Xzillaraider ?

[Buffalo]

I Screwed Up. Sorry!!!

Matt400.



My apologies to Matt400 and anyone else that tried the link I posted. I, accidently, put an "s" behind "showtopic". Typographical error, on my part. I also don't know how to transfer a link from one post to another. I'm also computer challenged.



That link should read: http://www.nwbombers.com/forum/inde...showtopic=13895



Once again, Sorry for the inconvenience.



Joe F. (Buffalo)

 

[Buffalo]

Well, I just clicked on the new link I posted, a few minutes ago, and it doesn't work either. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.



If your interested, go back to Reply #12, on this post, and it will tell you where in the DTR to find this link.



The link is on page #2. One of Don M's posts.



It works. I just tried it, again.



When you get on the "nwbombers" site, click on the pictures and they will "blow-up", quite a bit.



Sure wish I knew what I was doing wrong!!!



Sorry, again.



Joe F. (Buffalo)

 

[Gypsyman]

Buffalo,



Try this one.



Richard

 

[Matt400]

Thanks Richard, good reading and pics there. Another good reason to use a box with cab controls so you can dial what you need when you want it vs on all the time.

I bet the VA they talk about even being cranked all the way all the time did no damage due to the nature of its defueling in upper RPM's

 

[Gypsyman]

The injectors without damage are from my truck. Looks like following my gut instinct and sticking with the little VA payed off for me. I believe the fact that the VA uses throttle position and doesn't ramp the pressure all the time makes a huge difference. That's why I've always been a fan of the VA box for pressure over the EZ. Now I just need to make up the difference another way since the TST no longer works for me. Looks like I'm back to trying different timing/duration stacks again. 200 hp is gonna' be hard to find...



Richard

 

[Hokey]

The injectors without damage are from my truck. Looks like following my gut instinct and sticking with the little VA payed off for me. I believe the fact that the VA uses throttle position and doesn't ramp the pressure all the time makes a huge difference. That's why I've always been a fan of the VA box for pressure over the EZ. Now I just need to make up the difference another way since the TST no longer works for me. Looks like I'm back to trying different timing/duration stacks again. 200 hp is gonna' be hard to find...



Richard

I might have missed something but, Why doesn't your ""tst no longer work for you"?? The VA will stack with your tst won't it?

 

[Tomeygun]

I might have missed something but, Why doesn't your ""tst no longer work for you"?? The VA will stack with your tst won't it?

My thought exactly, I bet that is an awesome stack (TST+VA3. 1)

 

[Gypsyman]

LightmanE300 asked me the same thing so I'll just post a copy of my reply to him...



"Long story short. I ordered a second main box with the twins program. Just unplugged my main box and installed the new one. Didn't even think about there being a problem so I shipped my main box back the same day. Within 24 hours my truck was throwing all kinds of crazy codes. Thought it was just the more aggressive program. Called TST to get my original box sent back to me after they received it but it got lost in the shuffle and reprogrammed. I spent a full day back there at the shop and they couldn't figure it out either. We pulled my entire system off and placed it on another truck and had zero issues. I'm at a loss and finally have given up on them.



Whatever they changed in the latest update freaks my ECM out. Cam codes, crank codes, fuel valve feedback, A/C clutch, E-brake relay, and cooling fan circuit. All kinds of crazy crap that I never had before the TST update. Problem is that they keep coming even after the TST is removed. The only way to stop them is to reflash the ECM. After that all is normal.



I've tried the EZ, and both VA's with no problems at all so that verifies that it's the TST. I even have a used TST here that's so old it has the original timing harness with the ground wire. Unfortunately it also has the new programming. We've tried every possible variation of boxes and harness' and the only constant is the new programming from TST so that has to be it.



I'd risk trying it one more time if I could just find a box with the OLD programming in it. No luck so far. "



There you have it in a nutshell. No idea what changed in the new program and TST has pretty much just thrown up their hands and said "we don't have a clue". My original box was code and problem free for months. I love the TST box and while it was working it was the perfect combo stacked with the C3. 1, twins and EDMs but I just can't run it anymore and nobody seems to know why. I made it two days before the ECM freaked out again. I thought that the ECM was failing but without the new TST I have zero problems or codes so I believe that the ECM is just fine. I'm not willing to risk a $1300 ECM for the TST's power so I'm back to square one.



Richard

 

[Matt400]

I'm not willing to risk a $1300 ECM for the TST's power so I'm back to square one.

Maybe a good time to try a VA C3. 2 / X-Zillaraider stack.

 

[Gypsyman]

Been discussing that with a friend. TST told me that the ECM was limited as far as timing advance goes so I'm not sure if the Quad would be able to cool them both. Maybe the Quad on the lower settings and the VA on 100% would make a controllable combo as far as EGTs go. The VA/EZ stack makes a potent combo and puts me at 1250* sustained with 57 lbs of boost. It's just a smokey combo without the bottom end I'm used to.

 

[Matt400]

Maybe the Quad on the lower settings and the VA on 100% would make a controllable combo as far as EGTs go.

Good point, I read somewhere that even on the lower Quad settings that all the timing available is in.

 

[JStieger]

I have almost the same code problems as Richard with my TST (latest non-twins version), but if I remove it my codes clear. I can remove the TST and run stock, with or without the VA, and with or without the BDDL and have no issues whatsoever. TST then checks out my box and harness on the bench and on other trucks without any problems whatsoever. A few other guys in town have the original TST programming without any issues whatsoever and there trucks are all early '03s like mine.



Richard makes somes interesting observations about the ECM programming so it does make me wonder if my BDDL did anything during a program swap or when I used it to erase codes when I had the TST installed. However, this is just pure speculation on my part and the problems happen to him without a BDDL. So I just gave up on the TST and am selling it. I have other plans for my truck now of the more mechanical persuasion... :-laf