do you experience the surging trottle at crusing highway speed?Originally Posted by gbaumann
do you experience the surging trottle at crusing highway speed?
I do experience some irregularity. It's not terrible. I too would hope it will get worked out in future tunes or perhaps through some tweaking to the bypass mechanism. I can't tell why it's happening. I don't feel like the throttle is surging as much as I feel like unwanted boost may be kicking in or current boost may be cutting out.
Have many tunes have they put out for the manual?
Tune update count -
Magnuson 2 since Jan of 2014
RIPP 10 since March of 2013
Hmmmmmm. Its really odd, since the truck is basically at rest cruising. Im sure mag is on it tho. Its the only real blip we deal with.
Do you experience anything like the throttle "surge" it with the RIPP? Does the RIPP programming / Mag programming affect shifting differently? Truth be told, after a week I'm pretty much shifting in auto-man mode all the time. There is so much torque and to me it feels better to shift up a bit quicker and let the motor do its thing. It's also more comfortable for me to limit the drop from 5th to 4th when passing on the highway.
I must say I went with Magnuson because I'm 46 years old. I'v have built several high performance GM small and big blocks over what seems like a lifetime. There is no way I would have anything other than a screw atop my motor. From the time I was a teenager the holy grail was a roots screw sitting through the hood. So for me, the choice was more out of plain preference than any belief that it's better or worse than a centrifugal unit. I only wish I had a big red plunger switch on my shifter to turn the blower on and off (along with a sawed off shotgun and a dog to ride the wasteland with me).
Seriously though, the data you have collected as awesome!
I will also say that I spent some time off road this week and my jeep is a completely different animal (and I mean ANIMAL)! I am now in search of any incline I can climb.
The young guys who read this wont get the Road Warrior / Mad Max references, I do. and when you think screw type SC, my mind goes right there. (turbo interceptor) Classic.
1- the surge im talking about with the mag is when cruising on the highway, power will start and stop as if you are touching the gas pedal, when your not. The RIPP dosent do that.
2- Differences in shifting - I honestly have no idea, all our trucks are Manual trans. My brain says regardless of the tune or the SC the tranny is unchanged and shift points are unchanged (im really not sure)
The mag is great down low, there are pros and cons to each that really all comes down to preference. Black Betty whistles like an F-16, Sweet Pea shrieks. The winner in a race will come down to the driver, and when it comes to off road capability, that will also come down to the driver.
the other Ross, from RIPP has driven Black Betty with me in the passenger seat, and has scared me to death. She is faster than my driving skill. He can chirp my 37s in 3rd gear.
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