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Originally Posted by 2016ghost
I asked if i could have the info to talk to the original owner, and I was told that wasn`t legal in Kentucky, they can not give you the info of the previous owner, only the Carfax report. but I`m beginning to think it`s not been tuned from talking with other owners of camaro and corvettes.
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Do you see any sign of hardware changes under the hood or the car (CAI, intake manifold, headers, flex fuel kit, strange non-stock wiring, cat delete etc.)? If yes, it's likely that your tune accomodates those and returning to a stock tune would be ill-advised, which may well be why the dealer is balking.
I'm assuming you have a V8, by the way, your signature only says Chevrolet Camaro, not even whether it's an M6 or an A8.
Either way, I would personally bite the bullet with HP Tuners, because it'll allow you to customize everything to your needs now and later. There is a wealth of tuning knowledge even here in the forums, professionals like Megahurtz and experts such as KingLT1 or Joshinator and others who are graciously willing to help with your tuning issues, if any.
Not only will you be able to customize the NPP (we're talking setting individual RPM ranges for each mode to open/close the valves), but you can improve performance and longevity yourself in many ways, from disabling AFM (if you have an auto) to adjusting timings to even little perks like tuning the downshift crackles and pops in the exhaust.
Also, you can at least read and compare your current tune to stock using just an MPVI device even without buying any credits, that way you'll know what changes were made to the ECM and FSCM (exhaust) tune. The HP Tuners website has a bunch of stock tunes in their "tune repository" section that you can download, choose one that is closest to your specs. The transmission tune can't be read unfortunately if you have an A8, only written for some screwed up reason GM "engineered" into the system, but the other two modules are readable.