I HAVE JUST FINISH MY GM-847 CAM SWAP..NOW IT NEEDS A TUNE I WANT TO GET A MAIL ORDER TUNE UNTIL I CAN GET $500 FOR A DYNO TUNE.. WHICH PCM TUNER SHOULD I GO WITH AND I DONT WANT ANY DOWN TIME WITH MY CAR THANX..

 

Id say go with Ion at Madtuner.com He's pretty impressive. Hasn't let me down once! I'm sure others will chime in with praise as well!

 

Either Madz28.com or Pcm4less.com for mail order tunes... Cant go wrong with either.

I think there is a way you can arrange to have almost no down time, but dont quote me on that. And if your going with a setup like that, I would highly reccomend a dyno toon in the near future to get things spot on.

 

Bryan at pcmforless is very good and always there to talk if you need advice. Also, if you pay the upfront fee (I think $250) they will make any future changes for $50. Also, when I fried my pcm changing the alternator Bryan got a new one with MY tune on it, to my door, for $125.00. However, as you already know, a mail order tune should only be considered a band-aid if you have any serious modifications done to your car.

 

X2 for Ion at madtuner.com

 

+111111 on madtuner.com

 

+1 for Bryan at PCM Forless cant got wrong with him.

 

I recommend Ion@Madz28.

 

I would stay away from PCMforless.com in everyway shape and form.

Tony.

 

really why???

 

Maybe not so much Brian Hearter @ Pcmforless but definatley Alvin. He is terrible at tuning and has to have some of the worst customer service in the business.

His tunes arent custom one off, they are small variations of the same tune that John Doe paid for.

With all the options for tuners there is no reason to deal with a junk company when you can get a great product elsewhere.

Tony.

 

so who else would be a good tuner besides madz and pcm4less

 

Moe Bailey
Ed Wright
Ed @ HPFactory

Lots of guys, you just have to turn some rocks over to find them

 

I used madtuner. I have not had it on the dyno but seems to be running good. I am heading to the track this next Friday do I will see how my times are.

 

Ed Wright.

 

Strongly recommend you look into datalogging so you know what's happening with your tunes. It might also give you the ability to do your tunes by email and avoid ANY down time (I think I know that this is available for OBD I setups, but I'm not sure about OBD II)

 

Ed Wright has always done an awesome job for me. And I've thrown some pretty odd stuff at him over the years LOL
Ion did a great job on my bolt-on tune. No idea how he does with custom stuff.
I was not at all impressed with the PCMForless H/C tune or customer service.

 

+1 for Madtuner here.. he has done the job one two of my vehicles and both had excellent driveability..

 

I sent an email to pcm4less, well turned in an ordersheet, and never got anything back...

 

I guess its hit or miss with pcmforless. I do truly think that Bryan is reliable as a tuner, but due to the number of bad experiences I would go with a more reliable company.