It finally happened... The Edge Comp has been removed from my truck and replaced with Quadzilla Adrenaline...

 

Ok let me back up and tell a bit of the story here. First off I've got to say thank you to several people. @Me78569 for coming for with a crazy idea that will benefit everyone. @Quadzilla Power for sending me the Quadzilla Adrenaline.

 

What is happening is @Quadzilla Power and @Me78569 figure I'm one of the few big MPG guys out there and would be awesome if the Quadzilla could possibly put me higher on my MPG high mark. So in end result, Quadzilla would have another platform of advertising at the angle of MPG's as well. As for Mopar1973Man.Com we would hold the article for how I got to my new high mark of MPG giving us the internet traffic. More or less a win, win for both sides. 

 

So out of respect for @dieselautopower (Owner of Quadzilla) and @Quadzilla Power for the module you now see their banners on the site. 

 

Now on to the learning curve of Quadzilla tuners and been bouncing back and forth between @Me78569 and @Quadzilla Power for tech support and understanding of different things. I'll also be helping out with drivers but seeing if the "Linux people" can safely update over VirtualBox. 

 

As for first impression of the Quadzilla comparing to Edge Comp. Way more power. I've posted several of my OBDLink screen shots with roughly 400 HP and 1000 FT/LBS of torque. First run with Quadzilla wide open buried my Torque gauge at 1,200 FT/LBS and past that. HP was right around 440 HP. This is about right when you math out the mods (235+50+180=465 HP) as compared to Edge Comp (235+50+120=405). This is just right out of the box setup and running @Me78569 custom tune he built for me based on his current tune he's running. So after cleaning up the code as I learn I'll get more of the power out of it. Right now comparing the smoke between Quadzilla and Edge Comp there is way less with @Me78569 current tune. So that explains why the power is a bit short yet. So with the help of @Me78569 I'll get this tune cleaned up and working better. 

 

So now on to the goal of attempting to beat the MPG high mark now. 

 

As for photos I'm too shy to take a picture of my install as of yet bit roughly installed in a hurry and want to clean it up before showing off. Also have a wild idea on install change I want to attempt to do being I like to power wash my engine a lot and also want the module easy access for flashing new tunes. (More to come here).

Edited September 10, 20168 yr by Mopar1973Man

As for feedback yes I'm using the OBDLink information and what it spits out as a guide of how the tune is going. At least gives me a point of reference of butt dyno and the OBDLink feel together. So I'm not out there for the "precise" HP/TQ numbers but I am out to tune for the cleanest power I can produce. 

 

7 minutes ago, Silverdodge said:

Wish I had the coin to buy one right now not impressed with edge jwa at all 

 

One of my customers I do truck work for has a Edge Juice tuner I'm not impressed with it either my truck is still faster than his no problem. Most of it has to do with the limits and alarms affecting the tunes. Still in all the Edge Juice / Comp have the same defueling sublevels. My problem was I could never get than clean tune with Edge because there is only 3 sublevels of defueling modes and too wide of gap between levels. 

 

Like tonight learning how the CANBus message and WireTap Messages work together. So I'm working with @Me78569 to clean up the CANBus side then play more with the wiretap side. Amazing to see the truck go from blowing a small cloud of smoke to nearly nothing but still good power. 

Edited September 11, 20168 yr by Mopar1973Man

Yea we are working to that point now Tyler.  

 

 

I know Mike needs a starting point betwen 89-90 or 93 now.  Trying to fine tune it from that point.    I am more of the opinion that I want that full range of throttle input haha.  

1 minute ago, Me78569 said:

I know Mike needs a starting point betwen 89-90 or 93 now.

  wow. Injector sizes make a huge difference!

2 minutes ago, Me78569 said:

 I am more of the opinion that I want that full range of throttle input haha.  

Exactly why I liked level 2. Stopped fueling at 15psi which was way more than enough power for cruising and accelerating. 

And altitude.  I will have to do some videos when I am up there to show the difference it makes.

