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99alerogirl
03-12-2009, 03:19 PM
I got my PCM in today at my parents' house, just have to go pick it up. it's tuned for a 180* t-stat, which I have sitting in the backseat of my car, waiting for a warmer day to install it (cause it will be a job for me). I was wondering if it was a big deal to install the PCM if it's tuned for 180*, but my 195* t-stat is still in (for a short time, will probably be replaced this weekend/week, since now it's spring break :yahoo: ). but yeah, I would appreciate anyone who's into tuning to answer this for me quickly... thanks :)

jackal2000
03-12-2009, 03:28 PM
i know you are excited about your pcm, but you might as well wait until you have the t-stat installed.

Beholder88
03-12-2009, 03:37 PM
Just a question, is it because the PCM is now programmed to run the engine @ 180 degrees for optimal performance? I'm just not real knowledgeable about this subject yet.

99alerogirl
03-12-2009, 04:36 PM
yeah, that's why i asked too haha.

heineck
03-12-2009, 07:01 PM
whered u get ur pcm?

Valley olds
03-12-2009, 07:59 PM
I think you need a lower temp t stat, otherwise your engine could experience detonation. Not really sure though, but it does have something to do with the ignition cus the PCM advances your timing.

[ion] C2
03-12-2009, 08:42 PM
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=2&i=428725&t=428605

99alerogirl
03-12-2009, 09:46 PM
ok so I found on grandamgt.com that it was fine to put it in (thanks ion for that link, maybe i won't change the t-stat). soooo i put it in, and bam, my gas gauge doesn't work, and then my trac off light comes on and won't go off. then i drove it like 5 miles and realized my odometer wasn't moving either. i really couldn't tell a difference in performance at all either. i PM'd mark on gagt, and he said to make sure the connections are good, but it could be a faulty pcm. BOO!

[ion] C2
03-12-2009, 09:48 PM
HPTuners ftw. Customization capability.

heineck
03-12-2009, 09:51 PM
ok so I found on grandamgt.com that it was fine to put it in (thanks ion for that link, maybe i won't change the t-stat). soooo i put it in, and bam, my gas gauge doesn't work, and then my trac off light comes on and won't go off. then i drove it like 5 miles and realized my odometer wasn't moving either. i really couldn't tell a difference in performance at all either. i PM'd mark on gagt, and he said to make sure the connections are good, but it could be a faulty pcm. BOO!


ahhh thats sucks donkey dink

TheEdgeofSanity
03-12-2009, 09:56 PM
oh noez your car is gonna explode into 48690572683562359865707 peices!

99alerogirl
03-12-2009, 10:16 PM
C2;440741']HPTuners ftw. Customization capability.

come help me!

[ion] C2
03-12-2009, 10:19 PM
i have nothing to do this weekend but still that's a 6 hour drive :ninja:

99alerogirl
03-12-2009, 10:20 PM
i know, i would drive up there but uhh i don't know when i need gas, and then my odometer would be way off... unless i stuck my stock one back in. do you think when i stick the stock one back in everything will work again?

TheEdgeofSanity
03-12-2009, 10:33 PM
it should work fine if you put your old one back in. if anything, did you do the relearn process?

99alerogirl
03-12-2009, 10:34 PM
does anyone happen to know what wire controls the odometer and gas gauge? everything else is working fine. speedo and tach work fine, my gas gauge jumps like, 2 millimeters but still sits under empty (and the gas light doesn't come on). and the odometer reads 117188. the trip read 189.6 before i reset it to 0, now it says 0. i'm thinking (if it's not the pcm issue) i maybe snagged a wire somewhere? there are tons down there, since that's where my security system wiring is too.

99alerogirl
03-12-2009, 10:35 PM
it should work fine if you put your old one back in. if anything, did you do the relearn process?

the security relearn? i thought that was only if your car didn't start afterward, which mine started right up. i haven't had a chance to do the case relearn thing though... my car runs fine for now.

