Tuning a Ram

[twack]

The Predators usually have extremely limited tuning via the handheld. I am not totally sure on the Dodges, but on most cars there are only a few RPMs available and you can add or subtract a few degrees of timing and a few percent of fuel. We did an off the shelf Predator on an SRT8 Jeep and it really didn't do anything powerwise.
pretty much what my brother said

[mdost03]

I use the Predator on my SRT4 and I like it. They are limited right out of the box, but if it's fairly stock, it's all you need. You can get custom tunes for it and flash them and Diablosport usually includes 1-2 tunes from themselves depending on the vehicle. MAP just got the Diablosport CMR tuning software at their facility so they can pretty much tune it just like it were DSMLink (injector rescales, 3-bar sensor rescales, etc.) and then if you need to, you can tune it a bit with the handheld at a later time (40% increase/decrease in fuel, timing adjustment +/- 10*, other little stuff, and you can tune this every 1k RPMs to redline and after.) Also includes pretty good logging software and a ton of values to log.

[deadeye]

Thanks for the input guys.

CMR was what I was thinking of. You load custom tunes into the predator and then use that to flash the puter in the truck.

I don't really expect any kind of crazy gains but its hard for me to have something and not make it a little better. It should help more with exhaust and intake opened up. Maybe some cams and porting would be appropriate too.

[Andrew7dg]

Thanks for the input guys.

CMR was what I was thinking of. You load custom tunes into the predator and then use that to flash the puter in the truck.

I don't really expect any kind of crazy gains but its hard for me to have something and not make it a little better. It should help more with exhaust and intake opened up. Maybe some cams and porting would be appropriate too.

That is the key, opening up the intake and the exhaust. You will see a lot more performance gains with your "custom tune" from opening up everything first before doing the tune.

When people want that "magic chip" that will make their car go faster!! the engine is still an airpump that still needs to breath. No chip is going to fix that.

My uncle has the V10 in his ford F350 and he thought the chip was going to "wake it up"
After my advice he bought the nice intake and had a custom exhaust made for it. Still had the chip and it improved on the power.

Like said above, diesels make pretty decent power on chip but often in the instructions or often times included in the kit are head bolts that you are suppose to replace when you install them. at least on the fords anyway...