Import & Tuner Performance Shop — Pomona

Why Pomona Drivers Make the Drive

Pomona has no shortage of shops that will flash a tune and hand you a slip. What it doesn't have on every corner is a builder who tells you the truth about your car before taking your money.

That's why Pomona owners point their cars about fifteen to twenty minutes east on the 10 or 60 to my shop in West Covina. It's a short hop across the east-county city with real drag-racing heritage, and the reason people make it is simple: they want a build spec'd to their real goal and their real fuel, not a parts-cannon aimed at a number they'll never use. I'd rather send you home with the honest version of your build than the expensive one — and that reputation is what brings the next Pomona owner through the door.

What Pomona Builds Come In For

The cars that come in from Pomona run the whole range, but most start in the same place: a dyno tune or an ECU calibration to unlock what the car already has, done properly and verified on the loaded dyno. From there it's forced induction, engine work, suspension and the rest — built as a system, in the order that actually makes sense.

I see both sides of the import world from Pomona, JDM and Euro alike. Around here that often means the 2JZ Supra or the Nissan GT-R — but whatever you drive, it gets a build spec'd to the platform, not a template.

Getting to the Shop From Pomona

From Pomona the shop is about fifteen to twenty minutes east on the 10 or 60 — an easy run on the 10, 57, 60 and 71. My bay is at 555 S Glendora Avenue in West Covina, sitting between Diamond Bar, Walnut, Claremont and Chino, so wherever you are in the area it's a straightforward drive rather than a cross-town ordeal. Call ahead at (626) 555-0183 and I'll make sure I can give your car real attention when you arrive instead of catching me mid-build.

What Pomona Roads Ask of a Tuned Car

A car built for Pomona has to live in the real world around it — the streets around the Fairplex and the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, plus the LA heat and the stop-and-go that every SGV build has to survive. That shapes how I spec a car: a tune that stays safe hot, cooling that holds up, and suspension set up for the roads you actually drive, not a dyno cell on a cool morning.

Some Pomona owners take it further. The NHRA dragstrip at the Pomona Fairplex — the historic home of the Winternationals — is right here and running. If that's the direction you're headed, a drag build is the kind of build I set up for owners near Pomona.