Hello guys, haven't been on in a while but now that the house repairs are done for a few months I thought I would do some things to my 2000 CTD. 

  I am thinking of getting a performance tuner and this will hopefully not open a big can of worms and arguments, not my intention.  I have a 2000 Dodge CTD that is stock with the exception of a 4 inch exhaust.  Thinking about installing a exhaust brake for towing our travel trailer.  I am also thinking about installing an engine tuner and am looking for ideas and suggestions on which one to get.  I'm looking at the Edge tuners.  Any thoughts?  I don't want to install any high flow injectors or a high performance Injector pumps as we have to smog these trucks here in California.

  Thanks, Wes.

Well my wife heard me talking about this and has gone and ordered an Edge box for me for my birthday.  What a good wife.  That gives me an idea, start looking at clutches.

 

  Don't push your luck...   Eventually the pockets will become empty.

Its all coming out my pocket eventually anyway but its the thought that counts.  lol

Took a step closer and installed an EGT gauge.  Seems to work fine but I'm not sure how they are suppose to work.  This shows temps around 300 degrees at idle after warm up and goes up between 500 and 700 degrees with various levels of thottle to 60 mph and then back down to 250 to 300 at idle.  Is this normal for an EGT guage?

that sounds about right.

 

In gear idle should be 450-500 from what I see.  Idle, not in gear, should be around 300 and cruising, vastly depends on conditions, should be 550-800 ish.

That's good.  I can see this is a important gauge to have and should have had one a long time ago.

I've been running EDGE Juice withe A-Pillar mount monitor w/gauges for 5-6yrs.. No problems, so far, ..i really like it ,,it doesn't really take up a lot of space, its easy to see without being in the way and noticeable if that makes sense...

Edited June 27, 20159 yr by rburks

I had the boost and fuel pressure gauge already on the A-Pillar and liked them.  I added the temp gauge to them with a new three gauge A-Piller mount.   My new clutch showed up today so I know what I will be doing this weekend.

A little update.  The past couple of weeks I installed a new clutch in my truck, put the Edge box in and just completed installing a new Pacbrake exhaust brake system.  All made a very nice change for the better in this truck.  The edge box and the exhaust brake will be a good addition when towing our travel trailer. 

  I'm just a little concerned how the ehaust brake might negatively effect the internals of the engine.  I don't think it will cause to much harm since it will only be used when towing.

 

I would like to thank everyone on this site for there opinions that they have provide.  Very good information and good help.

Thanks.

Edited July 20, 20159 yr by WesHawkins

  what was hauling it at the time  

 

 

CR jetta

 

 

Them dam TDI VW's are to beat on fuel milage....

 

Yes 2014 "common rail" CR VW Jetta 2.0l 6 speed with full emissions deletes and a tuned ECU, she did a road trip to Minnesota last weekend and did 49.4 mpg @75-80 mph.

The pressures created by the detonation of the diesel far outdo what the the exhaust brake can do.    nothing to really worry about with the EB.   With my he351ve I only see a max of 40-45ish psi on the exhaust side when I am using the brake.  

Yes 2014 "common rail" CR VW Jetta 2.0l 6 speed with full emissions deletes and a tuned ECU, she did a road trip to Minnesota last weekend and did 49.4 mpg @75-80 mph.

WF,,,man thats Great,,i didnt know, i thought ya meant 3rd Gen..ha..ha

Yes 2014 "common rail" CR VW Jetta 2.0l 6 speed with full emissions deletes and a tuned ECU, she did a road trip to Minnesota last weekend and did 49.4 mpg @75-80 mph.

how much of a difference Did removing the emissions crap make???

how much of a difference Did removing the emissions crap make???

From her recent road trip which was her first it did 10 mpg better than the best pre delete mileage which she never saw more than 39 mpg. normal dding she is seeing 45ish plus it has a lot more power as the ecu tune added about 35 hp which is a lot for a little 2l engine. It is snappy as all get out compared to when it was stock.

 

She is now doing what our old 03 tdi jetta did for mileage plus this car is a lot bigger overall and way more comfortable and has a bigger engine and way more power.

Ive been wanting one of these,for a while now 'was looking more at the Passat but backed of cause of the emissions and eurea fluid..IM glad you posted this  thanks

SCR "Urea" just came along in the VW line this year in 2015.

i test drove a passat last year it was a 2014 and i thought it had urea tank in the trunk, my uncle has a passat and IIRC has the urea tank, i was real close to buying it but i didn't want the hassle of urea fluid, i remember asking the salesman if the urea fluid was covered in the service f plan   

Edited July 21, 20159 yr by rburks

Passat is a different animal so it may have been released a year earlier than all the rest of the line.

Passat is a different animal so it may have been released a year earlier than all the rest of the line.

 

did you do the DPF & CAT Delete yourself?? //probably dumb question, I'm sure you did

 

was it very much of a pain

Edited July 22, 20159 yr by rburks

Yep, did it here in this thread. We should take this conversation there so we are not jacking this thread with VW talk lol.

Passat is a different animal so it may have been released a year earlier than all the rest of the line.

I have a 2012 TDI Passat and it is a 'clean' diesel and uses urea.

 

The urea tank is about 5 gallons in size and lasts about 15k miles.

 

I just top it off at every 10k mile service interval.

 

The TDI engine in the Passat has been the CKRA and in the Jetta, Golf and Beetle has been the CJAA. 

 

Passat TDI used urea from 2012 and the others did not but as mentioned 2015 the engines were changing and all were expected to get the urea treatment.

 

I haven't snooped around any of the 2015 model stuff so I am not exactly sure what has transpired.