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Old 04-26-2021, 12:54 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by cjperformance View Post
So much conflicting info on the internet... hopefully you guys can give it to me straight. I have a 2017 Camaro 2SS... A lot of instructions/documentation states the ECU has to be unlocked on 2017+ by sending it in for an "unlock". But it sounds like HPTuners devices will handle that on 2017+ (maybe up to 2020 from what I read above?) without having to send the PCM/ECU in anywhere?
You can tune the ECM without any issues, but if you have the A8 transmission, the TCM requires unlocking. Not sure what your plans are, the general advice is that you want to have the TCM tuned as well with significant power adding mods.
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