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Old 04-25-2008, 11:02 AM   #1
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Of course...

I buy a 1998 LS1, which can't be tuned by an pocket tuners....
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get a 99 computer, or have chumma do it
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Yea i realized the same thing after i bought my 98 T/A...
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Old 04-25-2008, 11:55 AM   #4
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You don't want a handheld tuner anyway...
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Old 04-25-2008, 02:17 PM   #5
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what do i want. HP?
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Old 04-25-2008, 03:05 PM   #6
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HPT or EFI Live. Pocket tuners are ok if you don't plan on doing much, my friend had one on his GTO... and sold it and got HPT.

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Old 04-25-2008, 04:28 PM   #7
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HPT or EFI Live. Pocket tuners are ok if you don't plan on doing much, my friend had one on his GTO... and sold it and got HPT.

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Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. A lot of people buy the pocket tuners only to find out that they don't do very much and aren't really worth the money.
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Yup, we offer a full tuning suite that will work on your 98
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get a 99 computer
Not quite that simple.
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Old 04-28-2008, 11:49 AM   #10
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Not quite that simple.
it was a generalized statement, I used to sell reman computers I know whats involved
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Yup, we offer a full tuning suite that will work on your 98

Now, I do my own GN with a MAFT Pro translator and a scanmaster...

What do you offer? PM me if you'd like...
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Now, I do my own GN with a MAFT Pro translator and a scanmaster...

What do you offer? PM me if you'd like...
Our software reprograms the factory pcm, with access to 350+ parameters & tables you'll have access over virtuatally every aspect of the pcm including the maf & fuel enrichment tables as well as spark, CAGS, etc.

Our packages also include our scanner which is one of the best on the market at no extra charge.

You can check out more on our website www.hptuners.com
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Old 04-28-2008, 01:29 PM   #13
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it was a generalized statement, I used to sell reman computers I know whats involved
99 pcm's are NOT a direct swap, the pinouts are completely different between the two.
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Old 04-28-2008, 03:49 PM   #14
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say your battery goes dead or is disconnected....do you have to pay for another tune?
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Old 04-28-2008, 04:04 PM   #15
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say your battery goes dead or is disconnected....do you have to pay for another tune?
HP Tuners does not sell tunes - they sell you tuning software and equipment so you can do them yourself.

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Old 04-28-2008, 04:25 PM   #16
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99 pcm's are NOT a direct swap, the pinouts are completely different between the two.
that I did not know
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oh ok. but you still have to retune right? the pcm resets to factory, correct? does anyone offer some sort of compensation a in battery issue case? like a discount
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oh ok. but you still have to retune right? the pcm resets to factory, correct? does anyone offer some sort of compensation a in battery issue case? like a discount
no discount. you do it yourself. it's not a one time use, you can tweak it daily if you wanted.
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sorry i meant like other ones. pcmforless and what not.
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have chummmma do it. he is the man at tuning with hpt
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Old 04-28-2008, 05:46 PM   #21
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sorry i meant like other ones. pcmforless and what not.
I'm not positive about how it is with f-bodies, but I didn't lose my tune with my GTP when I disconnected the battery. In fact, if battery power was required then mail order tunes would not exist.
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you are correct bill. ive disconnected my battery and had dead batteries before in my trans am and the the tune is still on there when i reconnected.
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I'm not positive about how it is with f-bodies, but I didn't lose my tune with my GTP when I disconnected the battery. In fact, if battery power was required then mail order tunes would not exist.
mmmm very true...
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I don't want to do it myself...

Whos this chummma? I keep hearing, but cannot find anything...
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he's a member on this site...just go to member list and hit C, shouldn't be too hard to find
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