EFI Live tuning

[Jim W]

I am glad that the EFILive worked out for you. I know my son is real big on them since EFILive will now work on the Cummins engine. As I said before he ran the Smarty on his 06 and than switched to the EFILive. He stated this was night and day over the Smarty.
Good luck.
Jim

 

[NIsaacs]

so I experimented on the drive way and three out of three times no problem. I'll know more today.

Awesome, you will not look back! My son has it on his '06, I think 3 levels and a competition/sled pull tune, his wife's truck, she loves it.

Nick

 

[RVTRKN]

I left it on the enhanced stock tune (lowest setting) and was impressed, I got my HP back that I lost when I went from my 325HP 04.5 CTD to the 305 HP C&C. And the 2nd gear start went without a stall, just that alone made it worth something to me. BUT I'm waiting to go through a couple of tanks of fuel To see if I got rid of the surging when in regen.

 

[NIsaacs]

How can you stand to wait? I would have been on all 5 levels before I went a mile:-laf

Nick

 

[RVTRKN]

I didn't get it for performance, I got it because I can't get support for a glitch that was originally under warranty, but I listened to tech that claimed it was probably due to the new (in 09) update and was intentioned. (there's more to it than that but that's another thread) So data logging and ECM reprogramming is another option that happens to be cheaper than buying a Witech data logger and the time for programing and reprogramming trying to find the glitch. The best part is I can mildly increase power without effecting the Emissions. But I'll check four of the five tunes. I don't need super power, besides I don't want to change head gaskets when playing NASCAR with a truck. But it is nice to have some extra power due to a 305HP 6.7 C&C version. The four tunes I'll use are 1) enhanced stock 2) light towing 3) Heavy towing 4) MPG.

 

[RVTRKN]

How can you stand to wait? I would have been on all 5 levels before I went a mile:-laf

Nick

Nick, you'd be proud, I have ran all 5 programs now, and the performance level is not as powerful as I expected, but it was programmed for a stock 6.7 with all emissions intact.

 

[MMeier]

Any change while in regen, or have not been driven far enough to tell yet ?

 

[RVTRKN]

It started the surging after I posted #26, on the way home from my daughters house. So now I'm going to set up the EFILive to data log, I hope it can be captured as to what is causing it.

 

[RVTRKN]

It started the surging after I posted #26, on the way home from my daughters house. So now I'm going to set up the EFILive to data log, I hope it can be captured as to what is causing it.

 

[RVTRKN]

Update!! It still has the sluggish power below 2000-RPM and then blasts off with hi power above 2000-RPM when accelerating, when in regen, BUT the throttle sticking at 3100 for a second or two (what seems like minutes ) is gone. Seems like the EFILive has eliminated the sticking throttle sensation. It's still in regen, so I have a few more miles of testing it. I'll post more after my trip to Parker AZ.

BTW MMeier, the higher HP I now have, will require an NV5600 upgrade, do you know where I could get one?

 

[MMeier]

Update!! It still has the sluggish power below 2000-RPM and then blasts off with hi power above 2000-RPM when accelerating, when in regen, BUT the throttle sticking at 3100 for a second or two (what seems like minutes ) is gone. Seems like the EFILive has eliminated the sticking throttle sensation. It's still in regen, so I have a few more miles of testing it. I'll post more after my trip to Parker AZ.

BTW MMeier, the higher HP I now have, will require an NV5600 upgrade, do you know where I could get one?

Hmmmm......let me think a bit here !!

 

[RVTRKN]

After a couple of hundred miles towing 23K GCW on the heavy tow setting (#2), I really didn't notice any power increase. But running around Parker AZ empty @ 10K GVW on the MPG setting (#4), it did increase my MPG by the lie-O-meter @ 3MPG better. My C&C never gets good MPG due to the heavy B&W bed. Best I've seen is @ 14. I don't want to run the High Performance setting (#5), that's not the purpose of the EFILive as stated before. Besides, I don't want head gasket issues.

 

[Beast2B]

one thing I've learned is that any change to the tune MAY need 50-100 miles of driving to 'normalize'. like it goes back into a learning mode for awhile. with my truck, they say any tune change more than one level I should allow for relearning and a gentle 100 miles. food for thought...

 

[AH64ID]

These aren't learning ECM's...

 

[Bob4x4]

one thing I've learned is that any change to the tune MAY need 50-100 miles of driving to 'normalize'. like it goes back into a learning mode for awhile. with my truck, they say any tune change more than one level I should allow for relearning and a gentle 100 miles. food for thought...

Lol "gentle 100 miles" who thinks this stuff up?

 

[RVTRKN]

I believe Beast2B is confusing the instructions of his tuner vrs the ECM. The only controller I'm aware of the CTD and probably cars as well, is the TCM.

BTW Bob4x4, thanks for your recommending EFILive, what PID's would you target for data recording to eliminate the surging phenomena I'm experiencing. It seems to have eliminated the sticking throttle phenomena part of my regen issue.

 

[RVTRKN]

Ran a few miles on level 5, taking it easy, and I liked the way it worked in conjunction with my G56. It shifted so much better and accelerated real smooth, it even seemed to dampen the NVH noise in 3rd @1500 RPM. I going to keep it on level 5 for awhile, I'll just make sure not to race it between traffic lights, or climb long grades, but this will be at GVW only. So far it has been worth every penny I paid.

 

[NIsaacs]

Ran a few miles on level 5, taking it easy, and I liked the way it worked in conjunction with my G56. It shifted so much better and accelerated real smooth, it even seemed to dampen the NVH noise in 3rd @1500 RPM. I going to keep it on level 5 for awhile, I'll just make sure not to race it between traffic lights, or climb long grades, but this will be at GVW only. So far it has been worth every penny I paid.

Good job! I mostly stay on level 5 with my Juice, stock is boring

Nick

 

[RVTRKN]

What about towing, do you turn it down?

 

[NIsaacs]

For the most part I tow on 5, I like the way it pulls. Most of my travel is on two lane roads so I like the passing power. I do have to watch the EGT's and water temps. I do turn it down when I am empty and driving on slow roads, the cruise will not stabilize on the high settings. The faster the road or the heavier I am the more resistance and the better the cruise works.

I just installed 4" exhaust (oem is 3") but haven't towed yet. I am expecting better overall performance. Do you have gauges?

Nick