No, I previously had my tunes fort afm delete done for $50. 30-40 of em anyway, just turnaround time was a week or more. seems to be even longer with the predator since engineering cant seem to figure it out. so spent more got less. Will be returning to dependable and slow for the future.
Actually you can, (maybe not it seems, but has worked for others or I would not have purchased) after all the hard parts are replaced, but I will be returning to my go-to guy that has done the last 30-40 was just trying to save some turnaround time for the customer, after AMS racing, and Diablosport, assured me I should add their device to the hard parts kit. My only intention was to decrease wait time for customer.
No, previously all my AFM delete tunes cost me $50. turnaround time was long though. I was completely aware of the cost of this "thingy", and customer requested to have their vehicle returned quicker.
No was assured by AMS Racing, and Diablosport that the Predator X, would accomplish what was needed. Customer requested it as with my typical delete jobs ECM is sent off for tune and AFM delete. An attempt at saving time, by request, but will return to using what works without fail, or need for any tech calls or waiting on engineering. supposed to be "canned" basic tunes, with a small amount of customization. AFM delete being the important one.
It is in the plans, but haven't decided which route would be best. Not interested in tuning other than AFM, and torque converter issues. have been researching HP Tuners, but their rates are really not all that great for what we need. also researching a few others, and we will eventually do our own, but for now the diablosport was a one time thing at customer request which we will not be willing to do again. haven't looked into EFI live, but we will. Thanks for the lead.
HPT is the cheapest way to go about it. Its $100 for each ECM to be able to program it.
Thanks, HPT costs for AFM delete varies by year group, but seems to be fairly straightforward, and has capabilities above and beyond what I need. Had a conversation with EFI and they admitted they may not be exactly what I was looking for, as we are repair only, not a performance shop, at least as far as tuning. Thanks for the info, always good to have new avenues to look into. We even considered Diablo, but the $165 per vehicle is not really economical for what we need. for a person wanting to do their own tuning, and such it could be ok, but too much for single use per vehicle.
What do you mean by this? You'll figure out how to hack gm's ecus to remove afm/dfm yourself?
What? No. No interest in hacking anything.
Then what did you mean by "do you own"? You mentioned researching HP Tuners and others to doing this, but they are expensive,...and then you wrote "we will eventually do our own", which would mean you make your own tuner software instead of using HP Tuners or others.
Are you sure of that? It appears to be a relatively cheap handheld tuner for canned tunes. I would guess it's more likely it just does a disable, and not a delete. There's a difference.
I can verify, it is able to do a full delete. Called in to make sure before purchasing.
The only time a canned vs custom tune matters is on the newer trucks with the slightly different DFM system, I have heard in some instances where turning it off with a regular canned tune isnt always enough, and a custom tune must be written specifically to disable all the codes that come with a delete as well. Doesnt happen all the time, but have seen this on some of the newer trucks.
