
Everything posted by Mopar1973Man
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Motor mounts
You might have to unbolt the 4 from the block and remove the entire unit. Be careful with the engine hanging on the hoist 1,100 pound engine can do serious harm. Being you are enjoying the egg-nog be safe while your working! Might be a good time to pull them both and inspect them might be getting tired after all the years of holding torque.
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Fresh Rebuild w/Quadzilla Dead Pedal, High Idle Problems
Clue... Dead pedal comes from two places. Either bad APPS sensor which typically with pop a P0121, P0122 or P0123 code instantly. The only other device that can create a dead pedal is VP44 which may or may not trip any codes at all. We need to see your fuel pressure and error codes. A lot of error codes do not set the check engine light. Suggestion is turn the Quadzilla to ZERO and see if it repeats. I really don't think the Quadzilla is responsible, personally.
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Quadzilla V2 Custom Tunes
I guess Spencer need to get the Quadzilla into someone's hands and break that record.
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Quadzilla V2 Custom Tunes
Is that Stainless Diesel?
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Riding lawn mowers good/bad&ugly
Does good and strong for mulching grass and leaves up in the fall of the year. Just changing direction and turning you have to do it slowly from a stopped position. These machines have a serious amount of torque and can rip up grass with the tires. Let's say I climbed a hill too steep and managed to roll mine over the top of myself. Nose came up, natural to lean forward to counterbalance but push the sticks forward too and the flipped right on over. Yeah that hurt having a machine flop over the top of you. The oil pressure switch shut it down. I was not hurt per se just a bit beat up and bruised. So yes these machines can climb way more than you think! True. Chain store is an MTD mower. Typically you can find the label on the mower to verify. MTD is a major maker of most chain store lawn mowers. https://www.mtdproducts.com/equipment/mtdproducts
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Quadzilla V2 Custom Tunes
The old 600 HP boundary is no longer a lot of people have passed the 1,000 HP mark with VP44 fuel only.
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Towing without gauges
Right now I don't even have a fan on the engine running without a fan all together. 180*F thermostat barely get to 188*F without the fan climbing 6% grade. (Not towing). Now towing I'll have the fan back in place but I barely tip 205*F most trips over a grade and the fan locks and pull back down to 193*F and unlock before I reach the top. Long enough grade in might cycle in and out several times.
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Fuel economy on iQuad
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.
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Towing without gauges
Still in all, I've never had a temperature problem on my truck typically stay well below 215*F all the time even towing heavy.
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Fuel economy on iQuad
Wrong vehicle. V2 Dodge 1998-2002 - Version 2.7 is current.
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Fuel economy on iQuad
Are you set on the right vehicle?
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Fuel economy on iQuad
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.
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Coolant leak from back of head
Head gasket... I just got done do that. Mine leaked at the very same spot.
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Riding lawn mowers good/bad&ugly
No. They are not equal. All your chain store mowers typically are an MTD mower with a different brand name. Typically you'll get roughly 5 to 8 years from one. I finally looked beyond that and moved on to a Raptor Zero Turn which was more like $2,500 for the unit. Previously the chain store lawn mowers would fail typically with the blades or blade housings. Last one I had from WalMart I could barely clip a tree rot and the blade would twist up and be ruined. Now with the Hustler Raptor below that is build like a real lawn mower. Blades last a long time before needing sharping. Blade housing and belts are built strong. Then zero turn is the bonus. I can cut a 10 acre lot in just about 1 hour running wide open at nearly 6 MPH,
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Fuel economy on iQuad
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.
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New Tire Size found 235's to 245's
Double check to see if it a 3 wire sensor or 1 wire sensor.
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New Tire Size found 235's to 245's
I'm interested in how that goes... Keep us posted on that!
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Towing without gauges
I totally agree. Most likely the face of the radiator is plugged with oil or mud. Then fan clutch is not locking fully. Poor thermostat function or no fully opening. Rare but broken water pump blades.
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Great Info!
Umm... No. To be honest. EGT +50°F on the Quadzilla vs the ISSpro EV2 across the entire span. Boost is good 0 to about 25 PSI then varies as it goes towards 40 PSI. Drifting... ECT only report to 204°F and flips to -40°F. ECM limitation of the CANBus OBDII reports correctly. MPH is off by -1 MPH across the board. OBDII report correctly. I need to check the newest flash if it's fixed. (I'm behind yet! ) OIl pressure only works in early years. Doesn't function on my 2002. Not using the fuel pressure already got a ISSPro EV2 fuel pressure. The rest of the data like timing, and so forth is fine.
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Let's talk about shocks.
Yes sir. Typically I find that the piston start caking fluid from the hot days and heavy panic braking. Then I can re-tune the pistons to fit the caliper bodies. Seal kits are super cheap like $8 to rebuild a caliper yourself as long as there no pitting or rust forming. Being I started having fluid weeping on the rear calipers during MoparMom hospital time I just replaced the calipers on the rear and didn't bother with rebuilding also signs of rust damage too. I've still got my factory front calipers. No issues with them. Still got my factory rotors yet too. Only done 1 set of brake pads at 185k miles. I'm just about 177k miles on these brake pads. I've done the brake fluid flush last year but didn't tear down. I need to do it this year for sure very soon my brake fluid is already darkening. If a flush again now I'm sure all the debris will drop to the bottom of the calipers and bind up the pistons. Since most of the debris is heavier than brake fluid the only way to get it all out is pull the pistons and hose them out with brake cleaner. Sad but true.
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Everyone post a picture of your truck!
Not going to gain much. The only way to get true cold air is pull the head and cut the entire intake manifold off and get rid of the coolant jack in the manifold. Even with the morning temperatures at +10°F I'm still floating 60 to 62°F at the IAT. I've pulled the engine fan out and tried the factory box vs BHAF and no change. Still the same. The fact is the intercooler does an awesome job of cooling the air. It the head design that brings the warmth back. So all the intakes and mods you want to try is not going to alter that IAT read till the coolant jacket is removed.
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New Tire Size found 235's to 245's
Ummm... that easy to explain. Wider tires spread the weight out more so traction is reduced on slick surfaces. Axle weight typically in the rear axle of a 2500 series is about 2,860 pounds so about 1,430 pounds per tire. Then figure out the catch patch in square inches and then divide up the weight to amount of square inches. Wider tires tend to float more on top, great for offroad usage. This is another reason I've gone down in tire size this, in turn, makes a smaller contact patch and pushes more rubber into the road on slick days. Yeah, you have to manage the power vs. your road condition. Typically when the frost is visible I typically drop to level 3 (no wiretap) I tend to get a torque shock as the wiretap hits.
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Great Info!
Quadzilla Adrenaline happens to be the best tuner on the market for the 24V 2nd Gen truck in my mind. Extremely easy to use and extremely easy to install. Takes just a few minutes tinkering with your custom tune and you can be out making smokefree power and increase MPG without much effort. The only thing I would bring out you might still consider gauges. Yeah, Quadzilla comes with gauges be it really quite nice to be able to go headless and keeping the security of the truck up. Anyone looking in the window won't see a tuner or a screen like Edge Juice or Smarty Touch they assume the truck is stock and move on to the next target.
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New Tire Size found 235's to 245's
Cheater...
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Gurgle after heater core
Yeah the vacuum method works awesome if you have the rig to do that. I normal park the truck nose up slightly and remove the thermostat and go from there. When the coolant is just about to spill over then stuff the thermostat in and finish loading with coolant.