the only way to put the VIN in is to use digital tech II. This is a rare problem, but it does occur. We see it more often than alot of places mainly because we do a ton of tuning. Once they get a stock MAP calibration back in you will be good to go. Don't let them talk you into anything unecessary, just do the download and pay them for your time. Have them check for and clear any historic codes while they are at it. The race tuner (as i'm sure you are aware) doesn't get installed. They could load in your starting base MAP for you. But that's about it