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they r good. period.

seriously...they tune cars well. one thing i learnt from them is that my spark plugs should not be .85 but 1mm or sumthing like that.

had them do my servicing three times n my car's running well. plus they installed all the mods n tuned my car. ask slip or abu53 how it goes.

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why cant we go into details? is this the case? could someone explain to me why? correct me if im wrong, but this is a discussion forum for discussions right? is it because a business name is involved? we talk about getting bad batches of fuel from shell, bp or whatever, and no one seems to mind. they are actual experiences and not something we whipped out of our arses. rb26 speaks highly, i speak highly, and im sure many speak highly of chapmans, but if the people who have had bad experiences, can't share their experiences isnt the story a little one sided? we may as well all be making statements instead of asking questions and having a DISCUSSION! so please, for those that have had a bad/good experience, PLEASE DISCUSS!

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rb26's car goes like a rocket, very smooth (except for the clutch)

Atomic, no no no. If we have ph and hungry6, part of SAU, posting on SAU forums saying negative things about a workshop, theres a whole lot of SAU in there. We do not want bad relations with workshops ESPECIALLY in this instance, where there are obviously a number of happy customers. We keep it in PM and email in this situation. You would be very unhappy if you were the workshop concerned, they probably have no idea about this thread, and therefore no chance to reply. If they did it would most likely get very messy if people less controlled than ph and hungry6 were involved. This has happened more than once in the past.

ph and hungry6 - thank you.

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