Been looking at the cost associated with LS swaps into hotrods and it appears that the industry basically controls the cost of programming the PCM.

Not looking to performance tune the swap, just disable features like VATS, EGR, EVAP so the streetrod can be driven, correct VIN is not required since they aren’t plugged in for inspections etc.

Not mentioning any specific company but I would need to buy a programmer, software and hardware for about $500, then buy a license ($100) for each PCM to be modified? If you purchase the unlimited license option for about $3000 you can then program the entire neighborhood for free:-)

With these cost numbers…it appears that for the occasional backyard LS swapper.. wouldn’t it be more practical to just pay to have the PCM re-flashed? I see guys offering the service for under $100 with shipping.

Thanks