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Old 01-18-2011, 10:59 AM
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Hey guys I have some questions about tuner cat. My brother picked it up to retune his car. Anyways does tuner cat have unlimited tunes or do you have to buy each one. I ended getting lucky at the local pick and pull and got a OBD 1 PCM out of a 95 Roadmaster. So here are my questions.

1. How many tunes can you get out of tuner cat.

2. Will the Roadmaster Ecu work for an OBD 1 conversion so I can tune the car with tuner cat. I know I need the knock sensor and have the one that came in the engine that is now in the car.
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You get UNLIMITED tunes with TunerCats.

But a year after I purchased it, found TunerPro RT which is also an LT1 tuner that works, and is completely free.

Also better laid out than TunerCats if you ask me.
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Originally Posted by ADM
You get UNLIMITED tunes with TunerCats.

But a year after I purchased it, found TunerPro RT which is also an LT1 tuner that works, and is completely free.

Also better laid out than TunerCats if you ask me.
Ill check that out. After some more searching I found that the 94-95 Ecu was the same between the cars. So that will work not problem. Going to flash it with a stock 6spd tune for now.
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Originally Posted by ADM
You get UNLIMITED tunes with TunerCats.

But a year after I purchased it, found TunerPro RT which is also an LT1 tuner that works, and is completely free.

Also better laid out than TunerCats if you ask me.
+1 - I've been an avid TunerCat user for years, but just recently found TunerPro and as stated it is setup much nicer and more user friendly. I'd like to look into the RT portion with an emulator but just don't have the cash right not. Should make tuning the LT1 faster.
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The emulator will only work for 93 cars
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Originally Posted by gregrob
The emulator will only work for 93 cars
DOOH!!!! Ur right, forgot that, as it's an eprom thing - LOL.
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Originally Posted by gregrob
The emulator will only work for 93 cars
not trying to thread jack!

Hey gregrob what's your opinion on a moates apu1 package for a 93 ecm? I'm thinking of ordering one for tunerpro rt and am a noob as far a tuning goes, but is this package worth it ($329) or is there any other options? I will definitely being looking into getting my car up and running soon.




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