Anybody use HPE in Houston???

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05-06-2008, 02:27 PM
bulldog5.3

Anybody use HPE in Houston???

I just moved to Houston and need a good shop i can trust to Dyno tune my truck. Let me know what you think.

Thaniks in Advance,
05-06-2008, 02:30 PM
RedHeartbeat

HPE, MTI,... there are a lot of Fbody shops down there. PM NITROUS and see whom he recommends there.
05-06-2008, 04:22 PM
bulldog5.3

Thanks Red
05-06-2008, 06:51 PM
06-crewhauler

hpe did my buddys gto headeds,cam,intake,lt,udp,and tb they did a awsome job car made good # and driveablity was good, but chuck can be a dick from what i hear
05-06-2008, 08:35 PM
sprayed99

yeah and you will have a hard time finding out all the bad stuff about them because most of the forums delete the bad stuff because HPE is a sponsor....I would stay clear.
05-06-2008, 08:46 PM
RedHeartbeat

Using that logic Danny we should steer clear of any business.
05-06-2008, 10:26 PM
sprayed99

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

Using that logic Danny we should steer clear of any business.

GREG talk to Gator...and I have list of others that got screwed as well.
05-06-2008, 10:36 PM
RedHeartbeat

by HPE AND MTI? Granted, nobody is perfect. No shop is perfect. Nobody can build performance engines that lasts forever. Nobody can do perfect tunes 100% of the time, thats why lifetime tunes from guys like Allen make sense vs guys that want to tune your engine one time and run you out the door and get full price for retunes. Local guys around Houston can speak out for the quality of HPE and MTIs work. If Gator wants to post his experience thats fine but as your friend from Cali would say your speaking out about HPE or MTI is heresy unless you've had a personal dealing with them.
05-07-2008, 03:15 PM
bulldog5.3

hmmmm decisions.. decisons.......
05-07-2008, 03:28 PM
BBLS1

Go Nelson.....

PM VV8 or v8 on pt.net
05-07-2008, 03:54 PM
green6.0

HPE act like they don't care about trucks. from what I hear chuck is a good tuner, BUT, they put my cam in the 5.3 and my motor lasted 2 days. If you had a vette, gto, or f-body Then maybe but I will not take my truck back.
05-07-2008, 07:09 PM
Gator

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

by HPE AND MTI? Granted, nobody is perfect. No shop is perfect. Nobody can build performance engines that lasts forever. Nobody can do perfect tunes 100% of the time, thats why lifetime tunes from guys like Allen make sense vs guys that want to tune your engine one time and run you out the door and get full price for retunes. Local guys around Houston can speak out for the quality of HPE and MTIs work. If Gator wants to post his experience thats fine but as your friend from Cali would say your speaking out about HPE or MTI is heresy unless you've had a personal dealing with them.

Yea Chuck was a jerk...I already posted up a book about him a year ago...guess no reason to rehash it...Unless HPE "Chuck" has changed his ways then i would say stay away from him...I know there was a lengthy thread over on LS1tech which led to him being banned..it was very funny yall should read it..
05-07-2008, 10:33 PM
ducky

If anyone has about 45min to an hour to kill read this. Thanks for nothing HPE - LS1TECH

I'm not passing judgment on Chuck or HPE. Just putting out some information.
05-07-2008, 11:50 PM
ap2002

for best quality tuning on trucks,

San Antonio - Nelson

Houston - Wheatley
05-08-2008, 08:04 AM
txarkitekt

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap2002

for best quality tuning on trucks,

San Antonio - Nelson

Houston - Wheatley

+1
Does Wheatley have a shop though?
05-08-2008, 11:13 AM
ducky

Quote:

Originally Posted by txarkitekt

+1
Does Wheatley have a shop though?

I was wondering about that too? I think he does but I dunno if he does installs or anything.
05-08-2008, 07:03 PM
Gator

Quote:

Originally Posted by duckysbht

I was wondering about that too? I think he does but I dunno if he does installs or anything.

No he tunes out of the back of his or his dads gas station/convience store
05-08-2008, 09:31 PM
vv8

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap2002

for best quality tuning on trucks,

Houston - Wheatley

Are you sure ap???

you haven't tried me yet hahaha
05-08-2008, 11:57 PM
DBYRD

well after becoming friends with charlie and getting to know him a little 2 things are certainly clear.
1. he's a great guy

2. he'll never tune my truck again after 3+ months of phone calls, pm's, emails etc.

Charlie is a sponsor on QST and I had spoken to him many times before and stood behind him even though others were starting to say he was hard to get a hold of. Keith was one of the ones that really opened my eyes and from there it became very difficult for even myself to get a hold of charlie. How can you expect someone to stand behind u when they havent heard from u and tried so hard to get in contact with u for such a long period of time? I cant anymore and its a shame cuz the guy ever did a damn thing to me but make my truck run better. I feel like an asshole, but Nelson is getting my business from now on. Plus he can take a look at my engine and see if everything is right or not, something which ive never been able to get anyone to do properly. Charlie is a great tuner for a lot of people, but not for me anymore.
05-09-2008, 05:55 AM
-HIC-

HPE Did my gears and posi over a year ago with no problems at a gre at price. I use their dyno, just have one of the other guys do the pull. They are nice enough. I do all my own engine and exhaust stuff and Nelson does my tuning so really no need to deal with Chuck. They are the closest shop to me with a dyno, like 10 mins away so I could care less if they dont like trucks, they charge the same as all the other dyno shops.. I even got a "damn" out of one of them yesterday after my pull.