PCM TUNING

Hey everyone.  Just a hot link for H3 owners in Southern California.  I have a 2006 H3/Adventure with Borla exhaust and K&N 77 series intake.  I had been researching PCM tuning for a few months and came across these guys www.z-industries.com.  I dealt directly with Andrew, great guy and extremely knowledgeable not only with the inline 5 banger in the H3 but with high performance engines in general ( he knows his ****).  Anyways, I live in Los Angeles and they are located in Temecula and he met me half way (pretty cool)and he showed up with his Tech2 tuner and laptop, plugged it right in and started tuning ( I was racing around @ 75 MPH in second at about 5800 RPM, needless to say we tuned it down but I am very happy with the tune and in conjunction with the exhaust and intake my H3 is considerably more responsive and faster, not to mention I can easily get it up to 100+ where as before I could never get it passed 85mph, not that I need the speed but I tow my motorcycles almost weekly and I know this tune is gonna give me more towing power.  Keep in mind that a lot of companies out there offering PCM tuning OUTSOURCE THE TUNE to other guys and what you get back is a generic tune that they sell to everyone.  Before I went with www.z-industries.com I was going to go with PCMFORLESS.COM as they are pretty sharp as well and obviously know there **** as well and as far as tuning goes they have a reputable name and they are very helpful.  But if you are the type of guy who wants to SEE exactly what your money is being spent on and you live in California and you want to get your H3 or any other American car tuned check out their website.
 
Cheers!

I think all of us have used with good results, PCMforless. They are also a forum vendor.
 
I have a good response from Billy Boat exhaust, K&N and PCMfor less tuned PCM....and not for a lot of $$$

i will be going with pcm for less after i get the wheels and tires someday

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ORIGINAL: hilljob26

i will be going with pcm for less after i get the wheels and tires someday

 
I put my wheels off 'til spring.  I wanna drop the back a few inches also.  The PCM was a good investment imo.  I haven't been able to check my mileage but often the tune does improve it.

Let me show you one of this guy's prior posts. 
"Did you know that H3's depreciate approximately $10,000 their first year?
Think the bad gas mileage has anything to do with it?  Absolutely.
Enjoy."   from RE: WOW...what a MPG improvement!!!!
 
Yeah right.

I emailed Kelly this morning to see about another possible group buy from PCMforLess for the newer members on here.  We'll see what happens.

I'd definitely be interested in a group buy from PCMforLess, assuming that it'll work with an '08 H3.

I'm not "Hummer Guy", but "HummerGuy" 
 
Unfortunately there are two of us. The Hummer(space)Guy is the guy you are thinking of   I'm just some schmuck with a H3 from Chicago

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ORIGINAL: HummerGuy

I'm not "Hummer Guy", but "HummerGuy" 

 
You know, I JUST noticed that and tried to edit the message before anyone saw that mistake.  Oops...

No problem.  That has happened abotu 234775 times just this year.  I'm used to it already

why is thid idiot not  banned yet....spammers suck!! Patrick....ban stick now!!!

Just hit 300 miles on a tank today with PCM and Volant exhaust, 35's Micky MTZ also.  Going to fill up tomorrow 50/50 highway city.  Will post tomorrow.

300 a tank, that's it? man you guys get really bad mileage
 
Am I the only one that gets 375 to 400 on a tank of gas?

Thanks HummerGuy I was feeling pretty good about that.  Getting about 15.5mpg.  Thats not to good, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

I thought H3's were supposed to fuel efficient

Sorry about that  You have alot of modifications though, which most people say have caused their H3's mileage to go down.  I am all stock, with the exception of a K&N air filter and the PCM upgrade.  I was going to get a cat-back and CAI kit, but I'm starting to have second thoughts.

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ORIGINAL: Bennersj

Thanks HummerGuy I was feeling pretty good about that.  Getting about 15.5mpg.  Thats not to good, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

To be fair in your comparison, he has a manual, and you have an automatic. In general you will always see the manuals putting out more impressive gas mileage

Kelly, when are you going to have a pcmforless for the H2 because I would be interested

The catback (Magnaflow) didn't seem to hurt my mileage a bit. I was getting right at 20MPG highway until I put those big honkin Super Swampers on my ride.

I have a K&N intake, PCM update and dual exhaust. Like I said, mileage with stock wheels is great provided you obey the speed limit. Since going to the large tires I can tell you my mileage has suffered a great deal.. I don't plan to run the Swampers all the time. I will put my stockers on and click some hiway miles with them too.

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ORIGINAL: GorillaH2

Kelly, when are you going to have a pcmforless for the H2 because I would be interested

Hey Gorilla, my partner Bryan handles the H2's. His number is 724-349-4431, or programmer@pcmforless.com

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ORIGINAL: HUMMER DRIVER

The catback (Magnaflow) didn't seem to hurt my mileage a bit. I was getting right at 20MPG highway until I put those big honkin Super Swampers on my ride.

I have a K&N intake, PCM update and dual exhaust. Like I said, mileage with stock wheels is great provided you obey the speed limit. Since going to the large tires I can tell you my mileage has suffered a great deal.. I don't plan to run the Swampers all the time. I will put my stockers on and click some hiway miles with them too.

 
On my old '06, the tires and the leveling were good for a 3 to 4 mpg hit ! ! !
 
The PCM tune on the totally stock '06 did seem to help, but I traded it in on the '07 before
I realized the full benefit of the tune.........
 
On the '07, with just the tires.....I'm @ 14 to 15 mpg on a good tank staying @ 65 mph mostly highway...
 
It just rolled over 2000 miles and I've only checked a few tanks. It's been in the shop more than it's been on the road,
so I really haven't had more than 2 consecutive tanks to compare...