[RedHardSupra]

Hey, I just moved to California (Monterey to be precise) and I need to figure out the lay of the land here. Where can I find a good shop that's not afraid to dive into a modified LS1?

Also, if anyone wants to have their car tuned, let me know, I got HPTuners and I'm not afraid to use it (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Also, if anyone cares to explain the process of what I need to have to register out of state car here that would be great too.
thanks,
Marcin

[RedHardSupra]

Wow, that is quite a warm welcome, thank you.

I'm 8 miles from Laguna Seca (already visited, simply had to!), and I know how many great tracks are around here, mostly from reading www.nsxfiles.com (if you haven't read it yet, do, Doug is hillarious).

I moved here to go to grad school, so I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to afford any trackdays at least for a while. I'd gladly come out to check out racing though, I've been to Willow Springs once before on a track day, and I gotta admit it was the seeing and hearing some RUFs and Diablo's (on straight pipes!) thundering down the main straightway that got me hooked.

I can take a look at the LT1 programming, from what I've read/heard, it's like the simpler and more cumbersome version of LS1 computer. The principles should be the same, just slightly different set of variables/tables/default values. I have no practical experience with LT1s though, but I'd be very interested in taking a crack at it, if you're not afraid (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I have plenty of LS1 experience, I've done 9sec drag cars with strokers in them.

As for the registration/emissions, my car should pass the test with flying colors as far as sniffer or odb2 tests are concerned. The only things that worry me is lack of AIR and EGR. AIR is easy to put back in, EGR not so much, as I also got the LS6 intake which doesn't have EGR altogether. So does anyone have any 'liberal' shops that will pass the visual?

Where are you guys located? Anyone in close proximity? I have only two friends here, and they're about to leave on an internship in two weeks, so it's gonna be just me thousands of miles away from any friendly faces. I could use a friendly gearhead to shoot the breeze with/go to a track and oogle the ones that don't live on a stipend :/
Are the trackdays posted in the Events section, or should I look elsewhere?

Seriously though, if you know anyone with a LS1 needing tuned, let me know, I have some new tools that I'd love to test out, and my car isn't radical enough to see the real results on.

Once again, thanks for warm welcome, it's suprising, but for once it's in that good way (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)