I was thinking about getting the Racing Beat suspension package but do not want to install it myself. Although my dealer has been ok in doing maintanence on the car, I'm not sure they will be too thrilled about doing aftermarket mods.

Other options might be:

- Speedware Motorsports in Redmond
- Hayes Rotary in Redmond

Can anyone recommend a good one?

 

hmmm cant think of any in particular. nemesis might know! i only know hot rod shops for v8's! they could help but u never know till u ask em. Brad's Custom Auto is up in Seattle and he has his own website. dont remember the address but search for it by that name and u will find it.

 

I have a personal rotary mechanic in Olympia that used to build race engines for Atlkins Rotary. I don't know any up North - sorry.

 

I wouldn't recommend Speedware. I've heard a lot of recent complaints about their work as well as very expensive pricing.

We have our work done for our race cars at Fordahl Motorsports in Bellevue (behind Park Place Rentals). We race with them - they typically work on Porsches, but are very competent and have worked on many of our cars (which the vast majority have been non-Porsche). Go in, talk to either Trever or the owner (Greg Fordahl) and let them know Annie & Ron sent you. **NOTE: they are busy, and it can sometimes take a bit to get an appointment, so if you're interested, ya gotta call ahead.

Annie

 

Thanks Annie. I had heard good things about Fordahl before. That's the first negative I have heard of Speedware though.

-Dave

 

If you want some first hand experiences regarding Speedware, send a PM to Steve (PedalFaster) - he has some good input. My personal experiences have been both good & bad with them - they found a hard-to-find seat for me that other shops couldn't, but also did a less than adequate job on an exhaust install/weld on a Boxster S we owned.

Every shop will have horror stories, but since I actually *know* the folks at Fordahls, and have had them do amazing work for us, I trust them the most.

 

I recommend Xtreme Auto Salon in Federal Way, a little bit of a drive from Issaquah but the only shop I would take my car to when I lived in Washington. They do a lot of suspension installs and should have no problem with the Racing Beat set. I had a lot of serious work done by them on 3 different cars and never had a problem, they were always fair, took care of things quickly, and were well priced. For Rotary engine type work the only place I would go to is Mark at Mt. Peak Automotive, which is in Enumclaw. For dyno tuning the only place I would go is myself, or Ralph at Ground Zero in Portland.

I can't remember what the guys name is but I think its the same person Nemesis 8 is referring to for his work in Olympia, he is another person I would probably trust with my car as he has a good reputation among many people I am well acquainted with in Washington but I never had any work done by him.

I would never trust my car to Hayes Rotary after hearing from several different people about problems with them.

IF you want addresses or phones just post a reply or send me a PM and I will get them for you.

 

His name is Lopez. Dan Atkins sent me to him for someone I could trust to do excellent rotary work. I don't remember his last name. He runs a shop called Olympia Import Auto.

 

There's also Jerry's Little Car shop in Kent. He really knows his rotary engines and I have had good experiences with the work he's done on my RX-7.

 

Hey Icemastr, where was xtreme auto salon located? was it by the seatac mall or somewhere else?

 

HI there I just moved in to the area at Ft. Lewis and wanted to find out which of the shops you guys have listed has good rep for doing tuning on the ecu for a supercharger looking at getting one installed on my 8 but wanted a really good shop any info would help alot