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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Default ECM/PCM programmer needed for 87 C4

i have an 87 C4 that needs either a custom chip made or needs the computer reprogrammed. Anybody on here know of anybody that can do this?
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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PCMforless for one

http://www.pcmforless.com/index.php?...id=2&Itemid=43
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Old Jul 10, 2010 | 02:19 AM
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Is this one of those preconfigured chips that fall into the "waste of money" category?
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Old Jul 10, 2010 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Lemme
Is this one of those preconfigured chips that fall into the "waste of money" category?
No
PCM for less and other "proper" tuners will do a custom chip to suit your engine's specs.
Obviously at the low end of engine mods they will already have a file on the shelf that will be near perfect given they have done so many tunes.

If on the other hand you have a heavily modified engine they will work with you to get tune right.In most cases they send you a ballpark tune based on your combo; you run it and datalog, send them the datalog so they can see what is happening and then they can fine tune it
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This may be the way forward for newbs like me to at least get started. For some reason Australia isn't in their drop down list of countries they service!
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Originally Posted by Lemme
For some reason Australia isn't in their drop down list of countries they service!
They will
But as I said, send me a PM I can help you out with some basic tuning stuff ( have tuning gear )
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Originally Posted by rodj
They will
But as I said, send me a PM I can help you out with some basic tuning stuff ( have tuning gear )
I thought I sent you a pm a few days ago. Did you not get it?
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Originally Posted by Lemme
I thought I sent you a pm a few days ago. Did you not get it?
Just checked , you went to wrong place ,you sent "visitor message".
Click on my user name then click on " send private message"
Send me your email address
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I have just bit the bullet and ordered the APU1 and the GP1 from Moates.

APU1: includes aldl , usb 28 pin emulation cable, Tunerpro RT

GP1: two 27SF512 chips, an 'S2' ZIF socket, and a G1 adapter
I think this is what I need to get started. Thanks for the help to get me this far. Get my car back today with the rebuilt tranny so I can check out the ecm.
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Hey Guys - order the Ostrich as well so U can do real time tuning. I've worked with a lot of customers this way - quick - quick - quick !!!!!!!!! LOL
I do mostly the blower tunes but no reason not to do N/A especially with my L98 MAF sensor.
BR - greg
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Originally Posted by BlowerWorks
Hey Guys - order the Ostrich as well so U can do real time tuning. I've worked with a lot of customers this way - quick - quick - quick !!!!!!!!! LOL
I do mostly the blower tunes but no reason not to do N/A especially with my L98 MAF sensor.
BR - greg
Oh! I thought the APU1 was going to do that for me.
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Originally Posted by rodj
No
PCM for less and other "proper" tuners will do a custom chip to suit your engine's specs.
How does one install one of these custom chips into the ecm? Do people desolder the facory chip and solder in the new one? Or do they typically use a G1 adaptor?
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