Misuseofyou
03-12-2009, 10:43 PM
Think he means disconnecting your battery for a while.

rowdygls
03-12-2009, 10:47 PM
You would need to put your factory PCM back in for ION to do anything for you. Unless the new PCM was created with HP Tuners...then it would be ok but if it was created with the DHP program...it locks it down. I found that out when my car was on the dyno.

I would put the old one back in and see how the car reacts. I may have missed it....but where did you get the PCM from?

99alerogirl
03-12-2009, 10:49 PM
yeah, mark said the pcm could be bad for some reason. it was really really dirty, and kinda dinged up. but tomorrow i'm gonna take it out, check all the connections, put it back in... and if that doesn't work then i'm gonna put my stock one back in and pray that everything works.

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 01:04 PM
alright, so i took the new PCM completely out, cleaned it off a bit, and put it back in... still the same problem :( so then i put the stock one back in and hoped for the best... and this is what i got:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/aderz2616/photo2-2.jpg

i made it to 117189! and my gas gauge works, and my trac off light is back off... everything works! as far as i can tell. hopefully now the gas gauge doesn't read full all the time. that would suck. so i guess it looks like it's a problem with the PCM... SAD DAY!

hey ion, wanna meet next week and just tune my stocker? haha. i'll come to you!

but yeah, so no new PCM for me quite yet :(

[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 01:31 PM
S'pose I can tune it for you.

Could take a new AotM engine bay shot pic with you in it too haha.

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 01:45 PM
HAHA if that's the case, then my bathing suit will need to be packed. at least for what i had planned.

[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 01:47 PM
w00t

I only have classes 2 days a week (Mon/Wed) so I'm free any other time. Southfield, MI is ike a 5.5 hr drive from Bloomington, IN though lol.

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 01:50 PM
make that 2.5.

cherrington17
03-13-2009, 01:51 PM
haha. super shy ion and overly open adria in a photoshoot together. noice.

only... do they make cameras that can display her bleached skin color??? :lol:


sucks that you got a bad pcm... hopefully they accept returns?

01OldsAleroGt
03-13-2009, 01:51 PM
BASTARD !!!!!!!








lol j/k Have fun guys.... programmin PCMs and all that jazz....
And that royally sucks that the PCM was shot to all hell



!
There needs to be more Aleromodders out here in Florida !!!

[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 01:52 PM
make that 2.5.
:lol:
haha. super shy ion and overly open adria in a photoshoot together. noice.
I'm shy? lol

01OldsAleroGt
03-13-2009, 01:53 PM
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p61/mugenaccord86/big2312855.jpg

LOL sorry for the randomness c2 and lerogirl

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 01:54 PM
C2;440953']w00t

I only have classes 2 days a week (Mon/Wed) so I'm free any other time. Southfield, MI is ike a 5.5 hr drive from Bloomington, IN though lol.

and it's spring break next week for me, so a road trip is fine. i'm going to gatlinburg wednesday.


haha. super shy ion and overly open adria in a photoshoot together. noice.

only... do they make cameras that can display her bleached skin color??? :lol:


sucks that you got a bad pcm... hopefully they accept returns?

1. awesome photoshoot

2. EFF YOU! i can't help it i'm irish.

3. yes, he said he would pay the return shipping and replace it if there's something wrong with the PCM.

cherrington17
03-13-2009, 01:54 PM
C2;440959']:lol:

I'm shy? lol
not online your not....

we all know about you and womenz.... we know all about it. :lol:

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 01:56 PM
not online your not....

we all know about you and womenz.... we know all about it. :lol:

i don't, guess i'm in for a surprise! :ninja:

cherrington17
03-13-2009, 01:57 PM
i don't, guess i'm in for a surprise! :ninja:

SSSSHHHHH! we actually know nothing about anything.... its just fun to make him all paranoid about himself.

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 01:59 PM
wait, so if you say something in really small font, people can't hear you?! in that case...cherrington you're a dink :lol:

[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 02:03 PM
http://ion-productions.com/bdk.JPG

01OldsAleroGt
03-13-2009, 02:07 PM
arg red x !!! GHEY

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 02:09 PM
i see nothing.

cherrington17
03-13-2009, 02:12 PM
its a pick of his penor....

oh...wait....