2 minutes ago, Me78569 said:

And altitude.  I will have to do some videos when I am up there to show the difference it makes.

Wouldn't it be nice if these trucks had an ambient pressure gauge that you could tap into? You could make the truck defuel 5% or so per 1psi difference. Basically automatically compensating for altitude.

Hmmm the ideas. -__- Wish I had mine to keep testing with. 

Just now, Me78569 said:

And altitude.

 

Like where I live and travel I can range from 800 above sea level to just about 9,000 feet. Most of it in the range of 1,500 to 5,500 feet elevation mostly. I think just getting a clean tune that is nearly smoke free will give me the best chance of gaining more MPG's. 

 

@TFaoro So what was your starting point with the 300HP injectors?

Just now, Mopar1973Man said:

@TFaoro So what was your starting point with the 300HP injectors?

I started at 69% to make things pretty clean. Or maybe it was 68... Either way, somewhere in there.

68 is where Tyler was at for the video posted in the quadIlla v2 thread.

1 hour ago, TFaoro said:

 

You're kidding right??

 

 

Absolutely not! If your going for a goal go for a good one otherwise just buy a dam car.

Just now, Wild and Free said:

Absolutely not! If your going for a goal go for a good one otherwise just buy a dam car.

So what about those people who don't have the money to go out and buy a car whenever they want? 

What about the people who need to have a truck with them all the time to haul things in the bed?

What about the people who can't afford the maintenance, insurance, and registration for another vehicle?

 

Getting 20mpg moving 14K pounds around isn't likely.... maybe a realistic goal would be a good idea though.

 

Either way, if you can save $$$ at the pump I don't think it's a bad thing. BTW the quad will likely improve towing mileage as well. 

So what is the 1000 2000 3000 tune difference 

10 minutes ago, Wild and Free said:

Absolutely not! If your going for a goal go for a good one otherwise just buy a dam car.

 

5 minutes ago, TFaoro said:

So what about those people who don't have the money to go out and buy a car whenever they want? 

What about the people who need to have a truck with them all the time to haul things in the bed?

 

 

That's me in a nutshell. Car won't work for me that why we got rid of our cars years ago. I've never seen a car trunk the size of long box pickup. Most of my shopping trips to the big city I can fill the bed of the truck most of the way.  

14 minutes ago, Wild and Free said:

Absolutely not! If your going for a goal go for a good one otherwise just buy a dam car.

Basically more fuel sooner. Makes the truck smoke more. 

I don't think there's a difference in top-end power. 

6 minutes ago, TFaoro said:

Basically more fuel sooner. Makes the truck smoke more. 

I don't think there's a difference in top-end power. 

Wonder if I should go with the 2000

1 minute ago, Silverdodge said:

Wonder if I should go with the 2000

Pick whatever you want. You can change to anything you want when you get it

 

Just now, TFaoro said:

Pick whatever you want. You can change to anything you want when you get it

 

Well I got fuel turbo and head studs lmao wonder what I should run timing at 10 or 7

36 minutes ago, Wild and Free said:

Absolutely not! If your going for a goal go for a good one otherwise just buy a dam car.

As high as you can without it surging should give you the best mileage. With studs there's no need to worry about the head. 

What u run urs at 

And what does timing do for boost 

Mine's gone -__-

 

Used to run it at 14, then dropped to 10, then I think Nick had it set around 8 for all the testing I did. 

 

Low timing helps spool the turbo. 
High timing with boost helps give fuel time to atomize and time to get in before combustion occurs. 

Edited September 11, 20168 yr by TFaoro

I have to say I've always  been partial to Quadzilla for many years (both cummins and duramax) and after reading about @TFaoro ,@Me78569 success and now @Mopar1973Man working with the V2 my mind is made up on what I'm going to run now to find time to get my clutch installed so I can keep the DAP125's in for good...had to test'em out . I am confident things can be tuned properly until a turbo is in the budget