Smarty JR, Banks Economind, Other

[Bouma]

I am looking for some sensible horsepower. I am not looking to race my truck or pull it or anything like that. I would like a little more grunt, more mpg, and not tear up the truck because I am known to keep them a long time. The question is, am I better to leave the truck alone or try something? I know the Smarty and the JR seems to be the way every one is leaning. My question is, my truck had a TSB performed on it 2 years ago. Reading the Madds web site, they say they have the latest program in the tunner and when you go back to stock the tunner loads this new program. So basically if I understand this correctly, I will never have the program I have now? Will a Banks allow this? Other ideas? Is this important? I need some advice!

 

[RRees]

I have the Smarty Jr. I've ran the Economy and the Tow settings. Nice improvement over stock.



Purchased the Jr. last December (2007).

No issues. Now have approx 36K on the truck.



I've noticed about 1-1. 5 mpg gain when keeping the foot out of it.



I need to add Smarty Jr to my signature.



No experience with the others.

 

[moonranch]

I have both the Banks OttoMind(now enconomind) and the Smarty Jr. They both provide a noticable increase in power and an increase in mpg individually and even more "stacked". The Banks system will not effect your TSB or any other programing, but the Smaty might(I no longer get the "fast" idle on cold mornings). I got my Banks with the PDA and really like it for the biult-in gauges and ability to reduse power if EGTs ect. are too high. One of my favorite features on the Smarty is the ability to adjust for different tire sizes so the speddo and odometer read correctly. PM me if you want more detailed info or dyno charts.

 

[Motorhead]

My understanding is that when you download back to stock, it downloads what it found as stock. I have the Jr and just loaded the Revo settings into it. I still have fast idle and it runs great.