PCMforless vs. Madz28?
PCMforless vs. Madz28? I need to get some tuning done for my car and was wondering which of these yall might recommend?
I've heard alot of good things about PCMforless over at fbody.com, but I could save $15 if I went with madz28.
$50 + $25 for unlimited email tunes from pcmforless
$60 for unlimited email tunes from madz28
Which did you get your tuning from, and why?
I've heard alot of good things about PCMforless over at fbody.com, but I could save $15 if I went with madz28.
$50 + $25 for unlimited email tunes from pcmforless
$60 for unlimited email tunes from madz28
Which did you get your tuning from, and why?
12 Second Club
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From: Minneapolis, MN
Ion (Madwolf at cz28, and who does the MadZ28 tuning) gets pimped pretty hard at cz28.com. He really knows what he is talking about and his customer service seems to be top notch from what I have seen. Then again, I have also heard mostly all good things about Ed too, so???
However, this is all based on what I have seen in the forums as I did it the "right" way and got my car tuned on the dyno.
However, this is all based on what I have seen in the forums as I did it the "right" way and got my car tuned on the dyno.
Last edited by Formula94; Apr 22, 2005 at 04:07 PM.
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My original tune years ago was through PCMforless....they did a decent job. With the new setup I went with Ion and the unlimited mail order tune.
So far he has done a great job and you can't beat the price. (97 with an OBD1 swap)
Right now I'm using him as a crutch until I get this tuning thing down as I suck at it for the time being.
So far he has done a great job and you can't beat the price. (97 with an OBD1 swap)
Right now I'm using him as a crutch until I get this tuning thing down as I suck at it for the time being.
madz28 got my car runnning again so Im gonna have to say I would recommend him for that and the fact that I ordered it at 12am monday morning and was at my house tuesday afternoon
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From: I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S
Well, since I only live 45 minutes away from Ion, I just drove my little 'ole Z28 right over to him for the basic performance tune back in the winter. 
Really nice guy who definitely knows what he is doing with any application (stock, mild, street, strip, etc.). A lot of guys over at CamaroZ28.com have seen great results with his tunes. And BTW, his customer service was excellent with me (responding quickly to all my e-mails and working with me on a time to visit).
Don't know much about PCM4less, but for what it's worth, I've also heard some good things about them too...
Can't go wrong either way IMO, but I've had good luck with MadZ28 so far,
Mike
Really nice guy who definitely knows what he is doing with any application (stock, mild, street, strip, etc.). A lot of guys over at CamaroZ28.com have seen great results with his tunes. And BTW, his customer service was excellent with me (responding quickly to all my e-mails and working with me on a time to visit).Don't know much about PCM4less, but for what it's worth, I've also heard some good things about them too...
Can't go wrong either way IMO, but I've had good luck with MadZ28 so far,
Mike
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From: Clarksville,Tn
Ion at madz28 has extremely fast service and took the time to help me out thru email when I was having trouble with my flashing issues. He even threw in some extra sockets at no cost, seems like a pretty good guy. I have some chips I need to send off to him to get fixed next week.
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Launching!
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From: Blaine, MN
Well, I dealt with with Bryan at pcmforless, I asked A LOT of questions in a lot of emailos about what was gonna be done and all, and he had no problem helping me out. I haven't gotten to use the pcm since the tune, but the customer service was awesome. So ends my plug for pcmforless.
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Staging Lane
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: fort wayne, indiana
Madz28 (ION) gave me a great tune and when I sent my pcm in to him for an update it got mixed up and ended up at the UPS office in his town. I called him up and he was really nice and ended up going and picking it up that night.....great customer service and awesome tunes.
