tuner help
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From: Parker, CO
Question is... do you have gauges?
If you can monitor EGT's, then you can control the pedal and run any tune you want. But if you load a high hp tune and run without an EGT gauge, then you are playing with fire.
Without other mods such as an intake or exhaust, you can count on EGT's climbing very fast. Doesn't mean you can't control it, but it does make life harder.
If you can monitor EGT's, then you can control the pedal and run any tune you want. But if you load a high hp tune and run without an EGT gauge, then you are playing with fire.
Without other mods such as an intake or exhaust, you can count on EGT's climbing very fast. Doesn't mean you can't control it, but it does make life harder.
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From: Parker, CO
Question is... do you have gauges?
If you can monitor EGT's, then you can control the pedal and run any tune you want. But if you load a high hp tune and run without an EGT gauge, then you are playing with fire.
Without other mods such as an intake or exhaust, you can count on EGT's climbing very fast. Doesn't mean you can't control it, but it does make life harder.
If you can monitor EGT's, then you can control the pedal and run any tune you want. But if you load a high hp tune and run without an EGT gauge, then you are playing with fire.
Without other mods such as an intake or exhaust, you can count on EGT's climbing very fast. Doesn't mean you can't control it, but it does make life harder.
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From: Dallas-Ft. Worth
If you have a nice open 4"+ exhaust and a good intake, you'd be hard pressed to get an empty truck into a dangerous range unless you stand on it over 100 MPH. When I had my stock turbo, it would spike very quickly over 1500* at those speeds. Other than that, it was always under 1300. If you don't have an opened up exhaust/intake, be very careful, even with an empty truck. You still need gauges though. You CAN do some serious damage if you get too crazy...
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Wanna see what a hot tune with no way to monitor your engine does to a piston?
Those are not my pics, I saw them on another site I frequent. Stock truck w/Bully Dog 120 horse tune.
Those are not my pics, I saw them on another site I frequent. Stock truck w/Bully Dog 120 horse tune.
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It got so hot it turned invisible
Congrats on the new truck. Just an FYI, the 120 tune won't really give you an extra 120 hp, but that's marketing for you.
Congrats on the new truck. Just an FYI, the 120 tune won't really give you an extra 120 hp, but that's marketing for you.
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From: Newport, WA
You must have to be a member there to see the pics, lets try this:
Again, that is not my photo, I found it on another site and I'm just sharing
That's what a Bully Dog 120hp tune does to a stock truck when you don't have any gauges to monitor things.
Again, that is not my photo, I found it on another site and I'm just sharing
That's what a Bully Dog 120hp tune does to a stock truck when you don't have any gauges to monitor things.