[driven2exceSS]

I have been leaning towards (Ted) Jennetty Racing, but recently heard of another shop (Don) Slowhawk Performance. One is closer than the other, but more importantly is the knowledge and quality of work. Any thoughts or experience(s) to share? I see plenty of positive on Teds shop on our forum, and am quite confident in his shop at this point. What about this other, Slowhawk?
Thanks in advance -Scott

[Evil-Bee-NH]

Both Ted and Don are highly regarded by most of the V8 crowd and from what I've seen and heard do good work aside from a few horror stories out of Ted's shop i know of locally. If i were to choose and had a V8 I'd go with Don I've seen his work and he does a good job he just has the personality of a donkey and won't give you the time of day if it's not a V8.

[danhr]

You will get horror stories from ANY performance shop.... No matter how good/bad they are.

You have narrowed it down to two of the best. Ted has made himself big with the introduction of the 5th gen. Slowhawk has been known as one of the best for decades, in the LS/LT community.

You can't go wrong with either. If anyone tells you different, I would question the vidality of their opinion.

Personally, if it isn't an all out 1000+ rwhp build, I would go with whoever is closer. That way if adjustments need to be made later down the road, it will be easier.

[driven2exceSS]

Thanks guys! Just what I needed to hear... My initial search findings on Don's shop were dated by a couple years or so, which had me a little concerned about his experience with the 6th gen. By the sounds it is a non issue. Hope others continue to share similar views here on the thread... I'm even more motivated now to move forward with the process asap, despite all the current distractions and dealings/aftermath of this Nor'easter

[Slowhawk]

Originally Posted by Evil-Bee-NH

Both Ted and Don are highly regarded by most of the V8 crowd and from what I've seen and heard do good work aside from a few horror stories out of Ted's shop i know of locally. If i were to choose and had a V8 I'd go with Don I've seen his work and he does a good job he just has the personality of a donkey and won't give you the time of day if it's not a V8.

Nice. I always explain we have not done V6 cars. Haven't seen the need to test them with the work we do. Just like we do not work on ford/dodge ect.
I have told a few people we would be willing to look at the 4cyl/turbo cars. But they do not like when I say I need it for a week to tune,so we take our time to figure it out. That is the same thing we do with each new model. Luckily we have some good repeat customers that trust us with there new toy's to test on.

[Slowhawk]

Originally Posted by danhr

You will get horror stories from ANY performance shop.... No matter how good/bad they are.

You have narrowed it down to two of the best. Ted has made himself big with the introduction of the 5th gen. Slowhawk has been known as one of the best for decades, in the LS/LT community.

You can't go wrong with either. If anyone tells you different, I would question the vidality of their opinion.

Personally, if it isn't an all out 1000+ rwhp build, I would go with whoever is closer. That way if adjustments need to be made later down the road, it will be easier.

We do not live by the internet anymore. Word of mouth is our strong point and we always have a constant flow of work.
For LT experience we have been building corvette's since they came out. our first big build was early 2014 on a corvette. 416,YSI ect.
And yes, 1000+hp cars are no problem, dialing in one today.

[driven2exceSS]

Originally Posted by Slowhawk

Nice. I always explain we have not done V6 cars. Haven't seen the need to test them with the work we do. Just like we do not work on ford/dodge ect.
I have told a few people we would be willing to look at the 4cyl/turbo cars. But they do not like when I say I need it for a week to tune,so we take our time to figure it out. That is the same thing we do with each new model. Luckily we have some good repeat customers that trust us with there new toy's to test on.

No disrespect to Kev (Evil-Bee-NH) and many others that also have wishes/needs/desires for their particular model of the Camaro, but I kinda like the idea of a shop doing more specialty specific work for a particular make/model (I think?). Sticking with a certain manufacturer brand of a vehicle and a narrower spectrum of aftermarket parts will keep them far less likely to be drawn to a "Jack of all trades, master of none". IDK I think that makes sense? lol Either way I think it was a light hearted jab in the end about basically turning your nose up and not doing anything but lsx/ltx work.

[Evil-Bee-NH]

Originally Posted by Slowhawk

Nice. I always explain we have not done V6 cars. Haven't seen the need to test them with the work we do. Just like we do not work on ford/dodge ect.
I have told a few people we would be willing to look at the 4cyl/turbo cars. But they do not like when I say I need it for a week to tune,so we take our time to figure it out. That is the same thing we do with each new model. Luckily we have some good repeat customers that trust us with there new toy's to test on.

No disrespect meant i admire the work you do i wouldn't have said go to you otherwise, just your very blunt and it comes off super asshole sometimes it did with me back when i had my V6 and i can take blunt pretty well. Was just warning so people can look past it.

[Evil-Bee-NH]

Originally Posted by driven2exceSS

No disrespect to Kev (Evil-Bee-NH) and many others that also have wishes/needs/desires for their particular model of the Camaro, but I kinda like the idea of a shop doing more specialty specific work for a particular make/model (I think?). Sticking with a certain manufacturer brand of a vehicle and a narrower spectrum of aftermarket parts will keep them far less likely to be drawn to a "Jack of all trades, master of none". IDK I think that makes sense? lol Either way I think it was a light hearted jab in the end about basically turning your nose up and not doing anything but lsx/ltx work.

No offense taken wasn't meant to offend don either i like his work just he has a very up front blunt way of things that people need to look past in case he offends them was actually meant to help i see how it could have cone off bad.

[driven2exceSS]

Originally Posted by Evil-Bee-NH

No offense taken wasn't meant to offend don either i like his work just he has a very up front blunt way of things that people need to look past in case he offends them was actually meant to help i see how it could have cone off bad.

Genuine and honest review for genuine and honest (specific) work

[jaysonstuart]

I envy your position of being able to select such great shops to do work on your car. Here in Oregon unless you have a import your choices are really slim.

[Evil-Bee-NH]

Originally Posted by driven2exceSS

Genuine and honest review for genuine and honest (specific) work

Lawl being honest is a curse for some of us. Wording is easily taken the wrong way.

Originally Posted by jaysonstuart

I envy your position of being able to select such great shops to do work on your car. Here in Oregon unless you have a import your choices are really slim.

There's gotta be someone nearby but oregon is kinda a random state for performamce mods I'd assume outside asian/japanese market imports

[Slowhawk]

Originally Posted by Evil-Bee-NH

No disrespect meant i admire the work you do i wouldn't have said go to you otherwise, just your very blunt and it comes off super asshole sometimes it did with me back when i had my V6 and i can take blunt pretty well. Was just warning so people can look past it.

I totally get that. I'm a little too blunt most times.
No excuse but in the past I worked another full time job. So being tired affected my business. I quit my 23yr job a few months ago to just do this business. It's really helped the way I feel and talk to people ever since. Not being up 3 days straight really clears your head.

[driven2exceSS]

So that translates to half way retired, I better move quick lol.