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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 02:29 PM
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what happened..? this was really weird...!

ok... i need to know if anyone has had this happen to them... towing the 5ver.. going up some pretty steep hills... at around 60 mph.. in overdrive... running the predator 40hp towsafe tune... my mule would start to climb the hill the boost would run right up to 20-23 psi.. making lots of torque... pulling great.. then.. all of the sudden... boost would fall off to 10 psi... all torque and pulling power gone... and as she slows down and downshifts the boost comes back up a little and the power comes back.... no SES light... no codes... nothing..! WTF happened..? anybody had any experience like this...? other than this.. the mule runs AWESOME..! drove her home today.. empty.. with the 85hp tune loaded from the predator... she is FAST..! and... no problems EASILLY making 25 lbs of boost...! 0 - 60 in NO TIME..! so... what's up with the power loss while towing... i never had that problem towing on the stock tune...
 
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 05:24 PM
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ok... i need to know if anyone has had this happen to them... towing the 5ver.. going up some pretty steep hills... at around 60 mph.. in overdrive... running the predator 40hp towsafe tune... my mule would start to climb the hill the boost would run right up to 20-23 psi.. making lots of torque... pulling great.. then.. all of the sudden... boost would fall off to 10 psi... all torque and pulling power gone... and as she slows down and downshifts the boost comes back up a little and the power comes back.... no SES light... no codes... nothing..! WTF happened..? anybody had any experience like this...? other than this.. the mule runs AWESOME..! drove her home today.. empty.. with the 85hp tune loaded from the predator... she is FAST..! and... no problems EASILLY making 25 lbs of boost...! 0 - 60 in NO TIME..! so... what's up with the power loss while towing... i never had that problem towing on the stock tune...
If you don't have the MAP sensor spoofed.....then the minute your PCM saw around 24 PSI, it started defueling. I don't understand how your getting away with 25 while unloaded though........ Just a thought as to the cause.
 
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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i have the dual valve boost fooler hooked into the map... and again... no codes... doesn't make sense... i'm updating my predator and i think i'll drop an email to there tech support...
 
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