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Old 03-01-2006, 11:10 AM
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Default good deal for PCM programming?

It's less $$$ than hyperjunk, ed wrong or PCMsforMORE.....



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT

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Other than the fact that he doesnt have a very good rating. I would say you would be getting a piece of crap. Try posting this in the tuning section for better results.
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Default good deal for basic programming?

It's less $$$ than hyperjunk, ed wrong or PCMsforMORE.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT


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All depends on who is doing the tuning behind the scenes

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That's about the same price that many sponsors sell mail order tunes for, and many of the sponsors will make small changes for life or a very minimal fee (and many also offer cores, they tuen a core, send it to you, then you send your PCM back)

As mentioned it's all behind who is doing the PCM Tuning... i'd go to a sponsor who has a good rep on this board /ls1 community ...
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^^^^ agreed. Last thing you want to do is waste money on a junk tune.
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HMMMM guy hasnt done anything since June according to his feedback.. doesnt look like he specializes in LS1 tuning.. probably just copies a Hypertech tune at best... if you can call it that.
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I dont know If i would trust that. He only has 12 trades and already has negative feedback. Youd be better off saving a little while longer and getting a dyno tune.
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They're in your backyard based on your profile, and their location, so if your serious about asking the perfomance gains, just go talk to the seller. That is unless of course your the seller.

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Originally Posted by slow
They're in your backyard based on your profile, and their location, so if your serious about asking the perfomance gains, just go talk to the seller. That is unless of course your the seller.

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... I was just wondering if that sounded like a fair deal. Yes, it's my listing. I'm looking for constructive criticism. Right now I have about 50 different calibrations from various tuners (like pcmsforless, hypertech, ect). The reason I have them is that I pull them out of customers vehicles that are unhappy with the results. If you guys like, I could post some comparisons to a stock file. There are not many changes. In one case, the company enabled the EGR earlier, instead of totally getting rid of it. It sucks for my customers because they already paid for the mail order tune from some clown(before we talk). Then, have to pay me to make it right. This was all hands on tuning by me, btw.

My basic tune is about half the price compared to anywhere else. Starting to wonder if I should add one year of service. Maybe I could also buy a couple of PCMs for an exchange deal. Any suggestions?
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We all have to start somewhere..
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I'll vouch for his competence
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We have conversations about tuning all the time, and he is very experienced with many models and various systems.
If I was in need of a tune or calibration change I'd go to him, and luckily he's local to me.

He's braver than I am as far as getting into the business. There seems to be so much that can go wrong between service provider and customer with mail order.
I can say that he usually bends over backwards to resolve issues with customers, and I know how difficult customers can make the job sometimes.

You'd think the customer would usually know exactly what they want and need, and that the tuner can understand what they are asking for, but it often gets confused somewhere in the process. IMO it's usually a mistake on the part of the customer, but they are the ones that must be happy in the end. Customer service is a must.
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no need for 2 posts on the same thing (merged threads)
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Originally Posted by horist
no need for 2 posts on the same thing (merged threads)
Thanks and BTW, I'm not here looking for business from ls1tech members. Just advice to make the best listing possible..




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