[Z06] Predator tuning installed. Impressions so far...
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Innovator,
CAGS is automatically deleted when you install the tune. I hope you have better luck with yours then mine. I only gained 8 RWHP with the Predator "handheld" tune. These numbers were with only a Blackwing on a very hot day. I then went down to Diablo Sports and paid them for just Dyno time to do a tune and still was having knock issues on the road when I left. I gained 5 more RWHP (13 total) from that trip. The unit is a great idea and the customer service is actually very good, but the unit is just not as good as it could have been. I still have mine for checking and clearing codes only, but the tune is long gone.
Another thing to be careful of is the Predator crashing your CPU. It did on mine and a few others on the boards. Very scary! I sent it in to Diablo and they repaired it and shipped it back for free, next day so you can see why I praise their service.
CAGS is automatically deleted when you install the tune. I hope you have better luck with yours then mine. I only gained 8 RWHP with the Predator "handheld" tune. These numbers were with only a Blackwing on a very hot day. I then went down to Diablo Sports and paid them for just Dyno time to do a tune and still was having knock issues on the road when I left. I gained 5 more RWHP (13 total) from that trip. The unit is a great idea and the customer service is actually very good, but the unit is just not as good as it could have been. I still have mine for checking and clearing codes only, but the tune is long gone.
Another thing to be careful of is the Predator crashing your CPU. It did on mine and a few others on the boards. Very scary! I sent it in to Diablo and they repaired it and shipped it back for free, next day so you can see why I praise their service.
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Originally Posted by Airwolf
Innovator,
CAGS is automatically deleted when you install the tune. I hope you have better luck with yours then mine. I only gained 8 RWHP with the Predator "handheld" tune. These numbers were with only a Blackwing on a very hot day. I then went down to Diablo Sports and paid them for just Dyno time to do a tune and still was having knock issues on the road when I left. I gained 5 more RWHP (13 total) from that trip. The unit is a great idea and the customer service is actually very good, but the unit is just not as good as it could have been. I still have mine for checking and clearing codes only, but the tune is long gone.
Another thing to be careful of is the Predator crashing your CPU. It did on mine and a few others on the boards. Very scary! I sent it in to Diablo and they repaired it and shipped it back for free, next day so you can see why I praise their service.
CAGS is automatically deleted when you install the tune. I hope you have better luck with yours then mine. I only gained 8 RWHP with the Predator "handheld" tune. These numbers were with only a Blackwing on a very hot day. I then went down to Diablo Sports and paid them for just Dyno time to do a tune and still was having knock issues on the road when I left. I gained 5 more RWHP (13 total) from that trip. The unit is a great idea and the customer service is actually very good, but the unit is just not as good as it could have been. I still have mine for checking and clearing codes only, but the tune is long gone.
Another thing to be careful of is the Predator crashing your CPU. It did on mine and a few others on the boards. Very scary! I sent it in to Diablo and they repaired it and shipped it back for free, next day so you can see why I praise their service.
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On the low end, below 3000 RPM, under WOT, I could actually hear pinging and saw timing being pulled up to 5 degrees. I believe the "tune" had me at 24 degrees+ (not 100% sure, this was almost 2 years ago). I questioned it (did not know much then) but they stated there was zero KR on the dyno, but on my drive home problems with KR started. They e-mailed me new tune but then the timing was at 19 degrees! The car was a dog so another tune was sent and then the cpu was killed by it. When I sent it back I requested the stock tune (which they did) and I lived with the stock tune (and CAGS) for 8 months till I changed to the mods in you see in my sig.
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Originally Posted by Airwolf
On the low end, below 3000 RPM, under WOT, I could actually hear pinging and saw timing being pulled up to 5 degrees. I believe the "tune" had me at 24 degrees+ (not 100% sure, this was almost 2 years ago). I questioned it (did not know much then) but they stated there was zero KR on the dyno, but on my drive home problems with KR started. They e-mailed me new tune but then the timing was at 19 degrees! The car was a dog so another tune was sent and then the cpu was killed by it. When I sent it back I requested the stock tune (which they did) and I lived with the stock tune (and CAGS) for 8 months till I changed to the mods in you see in my sig.