:emotlol:

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 02:17 PM
HAHA almost cherry... almost.

meadus101
03-13-2009, 02:22 PM
Message board Hookups? What has the world Come to?


Engine bay shots? lawl.

cherrington17
03-13-2009, 02:23 PM
thats what they call it now, mead.

engine bay shots

lonnie
03-13-2009, 02:34 PM
http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-mom-fainted-at-my-school-program.html

cherrington17
03-13-2009, 02:57 PM
wow lonnie... spam much?

[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 02:57 PM
^LMAO the video was amazing though. Looks like lonnie has transformed into a spambot.

engine bay shots
fo realz, it's a win-win situation, she gets tuned, i got some shots, we end up getting a 99% shot at winning :coolio:

strictly business http://www.xceedspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/suspect.gif

NickAlero2000
03-13-2009, 03:34 PM
Why is Lonnie posting that all over?
Its annoying

heineck
03-13-2009, 03:35 PM
hes infected

[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 03:38 PM
AED sucks

w00t

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 03:40 PM
C2;441009']^LMAO the video was amazing though. Looks like lonnie has transformed into a spambot.


fo realz, it's a win-win situation, she gets tuned, i got some shots, we end up getting a 99% shot at winning :coolio:

strictly business http://www.xceedspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/suspect.gif

meh, i would probably say 98% business.

kwhauck
03-13-2009, 04:00 PM
I'm gonna go with 37%, does ion even know hot to spell buzineess?

lonnie
03-13-2009, 06:50 PM
wow lonnie... spam much?No I was bored

C2;441009']^LMAO the video was amazing though. Looks like lonnie has transformed into a spambot.


fo realz, it's a win-win situation, she gets turned on, i got some shots, we end up getting a 99% shot at winning :coolio:

strictly business http://www.xceedspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/suspect.giffixed...lol

Why is Lonnie posting that all over?
Its annoyingRefer to first reponse.

meh, i would probably say -5% business.fixed as well.

It sucks that the PCM didn't work out what does a new one (tuned) run for?

[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 06:58 PM
^:lol:

I can custom tune it for the same price the DHP PCM is. It costs $100 to license a car.

99alerogirl
03-13-2009, 07:34 PM
shit... I don't have 100 dollars. muahaha

cherrington17
03-13-2009, 07:40 PM
work it off!

:lol:

AbHeLlRaZoR
03-13-2009, 07:42 PM
Here comes the Aleromod drama lol :lol:

cherrington17
03-13-2009, 07:52 PM
don't worry. if it doesn't have a mouse and keyboard, ion doesn't know how to work it. :lol:

jackal2000
03-13-2009, 07:55 PM
wow this thread is ridiculous. looks like i might soon lose my crown LOL

[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 07:57 PM
shit... I don't have 100 dollars. muahaha

When you return your current PCM shouldn't you get a refund? Or how's that workin.

Edit: MPRacing's is only $70, ah. DHP is $100 IIRC.

Midgear
03-13-2009, 08:02 PM
http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-mom-fainted-at-my-school-program.html


LOOOOOOOL

cherrington17
03-14-2009, 09:03 AM
C2;441009']
strictly business http://www.xceedspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/suspect.gif
http://ohaidubai.com/images/serious_business.jpg

Redog
03-14-2009, 05:01 PM
PCM reprogram, bathing suit, 6 hour drive, $100. :ninja:

Well, have fun

Kilroy
03-21-2009, 04:35 PM
Hellck, if I get a full copy of the photoshoot, I just might put in the $100.00!!

[ion] C2
03-21-2009, 04:45 PM
too late, she already came and went and didn't stop by

99alerogirl
03-22-2009, 11:58 PM
i's sawy. i'm poor. but i have a job now so it's ok.

Bad99Olds
03-23-2009, 12:16 AM
haha if u want some better money were hiring... lol

darksobsession
03-23-2009, 12:32 AM
^pimp!

Bad99Olds
03-23-2009, 12:33 AM
i mean hey. business is business.