I can't find anyone saying whether or not it's a good idea to tow with the 91 octane tune (Diablosport Predator..4.6)

Anyone?

 

I have the Superchips. On the high octane tune, it want's to be sure you are not towing.
There is a towing low octane, of course.

I sure wouldn't, unless it was a light amount. Towing a 1200 pound jet ski and trailer, sure. A travel trailer? No way.

I do know some of the tuners have a high octane tow option, but I think it would offer that when you were setting it up.
Chris

 

This one doesn't have a "tow" tune. 87, custom and the high octane tune.

Kinda what I thought, but nice to get another opinion.

Thx

 

When I ordered my Diablo Tuner I asked and was told that I could tow with either tune. I've towed with them both the the higher octane one makes a ton of difference.

-Tim

 

Hi Tim, the question would be, how much did you tow, with what moter, gears?
There is towing, and there is Towing.

I'm careful on towing information, (I spend a lot of time on that in an RV forum) as I have NEVER heard a salesman of any product tell a customer that he couldn't tow with it... I have stood there as people were told their half ton could tow a 20,000 lb trailer 'no problem'. I've heard the truck salesman assure people that their truck would tow five, six times it's legal weight, just sign here.
Heck, they sell Motorhomes that are seriously over the legal weight limit, right from the dealership, nothing in it!

So anyway, can you find any documentation on towing with the Diablo on high performance tune? That would sure be helpful. My Superchips warns not to tow with it in several places.
Chris

 

You can tow with a Diablo on the premium setting.

You can tow with the Superchips with premium. It has a premium tune setting specifically for towing over 4000 lbs, and a premium tune not to be used for over 4000lbs. Check out their application guide

The thing with towing is the higher the load the more likely you are to get spark knock, especially on hot days. Superchips has a tune made to address this. With the Diablo, if you get spark knock go into the custom settings and back off timing just a bit.