Can someone educate me on the fuel economy monitoring capabilities of the Quadzilla? I think that the gallon/trip is pretty self explanatory, but I don’t understand what the eco gauge is telling me. My truck did not have a mpg display originally, so I have always hand calculated just for curiosity. I have never recorded or tracked mileage other than a quick check at the filling station. I am curious about these features, as I am going to start playing with tunes and see how effecient I can make this monster. 

 

How accurate is the gallon/trip function? Can I rely on that data? It seems like it would be much more reliable and precise than the “pump until it clicks” meathod. 

 

What exactly is the eco gauge monitoring, and what does it tell us about fuel economy?

 

any advice on parameters to start with on building my own economy tune? 

I have now re-flashed the box, checked all of my wiring, and reloaded the vehicle profile. Every time i shut the struck off it resets the average mpg and the gallon trip. This morning after the gallon trip got up to around .2 gallons used, i pulled over and shut the truck off with the app running. as soon as i restarted the truck, every sensor was consistent with pre-shut down with the exception of the mpg and gallon trip. They reset to 0. power level, coolant temp, and everything else was still reading good, but non of those require any memory to read accurately. mpg offset is turned on and set at 155%, eco reset is turned off.  what am i missing?

Anyone have any ideas? I would love for this feature to work well, but right now it’s not useful if it resets every time. 

Turn the MPG OFFSET to off. It doesn't need to be on to be funcitonal. You only need to set to to ON when you are resetting the Gallons used. Everytime you are connected to the Adrenaline, you are resetting it because the APP is seeing that you have it set and is sending the signal to reset it. Turn it to OFF. It will still apply the MPG offset, but it will no longer reset the gallons used per trip. 

 

2 hours ago, Quadzilla Power said:

Turn the MPG OFFSET to off. It doesn't need to be on to be funcitonal. You only need to set to to ON when you are resetting the Gallons used. Everytime you are connected to the Adrenaline, you are resetting it because the APP is seeing that you have it set and is sending the signal to reset it. Turn it to OFF. It will still apply the MPG offset, but it will no longer reset the gallons used per trip. 

 

That makes sense. It’ll be a week or so before I get back home to try, but I’ll update you guys as soon as I try it. I assumed that the on switch actually was turning the offset on. 

Yes, it is confusing. I'm sure you're not the last person this will affect. I wish I could have named it something different. 

8 minutes ago, Quadzilla Power said:

Yes, it is confusing. I'm sure you're not the last person this will affect. I wish I could have named it something different. 

 

I think its time to consider rebuilding the UI / UX for the iQuad app again. There is a minor issue like this. How about the Eq Sliders. You're trying to see where the slider land in the green or red zone but you can't see that because the slider is right over the break of the red and green. The trip reset should be just a button, not an on/off switch. iQuad app should remember your last screen position instead of panning to it every time. Might be time for a bit of software tweaking on the iQuad app.

Its all about the 

Yeah, I know it... Gotta to stay within the budget... 

Well I have tried the buttons set in every combination that I can think of. I cannot keep it from resetting every time the truck starts. 

Make sure both red leads are hooked up. There is one red lead that goes to +12V battery and the red white that goes in the cab to fuse #9 if I'm not mistaken.

7 minutes ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Make sure both red leads are hooked up. There is one red lead that goes to +12V battery and the red white that goes in the cab to fuse #9 if I'm not mistaken.

Both leads are hooked up. Solid red lead is connected to the stud on the main fuse panel, red and white to the cab fuse #9. Changed the fuse for good measure, but no luck. I would imagine that the red and white wire is to signal the quad that the key is on. It is basically functioning as a relay, is it not? So if it were not getting key on signals, the quad would never switch on. Box power is coming from the battery lead, which should also be the power source for memory. So in theory, if the box is powering on, there should be no problem with the power leads. Is my understanding correct?

Another way is to set up the EGT cooldown feature and see if the engine stays running after the key is turned off. If so both leads are correct. 

 

Might be time to contact Spencer @Quadzilla Power and ask him. @Me78569 might know too.

does your power level stay the same from key off to key on or does it always revert back to lvl 0

1 hour ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Another way is to set up the EGT cooldown feature and see if the engine stays running after the key is turned off. If so both leads are correct. 

 

Might be time to contact Spencer @Quadzilla Power and ask him. @Me78569 might know too.

 

1 hour ago, Me78569 said:

does your power level stay the same from key off to key on or does it always revert back to lvl 0

 

Turbo cool down set, works as designed. The power level stays the same. Always returns to previous power level set after warm up temp is reached. My settings on offset, de-fuel, warm-up, etc. are remembered as well, but I suspect they are stored in the app not in the quad. 

Are you set on the right vehicle?

Yes I am using the V2 Quadzilla Only version 3.94

 

Wrong vehicle. 

 

V2 Dodge 1998-2002 - Version 2.7 is current. 

 

6 minutes ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Wrong vehicle. 

 

V2 Dodge 1998-2002 - Version 2.7 is current. 

 

Does that profile support the average mpg gauge? I know that it did not when it was first released. Would I need to reflash the quad box to use it in that profile?

No, not yet. the 3.94 was more or lest there beta testing grounds. I would try going back to the 2.7 version and see if it keeps the setting. It could a software bug biting you. 

I will switch and see if that is the case