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Old May 5, 2004 | 12:10 AM
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PCM For Less help a stockish car?

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Old May 5, 2004 | 02:00 AM
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when i was stock (early last year) bryan at pcmforless told me the tune was worth about 20-25 hp on stockish car....


im very happy with my pcmforless tuning, i have obd1 conversion with free updates.

jesse
Old May 5, 2004 | 09:04 AM
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Ion from http://www.madz28.com/ said he gets about 12-14 RWHP on a stock car. Thats 20-22 at the flywheel.
Old May 5, 2004 | 09:50 AM
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I had mine reprogrammed when I did the A4-M6 swap on my stock car. It's harder to tell if it's running harder, because two totally different transmissions, but I know it eats more gas now! Even when I drive conservatively
Old May 5, 2004 | 02:00 PM
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It definetly helped my car. I say go for it!
Old May 5, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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Which is better, the PCMforless tuning or the MadZ28 tuning?

I'm thinking of getting the MadZ28 tuning.
Old May 5, 2004 | 02:15 PM
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They are probably both equally as good. I'm gonna be going with madz28 tuning just because he is on here all the time.
Old May 5, 2004 | 02:29 PM
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Ion gaurantees a 13 rwhp increase using 93 octane and 9-10 rwhp increase using the cheapo.
Old May 5, 2004 | 03:02 PM
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Originally posted by Pasky
Ion gaurantees a 13 rwhp increase using 93 octane and 9-10 rwhp increase using the cheapo.
I like the sound of that!
Old May 5, 2004 | 04:10 PM
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Perfect timing for a thread like this.

My akm cable is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.

I can't wait to find out the secrets my pcm has been hiding from me...

Why do my fans work so funky?
Why does my car miss sometimes?
Why does it start wierd sometimes?

Oh yeah, it's on now, car. I hope you're ready.

I've heard only good things about madz28.
Old May 5, 2004 | 04:13 PM
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I wish i had a laptop.
Old May 5, 2004 | 04:36 PM
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Originally posted by x94_Camaro_Z28x
I wish i had a laptop.
I wish I had a desktop.

But I wouldn't want to trade my laptop for a desktop though, I just want a desktop cause my laptop is a p3 and it's not fast enough for me.

But if you have enough determination you can just drag your desktop outside and run an extension cord to it and do some scanning/tuning. If you buy one of those power inverters? you could even take your desktop with you for some live runs...
Old May 5, 2004 | 04:52 PM
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Originally posted by Patman
Which is better, the PCMforless tuning or the MadZ28 tuning?

I'm thinking of getting the MadZ28 tuning.
I used MadZ28 because it was alot cheaper.
Old May 5, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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I used MadZ28 because it was alot cheaper.
Ditto. That, and he has great service.

Dan
Old May 5, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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i have a cold air intake, lt4 KM, Granatelli mass air meter, High flow cat, and a catback exhaust, and a trick flow elbow. I recently bought a PCMFORLESS tune and loaded it myself tonight. I am to say the least, very happy with it. The car is a lot more powerful especially in the upper rpm range. All i have to do is figure out my hesitation, any ideas? Low rpm stumble and high rpm miss. It gets worst the higher the gear i am in. If i am in 5th at 2000 rpms and stomp on it it just bogs....forget even trying 6th



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