TFB Performance Automotive

Tim and his guys do a great job tuning and track support. We have had great success and growth with TFB and their team of fantastic drivers. My Son, a 17 year old racer, is looking forward to upcoming races with TFB and more checkered flags!

What a place. what a shop.
After spending $$$ on my race car we brought it here for setup before a race… money well spent… and have taken back other cars time and again.
Righty so the shop/​company has grown… they have a dyno now and do a lot more then just suspension tuning.
Tim is «wheel man».a true racer and he knows how to dial a car in as well as provide proper support afterwards.
Glad to have this place around.

Tim is known as the go to guy at Sonoma Raceway. All of my track buddies use his alignment services with great results. After he aligned and corner balanced my car the tire wear and handling have never been better.
I am now part of the growing list of racers who will not allow anyone else to touch my car.

I was referred to Tim Barber (TFB Performance) about 1 year ago when I asked a trusted friend for a recommendation on somewhere I could rent a race prepared, fun car to drive on-​track as well as a place that might offer coaching. I had previously done track-​days, but had never had any experience racing. I can’t say enough about what a great job TFB has done. Had it not been for Tim and his crew of excellent mechanics and coaches, I would not be racing today. Whether you are interested in having your car worked on for track prep, want to consider developing yourself into a strong club or pro racer, or just want to drive on-​track for fun, this is the place. If Tim tells you he will do something, it always gets done, on-​time, and on budget. I have now had the pleasure of using TFB’s services at various SCCA and NASA events (and soon, the Pirelli cup) for a little more than a year. TFB’s cars are always the best prepared cars, with the best engines, setup etc, but more importantly, everything runs like clockwork at events — if you ever have an issue, TFB is all over it. The car is ready when you need it, its always in A+ condition for racing, and virtually the entire pit-​lan comes over to the TFB tent to ask for advice or a helping hand. Tim is a former pro-​racer and karter and has an incredible depth of knowledge about racing, racing cars, karts and karting, etc — he is not your typical race shop owner. The entire crew is extremely intelligent and many members of the crew are also aspiring racing drivers moving up through the ranks. TFB is able to customize a very tailored program for you depending on your needs.
If you just want to rent a car with no frills, they can do that. If you want to learn how to be a better driver, they can do that too (I have been to Bondurant, Skip Barber, AMG Academy, SCCA racing school, etc and TFB’s coaching is by far, the best I have experienced). If you want to learn how to race, I can attest to how effective TFB’s capabilities are. I was so confident in my ability to improve after having worked with a reliable resource like TFB that they have taken me from being a complete amateur to someone that can compete at the front of most club races, in approximately 13 months.
If you are a looking for a trustworthy sourcing of racing know-​how, this is your place.

Tim has a very impressive racing background which makes him knowledgeable in a wide range of topics whether you own a street car or racecar. During 2010, I worked with Tim on a monthly basis both at his Infineon Raceway-​based shop as well as at the racetrack in my amateur sports car racing. The combination of his skills and equipment (actually performing alignments and other setup tasks) as well as his knowledge (translating what I’m experiencing into what changes need to be made), Tim helped me win the 2010 championship against more than 80 other drivers in my class. In addition he has also aligned street cars for me working quick and efficiently. TFB is one of those vendors that once you find, you keep going back to over and over and over.

Tim saved me from a very bad postion 1 day before a big weekend. Worked all day on my car, found things I didn’t even know about, magically had the Miata parts I wanted and stayed until past 10pm to get the alignment and performance right. Tim is my new best friend.

well, I am his sister but that aside. I always call him when I have to have anything done on my car because he will honeslty tell me what can wait or not wait. and I work with alot of people who own more expensive cars and they have been quite pleased with Tims ability to trouble shoot a problem over phone and help inhis spare time for issues with their non hi performance cars!

I had a late afternoon appointment for an alignment.
Tim (shop owner/​operator) greeted me with a friendly, greasy handshake and immediately begun work on my ride.
The floor of the shop is perforated plastic mat and gives the impression of cleanliness. His buddy was working on a race ready E30 3 series in the back of the shop. To my enjoyment, the sound track to my alignment was Punk Rock. Tim was happily rockin’ out while I was inundating him with various questions which emanated from my overly-​inquisitive mechanical engineering background. Like a good driving instructor, he was patient with my deluge of inquiries.
When my car’s numbers showed up on the alignment machine’s computer screen, he explained each of the numbers. When Tim finished printing out my alignment numbers, he told me to test drive the car up and down the parking lot to ensure the steering wheel is straight.
Since it wasn’t, he gladly brought out the wrenches and gave my car a slight tweak. Although my steering wheel is still slightly off to the left now, I did not want to keep him any later into the evening.
A black SUV pulled up while I was test driving and as it turned out, his Pops was taking him out to a belated family Thanksgiving dinner. How many folks are happy to assist customers when their Old Man is waiting on them for dinner!
What a guy!
:Amendment:
—– I re-​aligned my front toe about 6 months after this alignment and found that my driver’s side tie rod was turned all the way in. There was also toe out on the passenger side.
Also, the steering wheel was not pointing straight.
These symptoms and my installation of new front shocks, prompted me to get another alignment, which found all the tie-​rods twisted out of whack.
Never just tweak in the alignment w/​o hooking up to an alignment machine. Nothing beats a proper alignment using a digital readout.
TFB’s intentions were good, but the execution was flawed after all. That’s what I get for getting an alignment near Thanksgiving. =P

Tim spent all day working on my 2006 Corvette getting the alignment and corner balance done. My car is not stock and a lot of the changes are in how the alignment is performed. Tim took it all in stride, including getting another shop at the raceway to build some one-​off parts in order to pull the alignment in to exactly my specs. In spending this much time on my car Tim knew he was delaying work on other cars that would keep him late at the shop on a Friday night and he still performed all the work down to the tenth of a millimeter (¹⁄₂₅₆ of an inch!) and to the hundreth of a degree.
I will definitely be going back, and sending others to him!

TFB is run by Tim Barber who races cars, teaches people how to race cars, and knows how to fix just about any car there is. I drive a 2000 BMW M5 and I was having problems with it running really rough when hot. He figured out what the problem was (a faulty camshaft position sensor), got the parts and fixed it the next day.
He shop is based in Infineon Raceway so it’s cool because you get to drive by the race track and see all the fast cars zipping by. For those of you in San Francisco it’s only a 30 minute drive up to his shop — totally worth it because he’s completely honest, gets the job done quickly, and is very reasonably priced. I couldn’t recommend him any higher.