Pcm is locked....what now?
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Pcm is locked....what now? I just got my HP tuners today, so I go out to read the pcm and Mike Morgan has locked it, WTF. 
How do I go about unlocking this? I figure all the money I have spent on tuning, whatever is in there is mine. Can you help me?
Thanks,
Mike.
How do I go about unlocking this? I figure all the money I have spent on tuning, whatever is in there is mine. Can you help me?Thanks,
Mike.
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hmmm... email support@hptuners.com ... send them all you can , and also do the VCM Info thing in the read/write tool (help -> vcm info)
send them all this info if it appears
send them all this info if it appears
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Originally Posted by mjf454
Will Hp tuner pro be able to unlock the pcm or will I lose my tune and have to go to a stock tune and start from scratch?
Originally Posted by gomer
I had the same thing happen to a car I was working on. The guy who locked it refused to unlock the PCM. My customer had to buy a spare PCM and then have it flashed with a stock program, then I made the tuning changes. The place that locked it and wouldn't unlock it was called "Street and Performance". The do alot of LS1 conversions, don't ever buy a PCM from them, they will send you a locked one.
Tuning it back to stock with a tech 2 has advantages, such as being the latest revision for that vin number. where if you started with an older version, you can benefit from a new "stock" file.
I updated mine with a tech 2 before i started tuning my vehicle, since i had used a hypertech on it at one point.
Ryan
I updated mine with a tech 2 before i started tuning my vehicle, since i had used a hypertech on it at one point.
Ryan
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Originally Posted by gomer
I had the same thing happen to a car I was working on. The guy who locked it refused to unlock the PCM. My customer had to buy a spare PCM and then have it flashed with a stock program, then I made the tuning changes. The place that locked it and wouldn't unlock it was called "Street and Performance". The do alot of LS1 conversions, don't ever buy a PCM from them, they will send you a locked one.
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Well I spoke to Rob at Strictly performance today. He says they are close to unlocking Mikes pcms. That will be great because there are a lot of cars that have his tuning in them around here.
Originally Posted by narcszm
Well they don't want you copying "their" tune to others' PCM. If you send it back to them, or any other tuner with Tuners PRO, they should be able to unlock it.
