So if I buy a new kit which has 8 credits I can license a year model with 6? Does HPT consider 0411 PCM from 99-02 Camaro, Firebird, and TA the "same"?

Thanks

 

No you would have to buy unlimited for each year, 99,00,01, & 02 if you wanted to be able to tune all of those without using a license.

 

I was gonna report that back...they said just that but as the except to the normal rule, they do recognize camaro, firebird, and trans am of a year model as the same...

Now next question, when I buy a PCM off a popular auction site for $89 "flashed to my vin" would the HPtuner then see it as same year? Im not trying to get over on HPT and make money, I am trying to figure out what its gonna cost to do all 3 of my projects including 2 daily drivers...

 

If the PCM has a VIN with an F make and the same 10th digit you bought the unlimited credits for, yes you can tune as many as you want. No you arent getting over on them, thats why they offer that option.

I've considered the same thing for a few PCMs as I do a lot of 5.3 swaps and I usually am putting a VIN on them via Tech2. May as well put the same VIN on all of em and do as many as you want.

 

If the ECM you buy off a said site, was say originally from a 98 S-10, and someone flashes over a different OS, and changes the VIN, you may end up with a VIN mismatch issue on HP Tuners. They know what VIN's match what OS's and what serial # on the ecm. I don't know all of the in's and out's, so I am not the "authority" in this area, just regurgitating what I have read/seen as issues. Just don't want you getting screwed without any knowledge.

 

98 S10 pcm's wouldn't work at all since they're the old black 4 connector pcm's. S10's and Astro vans didn't change to the twin 80 pin connectors 2001. If you're using a 2002 S10 or Astro van 4.3l 411 pcm, the vcid will match the F body OS since the both use the 2156 os. You'd still need some body to flash a F body vin into the pcm since using your HP Tuner cable would require the use of credits to do that

 

I am actually looking at purchasing a *auction site* PCM that shows they can program it to any vin I give them. I have a LS1/4l60e in my 69 firebird, the LS1 has LS6 intake/heads/cam, I also have a 2002 Z06 that I have already licensed with HPtuners. If I ask the auction site to use my Z06 vin I should be able to tune the new computer with he same credits I used on my Z06 right? From some research it looks like the OS is the same so I should be able to add the 4l60e sequence to my Z06 tune and be good to go.

 

Individual licenses tie themselves to the VIN and VCM ID number which each PCM has a unique and different one. So 2 PCMs with the same VIN still need individual licenses unless you have a full model year license for that vehicle.