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Old 07-30-2015, 03:46 PM
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Just wanted to see if there is anyone else on here from the Chicago land area. I am up in the northwest suburbs and am looking for a good performance shop to take my 91 Firebird too. It needs some transmission work and tuning.

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Old 08-16-2015, 03:02 PM
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I'm from the Chicagoland area too, Elgin. I just got a firebird again, an 1982, so not sure which performance shops are good currently. I have some local car friends from my previous firebird ownership who I could ask. Where in the chicagoland are you looking to get trans work done?

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Old 08-16-2015, 05:57 PM
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Plainfield here, Schaumburg before that...check out GPR performance..never used them personally but heard good things and the shop runs a thirdgen drag car.
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I redid the interior,




On display in my new front yard in Minooka IL.


I just moved to Minooka from Louisiana for work and bought the old GRYHAWK, still needs some fine tuning, so I'll have to check those people out.
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Hey, you're not too far from Route 66! Hop in that T/A, and head down to Pontiac, IL sometime. Pontiac Museum, and lots of other good stuff there, and all along the way.
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Welcome. I am in Berwyn. You might check out Underground Autosports in Hoffman Estates, IL. They hosted Thirdgen Expo this year and was a really nice facility.
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Originally Posted by DynoDave43
Hey, you're not too far from Route 66! Hop in that T/A, and head down to Pontiac, IL sometime. Pontiac Museum, and lots of other good stuff there, and all along the way.
I was thinking about heading down there on Friday, but the GRYHAWK, has a cooling issue, so I'll have to drive the "Inferno" (2013 RS Camaro painted Inferno orange with white stripes. The Cooling issue I believe is from the plastic air damn piece that came off while it was on the trailer. I have it, but did think it was the big of a thing, but I was just cruising around the back road and she heated up. It didn't do that in NOLA, so I figure that's the problem.
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