smarty questions

[Triton]

makes perfect sense to me. I haven't had the problems described but, wanted to note ... . you can't beat this kind of customer service.

It's nice to know that when you're playing around with a newer trucks SW, there's a support " team " behind it all.

You da men Marco & Stefano & Bob

 

[BGlidewell]

I'm sorry if this has been explained before but what does the timing do in the odd number levels? The same HP is available in the alternate even levels.

SW # 0 : Half power
SW # 1 : 30 Hp increase, with added timing .
SW # 2 : 60 Hp increase, no added timing.
SW # 3 : 60 Hp increase, with added timing.
SW # 4 : 90 Hp increase, no added timing.
SW # 5 : 90 Hp increase, with added timing.
SW # 6 : 130 Hp increase, no added timing.
SW # 7 : 130 Hp increase, with added timing.
SW # 8 : 170 Hp increase, no added timing. ***
SW # 9 : 170 Hp increase, with added timing. ***

 

[Signal73]

One thing it will do is help lower egt's in the higher rpms, also Help fuel economy a little bit.

 

[SBLASIUS]

Marco I'm glad you and Bob are helping me out with this little glitch, really appreciate the service.

 

[Giachino]

One thing it will do is help lower egt's in the higher rpms, also Help fuel economy a little bit.

Plus the non timming settings can be used if you stack with a fuel box that already adds timming.

 

[sid325]

Marco, Stefano & Bob,



Thanks for all your hard work. I appreciate it.



Sid

 

[MPerez]

OK, I have a questions; is there any way to know if your truck has been altered by another programmer? My truck which though is an '06, was used when I got it. And though it's running fine stock, I am concerned about modifying it and finding a problem. Has this been addressed anywhere else?

 

[MGreer]

Currently I have sw 307xxx loaded into smarty. I have sw 303xxx saved on a flash drive. If I want to reload sw 303 back into smarty, will this cause the key count problems, etc. , because of the DC updates that are in the smarty sw.



Will smarty even recognize sw 303, or should I go with the newest sw revisions?



Thanks for all the support

 

[Bob Wagner]

once you used 307 there is no going back to 303



Once a newer chrysler stock software is loaded into your ecm you cant go back to an older version software.



I hope this helps

 

[MGreer]

Thats how I thought it worked, but wasn't sure. I went out and checked and I actually have 309b 204b loaded in smarty. Time for an update.



Thanks Bob

 

[SLightfoot]

NEVER write an older software revision into an ECM that already contains a newer one. Besides the fact that the customer will loose it's latest update, not only can it screw the trip data. Depending upon what revisions are involved it can even kill the ECM... .

Marco, can this situation happen with a truck that has only and will only use the Smarty programmer?



I'm trying to understand how one would have an older version of SW and a newer stock Chrysler SW on board.



Thanks,



Shawn

 

[Signal73]

Forgot to post smarty is in and kicks @$$!!!!!! I cannot believe the MPG increase either. I figured the overhead got screwey with the tuner, but hand calculating worked out about right.

I towed my 95 12 valve on a 16' 10K lb rated trailer up to massdiesel on monday and got an average of 16. 4 mpg at 65-70mph. I figure it was around 9K loaded.

Ive in the past only gotten 17 unloaded on the same trip!

Guess the latest flash and added timing really kicks up the MPG.

This is no BS!

 

[Marco]

SLightfoot,
Smarty writes an ECM only if he has a newer or same level software on board.
Smarty NEVER writes an older software! Some others do it, not Smarty.
In the case where Smarty reads a software revision from an ECM that's newer than what he has on board, Smarty says " Unknown Software" and refuses to work on that truck. We've done our homework... .

Marco

 

[Big P]

Forgot to post smarty is in and kicks @$$!!!!!! I cannot believe the MPG increase either. I figured the overhead got screwey with the tuner, but hand calculating worked out about right.

