Edge Juice

[Marcus2000monster]

How to test for this?

[Me78569]

theres an article for it.

 

[Marcus2000monster]

Adjusted the valves and I think I screwed up. Much different idle like a very small lope not very smooth. I’ll have to try again tomorrow night... will it hurt anything if I drive to work with it like that?? 

[kzimmer]

Make sure you follow the procedure in the article section here. Cold engine.

[Marcus2000monster]

Yep I will ! Is it ok to drive like it is??

Also do I want the feeler gauge to be tight in there or slide freely? 

[kzimmer]

I don't want to answer that. I think it would completely dependent on how far off the adjustment is. Safe answer would be 'no'. Make sure you read through the how-to article on here a few times and get a really good understanding of which valves to do at TDC and which valves to do at BDC. 

 

You should feel some resistance on the feeler gauge. It should not bite or bind, but you also shouldn't be able to 'wiggle' it or feel slop, if that makes sense. When I do it, I start to tighten it so it's close, and if it's a little bit loose, tighten the locknut at the same time as the adjustment screw to make up the extra.

[Marcus2000monster]

Redid the valve adgustments and so far it sounds way better! I haven’t got to drive it yet though... 

[Me78569]

@Marcus2000monster  may I ask why you are looking to buy that S03 to replace your edge?  

[Marcus2000monster]

I need the money from the juice and I would like to try the smarty out. Do you have a problem with it? 

[Me78569]

 

 

The s03 tends to shove all the fueling between 0-30 % throttle input then nadda after that.  

 

The timing maps are worrisome as well.  Very aggressive at very low rpms and high load.  Very hard on head gaskets

 

Did a lot of logging. You can see the amount of pedal movement needed to Max fueling.  In some cases as low as %25 throttle movement

 

 

 

[Marcus2000monster]

I’m amazed because I hear all sorts of good things about smarty and turn around to hear that they are nothing but crap! I’m so confused... Qaudzilla Xzt?

[Me78569]

The datalogs speak for themselves.   Anything over sw3 just results in a light switch for a throttle pedal. Sw3 didn't max fueling and I didn't see a timing curve that I would personally run.

 

 

If you haven't been happy yet with a tuner you won't be.  The ez and xzt do the exact same thing.  If I was you I would just keep what you have.

 

I don't think the smarty is worth the risk on stock headbolts.  

[Marcus2000monster]

I understand what you are saying. Thinking that the best thing I could do is switch back to the qaudzilla now that my issues are solved ... I liked it until i started having issues and blamed it on the qaudzilla which was wrong. Thoughts? 

[Me78569]

What solved your issue?  Last I heard the truck lost power for no known reason.  

 

on a stock truck the edge vs quad is a moot arguement.  they both will produce the same power, rpm, etc etc etc

[Marcus2000monster]

Sorry I should have been more specific .. apparently the valve lash had something to do with the power. It seems to have been working well for he last however long it’s been since I did it. Seems like it has all he power it should... 

I would like to try some more custom

tuning with the qaudzilla and also

likentoo be able to tune for bigger injectors soon... haha