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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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Hey guys... new to this forum. I was asked to help one of my dad's customers so I figured this would be the best forum to ask.

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My dad runs a GM dealership and he had a customer buy a new LS7 complete with the computer and everything to put in his Corvette (Custom 53 with tube frame and 03 Z06 suspension and LS6) The problem he has is that there is some sort of security built into the computer. What are his options to get it to run?
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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Anyone have any experience with this?
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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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well, i've never looked at an ls7, but with others you have to disable the vats.
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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by shizon
well, i've never looked at an ls7, but with others you have to disable the vats.
What is this and how is it done?
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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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vats is the vehicle anti-theft system

on LS1/6 based motors, the PCM talks to the BCM to find out if the key in the car is correct

The LS7 would probably use something similar, so you'd likely have to disable VATS... however I don't know for sure... I'll try to verify
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Both Ken of LS1_Edit & Keith with HPT are trying to defeat this by offering something in their software packages to defeat this but still haven't quite got it yet.
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