I towed my 95 12 valve on a 16' 10K lb rated trailer up to massdiesel on monday and got an average of 16. 4 mpg at 65-70mph. I figure it was around 9K loaded.

Ive in the past only gotten 17 unloaded on the same trip!

Guess the latest flash and added timing really kicks up the MPG.

This is no BS!

What hp setting?

 

[BBeck]

I'm sorry if this has been explained before but what does the timing do in the odd number levels? The same HP is available in the alternate even levels.

SW # 0 : Half power
SW # 1 : 30 Hp increase, with added timing .
SW # 2 : 60 Hp increase, no added timing.
SW # 3 : 60 Hp increase, with added timing.
SW # 4 : 90 Hp increase, no added timing.
SW # 5 : 90 Hp increase, with added timing.
SW # 6 : 130 Hp increase, no added timing.
SW # 7 : 130 Hp increase, with added timing.
SW # 8 : 170 Hp increase, no added timing. ***
SW # 9 : 170 Hp increase, with added timing. ***

Bob or Marco:



Would you please expand on what the SW#0 does? What is meant by half power? Half the rated horsepower and torque of the stock specs? Also, in looking at your site, I was wondering if you have an update on the MPG figures. Finally, any plans for the 6. 7L engine?



Thank you in advance,

Brad

 

[Signal73]

What hp setting?

30Hp w/timing. Usually run it on 60, but with the trailer in tow kicked it down a level.

 

[Morse]

Here's a Smarty question. . What is the most hp anyone has made with the Smarty, no stack? I currently run the Scary Larry program, though I'm considering switching to the Smarty. I need about the Same power as I currently have. The dually is at 13. 0's right now. . I'm switching everything to my new 2500 standard cab that will be about 2,000 pounds lighter. I want it to run high 11's to low 12's. . I like the idea of not adding pressure. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Red Ram]

There are two possible reasons for a different timing after the use of Smarty.



First and most obvious one for the 06's trucks.

The latest update that Smarty leaves in the truck. If you remember, when the first 06's came out a lot of people complained about the bad mileage they got. DC came out with a new SW that fixed the mileage problem. Yet, these new SW's have a considerably higher timing than the older ones. I've noticed that in our test mule also but personally I would not call it " terrible noise". After all it's a diesel...



Second thing that can happen if another brand downloader has been used prior to Smarty in that truck. It's a little bit tricky , I'll try to keep it simple...



Background. In order to keep the key count, trip data and what not intact Smarty reads all those parameters from the ECM and then stores them back into the new software that has to be downloaded into the ECM. OK?



Here it becomes tricky. I have seen it several times by now that the other brand toys screw these data up really bad. They claim to be not traceable but in reality they do their thing just plain out wrong!



Now Smarty reads that data from an older revision SW and writes them into the latest availabel one.

Mind you, Smarty is doing nothing wrong! All he does is to read and then write the key counts and trip data yada yada yada. If those data's are messed up from the beginning... Smarty reads and writes senseless stuff.

Unfortunatly there's no way for Smarty to determine if what he's reading is correct or not!



All kind of strange things can happen in that scenario...

Likely, even strange timing rattles.



There are two ways out of that situation.



1) A reflash by a dealer. DC's tools do not save any data from the ECM before they download new SW's thus they will erase the screwed trip data. (Keep in mind, If a dealer checks the trip data he will see senseless things... )



2) I can do a special software for Smarty that will erase the trip data and update the ECM with a stock SW similar to what the DRB / StarScan would do. Done that several times by now to get rid of the Argentina/ Brazil SW that our competitors have used / are still using. A dealer can not flash those SW's back to a Federal / CARB one even if they wanted to.



Makes any sense?



Marco

Saying that Marco will you new SW that similar to DRB will it reset the key count to zero and also can be detect with StarScan by DC. Also does it work with the new 2006 Can Bus. I did use the superchips the summer of 2006, I also got the bad the high rattle sound. I throught it was the new ULS fuel.

 

[BBeck]

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