Marky Dissod
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Part of that price (and needing YOUR pcm) may very well have been R&D required to get better at deciphering the ecm's & tcm's seed & key.got a quote from Trifecta Tuning to tune out DFM via a custom tune.
It's not something they advertise on their website, but I inquired with them because I had a tune from them on my 2019 GMC Canyon LGZ V6.
They quoted me $1800, and I would have to physically remove the ECM from the truck and send it to them for tuning. I passed on that obviously.
By the way, the seed & key is another major reason why California cannot plug into a vehicle and immediately identify it as tuned.
To avoid tuning downtime, you'd also need to buy a new pcm. Quicker, plus the seed / key is easier to crack that way.