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I've heard and seen some bad feedback floating around about PUR in Scarborough. Here is my experience.
I just finished building a stroker 3.4 2JZ in a customer's $100G+ MKIV and when it came time to get it tuned, I started looking for a shop that I could trust to do the work right, that had a reliable, accurate dyno and had a tuner that was competent with many different standalones and knew what to do with a motor that was so far from stock, it may as well have been out of Area51.
What I got was an incredibly informative and professional basic break in tune that explored parameters that I was not even aware were relevant in setting the car up properly. I'm sure if I had taken the car to some shop based on popular opinion, I would not have received the professional treatment that they give to all their customers.
My experiences in this industry have reached from one end of the spectrum to the other. I've had cars in my shop that were worked on elsewhere in Toronto by "professionals" that IMO, should not even be lifting wrenches toward a car let alone working on a car of the MKIV's caliber. I've corrected horrible workmanship, lousy installs, damaged motors, fire-hazard wiring and fuel system installs, and more crap than you can shake a stick at, and I will tell you straight up - if you are looking for a GTA shop that can tune, install, fabricate or just advise, I really doubt that you will find another shop that measures up to PUR. That's pretty high praise, and I don't give it lightly, let me tell you. I'm perhaps one of the most anal and meticulous guys in the biz and it's refreshing to see another shop that takes the same level of care in building and modifying cars as the guys at PUR.
Thanks to John, Rupinder, Dave, Dave, Adam and Trevor, and especially Radek for the respectful and professional handling of this car's tune issues. I would recommend anyone to go there.
Here are some shots of my customer's car at PUR.
[url]http://www.adrenalinemotorsports.ca/gallery/index.php?album=moses-stroker&image=Jul-24-003.jpg[/url]
[url]http://www.adrenalinemotorsports.ca/gallery/index.php?album=moses-stroker&image=Jul-19-011.jpg[/url]
[url]http://www.adrenalinemotorsports.ca/gallery/index.php?album=moses-stroker&image=Jul-19-010.jpg[/url]
If I'm not mistaken, they are currently having a promotional dyno pull special if you want to see what your car is doing ATM - tuning is not part of that but I'm sure they can discuss your needs then.
I just finished building a stroker 3.4 2JZ in a customer's $100G+ MKIV and when it came time to get it tuned, I started looking for a shop that I could trust to do the work right, that had a reliable, accurate dyno and had a tuner that was competent with many different standalones and knew what to do with a motor that was so far from stock, it may as well have been out of Area51.
What I got was an incredibly informative and professional basic break in tune that explored parameters that I was not even aware were relevant in setting the car up properly. I'm sure if I had taken the car to some shop based on popular opinion, I would not have received the professional treatment that they give to all their customers.
My experiences in this industry have reached from one end of the spectrum to the other. I've had cars in my shop that were worked on elsewhere in Toronto by "professionals" that IMO, should not even be lifting wrenches toward a car let alone working on a car of the MKIV's caliber. I've corrected horrible workmanship, lousy installs, damaged motors, fire-hazard wiring and fuel system installs, and more crap than you can shake a stick at, and I will tell you straight up - if you are looking for a GTA shop that can tune, install, fabricate or just advise, I really doubt that you will find another shop that measures up to PUR. That's pretty high praise, and I don't give it lightly, let me tell you. I'm perhaps one of the most anal and meticulous guys in the biz and it's refreshing to see another shop that takes the same level of care in building and modifying cars as the guys at PUR.
Thanks to John, Rupinder, Dave, Dave, Adam and Trevor, and especially Radek for the respectful and professional handling of this car's tune issues. I would recommend anyone to go there.
Here are some shots of my customer's car at PUR.
[url]http://www.adrenalinemotorsports.ca/gallery/index.php?album=moses-stroker&image=Jul-24-003.jpg[/url]
[url]http://www.adrenalinemotorsports.ca/gallery/index.php?album=moses-stroker&image=Jul-19-011.jpg[/url]
[url]http://www.adrenalinemotorsports.ca/gallery/index.php?album=moses-stroker&image=Jul-19-010.jpg[/url]
If I'm not mistaken, they are currently having a promotional dyno pull special if you want to see what your car is doing ATM - tuning is not part of that but I'm sure they can discuss your needs then.
Undertaking a build of this magnitude certainly takes time, especially when it doesn't involve ANY off the shelf components. None of this, "over-night parts from Japan" BS. It was hard enough getting over-night parts from North American suppliers. 
