I am posting this because the urge has finally overcome me. I am tired of the poor fuel mileage.

I have started to seriously consider EGR/DPF/DOC deletes and a tuner. I am not looking for recommendations on what tuner or mods to get, there is plenty of info on the forum for that.

What I am really concerned about is how the mods affect day to day drivability. Have any of the mods caused quarks that YOU may be aware of, but other people wouldn't know how to handle.

Example A: With my titan fuel tank if parked nose down on a hill over night, when you first start the truck in the morning the fuel gauge reads "empty" even though you probably have a half tank (depending on the severity of the hill). So lets say, if my Dad were to borrow the truck and wasn't aware of this, he would think he was running out of fuel.

Example B: Putting a locker in the rear of a vehicle like a Detroit locker. YOU may know that when you go around a corner there may be some wheel hop, or it may unload, but others wouldn't be aware of those driving characteristics, and not know to keep their foot off the gas, and coast around the corner.

I know the benefits will be great, but I want to hear if it affected other things with your trucks.

Thanks!

Kyle

 

Only thing I can think of is even with my defuel on 0 I will get a puff of black smoke from a stop every now and then. Not a big deal but something that never happened with the DPF on. I run on the stock power setting so nothing to be said about running on those higher HP settings.

 

Interesting, and good to know. Something I would not have thought about. Thank you for the response, these are the types of things I would like to know about.

 

Driveability: Second to none. Tuning has brought the 'fun' back into driving for me. The truck works when i need it to and I can play when I want to.

 

Driveablilty is greatly increased. The turbos actually light off when you barely touch the throttle! Only quirk is the firmer shifting on the higher HP tunes. I like it, but some complain.

 

I've heard about the "firm" shifting, and understand why the tranny has to do that to survive. I would have no problem with it either as long as it isn't so firm that it feels like the transmission is falling out of the truck every shift.

Thank you for your input.