you keep your keys, or we might just kidnap your Tc and leth these guys "have their way" with it...

And tell Kuong(sp?) that I have acquired another EJ 2.0 block that I want to get coated pistons put in, if y'all want to get your hands dirty on a Subaru block. I also still have the monster 2.5 block that needs to be re-sleeved and new bearings after the 2.0 is done.

LMK

[Mr Kleen]

Zak, it might be easier to tell them the extra parts you DON'T have laying around.

I'll make sure Steve sees this thread...

[Sabre]

Funny, I'm looking at a new motor's right now... you all interested in starting on Subaru motor's early?

[MrC@ptuning.com]

Funny, I'm looking at a new motor's right now... you all interested in starting on Subaru motor's early?

Julian,

Before we take on an engine buildup for the EJ motors, we would like to sit down with some of the members to discuss the details on the engine, including the different versions, the strengths and weaknesses, the ins and outs of what works and what doesn't. Anything is possible. It's going to cost us a pretty penny to do the initial tooling for the first motor but if there's a demand for it, we may consider taking on the project.

Do you guys think there's a demand for complete assembled short block and long block or just engine components. We would rather sell or rebuild complete short/long blocks that way we know it was properly machined/mic/balanced/assembled properly.

[sirwilliam]

Funny, I'm looking at a new motor's right now... you all interested in starting on Subaru motor's early?

So your engine had problems also? You got it tested?