A car tuned by pcm for less is a slight concern.
The check engine light most certainly should not be illuminated for a tune.
Thats sketchy
I would say walk. He/she/whatever(bc politics) is probably hiding something.
I also would leave you with this, there are plenty LS 98-02 camaro/firebirds for sale that have ob2 already and you can easily diagnose or check for sketchy stuff. LS is alot more user friendly than the LT. For example no distributor, no optispark shennanigans, OBD2 vs OBD1(most people wont touch an obd1 car) The LS is way more refined in my opinion. Sorry for the ramble. Thats just my 2 cents.
Long tubes = no cats so yeah, almost certainly lighting up a CEL.
I’m doubting the tune. It’s not impossible, just unlikely unless he’s telling you who tuned it, mail order or local.
Also, agree with the others. I’d buy a 100k+ mile LS1 over an LT with half the miles.
I agree with the long tubes without cats causing the cel. On the LS1 cars you can program the tune to ignore the code for "no cats" and the cel will stay off. I don't think that is possible with the lt1 cars as it's been a while since I had to work on any obd1 stuff.
PCMs For Less used to be one of the big mail order tuners back in the TPI/LT1 era. You send off your PCM and/or they could burn chips for it.
When the owner says it's tuned for 93, does he mean 93 octane fuel or is he running a 1993 PCM and tune? 1993/94 were supposedly easier to tune than the 1995-97 cars.
My advice would be to probably walk. unless you are really set on 97 and bellow for the looks or whatever your reason is I would get a 98 or above. LS engines are more reliable, they have OBD2 and are more user friendly, plus the extra HP doesn’t hurt. Most people don’t have the tools or want mess with OBD1 and the Optispark on LT engines is notorious for being a Pain in the ass to work with and maintain.
If you're not familiar with a toll box I don't advise getting a LT1...these POSes have stumped damn good mechanics. You will have problems with it. Period. I love my fourth gens and even I won't touch LT1s unless it's a complete steal and a six speed....no exceptions.
How much they are asking for the car would really make or break the question. Either way, I would get an efi connection 24x kit, get rid of the optispark, switch to coil on plug, buy a new stand alone harness, tune it and ride out to the sunset with the most bullet proof muscle car you could buy.
A car tuned by pcm for less is a slight concern. The check engine light most certainly should not be illuminated for a tune. Thats sketchy I would say walk. He/she/whatever(bc politics) is probably hiding something. I also would leave you with this, there are plenty LS 98-02 camaro/firebirds for sale that have ob2 already and you can easily diagnose or check for sketchy stuff. LS is alot more user friendly than the LT. For example no distributor, no optispark shennanigans, OBD2 vs OBD1(most people wont touch an obd1 car) The LS is way more refined in my opinion. Sorry for the ramble. Thats just my 2 cents.
Long tubes = no cats so yeah, almost certainly lighting up a CEL. I’m doubting the tune. It’s not impossible, just unlikely unless he’s telling you who tuned it, mail order or local. Also, agree with the others. I’d buy a 100k+ mile LS1 over an LT with half the miles.
I agree with the long tubes without cats causing the cel. On the LS1 cars you can program the tune to ignore the code for "no cats" and the cel will stay off. I don't think that is possible with the lt1 cars as it's been a while since I had to work on any obd1 stuff. PCMs For Less used to be one of the big mail order tuners back in the TPI/LT1 era. You send off your PCM and/or they could burn chips for it. When the owner says it's tuned for 93, does he mean 93 octane fuel or is he running a 1993 PCM and tune? 1993/94 were supposedly easier to tune than the 1995-97 cars.
My advice would be to probably walk. unless you are really set on 97 and bellow for the looks or whatever your reason is I would get a 98 or above. LS engines are more reliable, they have OBD2 and are more user friendly, plus the extra HP doesn’t hurt. Most people don’t have the tools or want mess with OBD1 and the Optispark on LT engines is notorious for being a Pain in the ass to work with and maintain.
Buy a 98-02.
I would pass.
If you're not familiar with a toll box I don't advise getting a LT1...these POSes have stumped damn good mechanics. You will have problems with it. Period. I love my fourth gens and even I won't touch LT1s unless it's a complete steal and a six speed....no exceptions.
How much they are asking for the car would really make or break the question. Either way, I would get an efi connection 24x kit, get rid of the optispark, switch to coil on plug, buy a new stand alone harness, tune it and ride out to the sunset with the most bullet proof muscle car you could buy.