[boostkingMatt]

Back to living on the edge I like it! lol
Ohhh the addiction is so real, I've definitely been there, with other things.

At least now you know to have extra $$ on hand if warranty is denied again!!

I'm excited to see how this new adventure goes, hoping it's with no bumps in the road! 🤞🏻

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Only reason I’m doing it is because no one can get the truck where I want it. When I first got the truck I said I wanted a 91 octane tune and I’d call it good. Well, I did that, but the tune only added 20hp, and I added the bigger turbos because CRP gave me a deal. Then we still couldn’t get the tune where I wanted it. Finally we cracked into the 50 lb/min range but boost was spiking to 22 and falling hard at redline. So I decided to go with an unlocked ECU and be done with chasing the hidden boost limit that’s on the top end.

 

[Sirikenewtron]

Only reason I’m doing it is because no one can get the truck where I want it. When I first got the truck I said I wanted a 91 octane tune and I’d call it good. Well, I did that, but the tune only added 20hp, and I added the bigger turbos because CRP gave me a deal. Then we still couldn’t get the tune where I wanted it. Finally we cracked into the 50 lb/min range but boost was spiking to 22 and falling hard at redline. So I decided to go with an unlocked ECU and be done with chasing the hidden boost limit that’s on the top end.

Oh I hear you man! I know all too well the good old "snowball effect" haha
There will always be something. 🏁

Wow… Just realized my other comment got edited even though I edited it to be PG.

 

[Upshifter]

Please forgive my lack of knowledge, but what does utilizing a seperate unlocked ECM give you that tuning the existing ECM prevents?

I understand the potential for stealthier warranty work. But from a tuning standpoint....

... Are there certain features or "levers" available with this new ECM that can't be touched in the existing?

 

[boostkingMatt]

Please forgive my lack of knowledge, but what does utilizing a seperate unlocked ECM give you that tuning the existing ECM prevents?

I understand the potential for stealthier warranty work. But from a tuning standpoint....

... Are there certain features or "levers" available with this new ECM that can't be touched in the existing?

That is a question for Adam, not me. I think it allows everything to be manipulated completely by HP tuners software since HP cannot tune an existing ECU. Kinda like Cobb, except Cobb is way dumber

 

[boostkingMatt]

Doing fancy stuff!

 

[TOWMA8R]

Doing fancy stuff! View attachment 199740

OH My!

 

[boostkingMatt]

Alright guys here’s the scoop.

Got the new ECU reprogrammed with FDRS, Adam did that remotely for me. Then got the truck running. I learned a lot watching him do things mysteriously on the little tablet. My truck was running terrible and he fixed it and set it all up. Was really cool to watch.

Then I had to buy 4 credits which is 200$ 😬 so I can tune the truck with HP tuners. Then I loaded the baseline tune and it made 52 lb/min on 15.7 psi of boost. Then I loaded the next tune and it made 60.2 lb/min with 17.5 psi, and, Adam said we have a lot more turbo left. Adam wants to shoot for 65 lb/min. The stock turbos can flow 60lb/min, so asking 65 from these doesn’t seem like a tall order.

We’ll see what it does. I’m shooting for 12.5 1/4 mile. That’s the goal.

 

[stvsbc]

Alright guys here’s the scoop.

Got the new ECU reprogrammed with FDRS, Adam did that remotely for me. Then got the truck running. I learned a lot watching him do things mysteriously on the little tablet. My truck was running terrible and he fixed it and set it all up. Was really cool to watch.

Then I had to buy 4 credits which is 200$ 😬 so I can tune the truck with HP tuners. Then I loaded the baseline tune and it made 52 lb/min on 15.7 psi of boost. Then I loaded the next tune and it made 60.2 lb/min with 17.5 psi, and, Adam said we have a lot more turbo left. Adam wants to shoot for 65 lb/min. The stock turbos can flow 60lb/min, so asking 65 from these doesn’t seem like a tall order.

We’ll see what it does. I’m shooting for 12.5 1/4 mile. That’s the goal.

