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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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Anyone have a stock 5.3 gen 3 tune they can load into my 98 formula?
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:26 AM
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Try Jim at CalSpeed and Performance

http://www.calspeedperformance.com/

He's in Bakersfield, CA. Good tuner of all things GM.
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Little far away from me, just wondering if anyone local could do it for something less than a couple hundred bucks
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Little far away from me, just wondering if anyone local could do it for something less than a couple hundred bucks
Gotcha. You could mail him your PCM and specs. He can flash it and mail it back. Just trying to give you options...
Good luck!
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Comp GT ?
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98's have a different computer then what any of the 5.3 truck motors had.... looks like it will actually have to be tuned
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Ahhh, right. There is that... lol Forgot about that. Good catch.

Good luck. I'm out of ideas.
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Hmm I see. Is that going to be a temporary swap ?
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Originally Posted by 1Psycho
Anyone have a stock 5.3 gen 3 tune they can load into my 98 formula?
if you have hptuners, pull out the current tune and email it to me and i will make up a tune that should be close for a 5.3
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So you couldn't just flash in stock 5.3 tune to the 98s?

I personally don't, had my tuning done by someone else with hptuners
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Originally Posted by 1Psycho
So you couldn't just flash in stock 5.3 tune to the 98s?

I personally don't, had my tuning done by someone else with hptuners
if it was a 99 + yeah, but 98's are different computers
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Alright, thanks for the heads up. I'll see if I can pull my tune and email it over. Damn 98s..the asses of the 4th gens haha
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i actually dont mind 98's... alot of tuners talk crap on them, but they are so simple they have less adaptives which makes your changes "stick" better if you know what i mean
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