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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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i was wondering if anyone could tell me how much pcmforless charges for a retune. i know it says $175 for an LT1 tune, but i have seen in the forums people saying they've goten it done for $114 with shipping. if it is $114, i'd rather go through pcmforless, cause they refund the whole core charge i think.
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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go to pcmforless.com and it will tell you everything.
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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i know, i have looked all over their site. i am just trying to figure out if it really $175 or not, cause if it is, i will go through madz28
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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well if the site says 175..... then its most likey 175
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is gas miles efected???
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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175 for a tune jeez I should start tuning other peoples PCM and ECMs that is good money. I do all my own tuning since I have all the tools needed.
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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if you are worried about gas buy a honda so we can laugh at you
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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why would you worry about gas in a bird/camaro?

Don't hate on hondas I have one for my DD LOL
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Gas mileage HA whats that!!!

I put bigger injectors and tuned it, for them. This bitch GUZZELS IT. Even on the fricking highway now lol..

On autotrader right now looking for a DD
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 95formulalt1
is gas miles efected???
Yo Mike, I think my MadZ28 tune was totally f-ed up cause when I got rid of it I went from 10mpg to 16mpg. I talked to Bryan from PCMforless and he says gas mileage really shouldn't be affected so I guess not. I'll have PCMforless tune my car since my previous tune was garbage.

Jewbacca: It says the tuning is $175 on pcmforless' site and a retune is $50. That retune only applies if you had your computer tuned by them previously and you wanna have it tuned again or whatever.
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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ok, so they must have uped the price. because i saw a few posts where people said that they got a tune from them for $114 with shipping. that kinda sucks but ok, guess i am going with MadZ28
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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the only hondas i hate on are the race cars
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jd783
if you are worried about gas buy a honda so we can laugh at you
steathformula got his done by madz28 and his gas sucked after!!!! thats y i wanted to know
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by jewbacca
ok, so they must have uped the price. because i saw a few posts where people said that they got a tune from them for $114 with shipping. that kinda sucks but ok, guess i am going with MadZ28
Yea a couple of months ago I believe the price was uped.
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:49 AM
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how much power do u get with a tune
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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it´s 50$ for a retune at PCMforless
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by 95formulalt1
how much power do u get with a tune
Bryan from PCMforless says LT1's gain between 15-20hp
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Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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i was at pcmforless after i picked what i wanted the $$ was 190
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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by StealthFormula
Yea a couple of months ago I believe the price was uped.
sure.. but their tunes are allot better now since they got in those magazines
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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 12:52 PM
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That is why I am glad I know tuning and can do the whole thing myself. When they are tuning the map for a car that is NOT in front of them they are just adding values that they have used on test cars and that deosn't always work out the best. To get a GREAT PERFECT tune it has to be right there in front of them so they can tune it according to the car.
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