I think your goal is conservative and very achievable. In fact, if it doesn't go 12.0s, maybe even high 11s, when it gets sorted out, I will be shocked.

 

[boostkingMatt]

I think your goal is conservative and very achievable. In fact, if it doesn't go 12.0s, maybe even high 11s, when it gets sorted out, I will be shocked.

Well, I hope it doesn’t go that fast on 91 octane. If it does I’m asking Adam to turn it down. 12.5 is a conservative number, but it’s still fast enough to give people a fun ride!

 

[Upshifter]

Let's go! I bet you do see lower 12's at worst!

The new goal posts:
Car & Driver just got 4.2 0-60 + 12.8 @ 106mph in the quarter for the new Ram 1500 3.0 High Output.
And that was in the super fat Limited Long Bed 4x4 configuration weighing in just a hair under 6k lbs.

Granted that was at sea level, so I'm really interested in what it would do at our elevation - to see how much turbo overhead Ram baked in. My guess is absolutely none.

540hp from 3.0 liters courtesy of 28psi.

If you hit 65 lb/min that's 100 more hp AND at least 500 fewer lbs to motivate.

For context BMW has been honing their 3.0 inline six for well over a decade now, and offers only 523 hp in their high test M3/4 Competition spec (though admittedly everyone knows the Crank numbers are closer to 600hp).

 

[TOWMA8R]

Let's go! I bet you do see lower 12's at worst!

The new goal posts:
Car & Driver just got 4.2 0-60 + 12.8 @ 106mph in the quarter for the new Ram 1500 3.0 High Output.
And that was in the super fat Limited Long Bed 4x4 configuration weighing in just a hair under 6k lbs.

Granted that was at sea level, so I'm really interested in what it would do at our elevation - to see how much turbo overhead Ram baked in. My guess is absolutely none.

540hp from 3.0 liters courtesy of 28psi.

If you hit 65 lb/min that's 100 more hp AND at least 500 fewer lbs to motivate.

For context BMW has been honing their 3.0 inline six for well over a decade now, and offers only 523 hp in their high test M3/4 Competition spec (though admittedly everyone knows the Crank numbers are closer to 600hp).

Will be interesting........ 91 octane to be at 12.5 or even better at 7000 ft...... here are a lot hurdles to get over and to do it with some kind of safety parameters

elevation and all the tuning tweaks that come with it
91 octane - limited to timing and detonation protection in a direct injection platform

 

[butthead]

How ever it turns out I hope you get a big share of fun and satisfaction out of your project!, that is more than a time slip! KM

 

[EcoXLT]

Well, I hope it doesn’t go that fast on 91 octane. If it does I’m asking Adam to turn it down. 12.5 is a conservative number, but it’s still fast enough to give people a fun ride!

This 1012 hp AWD could only pull off 12.3??

 

[Gord0]

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This 1012 hp AWD could only pull off 12.3??

Mammoth pig that weighs 7000lbs with crappy gearing or no traction?

 

[boostkingMatt]

Mammoth pig that weighs 7000lbs with crappy gearing or no traction?

And giant tires. Aren’t those 37s?

 

[boostkingMatt]

Hit almost 66 lb/min today! She’s flowing lots of air that’s for sure!

 

[butthead]

Any hiccups of trouble? KM

 

[TOWMA8R]

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This 1012 hp AWD could only pull off 12.3??

Man, I am as fast....... Nice!

 

[TOWMA8R]

Hit almost 66 lb/min today! She’s flowing lots of air that’s for sure! View attachment 199765

Houston, I see a problem............




That's not my truck

 

[boostkingMatt]

Any hiccups of trouble? KM

Nope. In this pull boost kinda fell out a bit up top but Adam said he fixed it in the next revision which I haven’t ran yet.
it made 66 lb/min at 5960 rpm, and then fell to 59 lb/min because boost fell to 17 at 6200 rpms. So, bringing 20 psi to 6200 rpm might yield almost 70 lb/min