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Ok my brother in law has a 2014 srt8 and has been asking about tuners for awhile. Reading the various threads diablosport tuning now available. which one is the best the trinity or the intune from diablosport . He just has injen CAI and just wants to use the tunes with the programmer. Does one have advantage over the other. I have Superchips on mine Im not familiar with Diablosport.
 
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but if he thinks he may want a cmr in the future...the trinity is the way to go. Plus its got some toys the intune doesn't have. There not much price difference either if he buys through black ops.

Have him sign up here
 
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Good point! better to have it and not need it. Ill let him know thanks!
 
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Hi All,

I am a new owner of a 2014 SRT Jeep, and have a lot of ??? I just sold my 2012 Boss 302 due to an injury from my military days, so needed a vehicle with an automatic. However I also wanted a toy to play with a little as well.

I am totally dumb to anything SRT and Jeep. I want to do a few small upgrades on the engine, and then some lowering springs. I have been communicating with StormTrooper, and he has given me some good information.

I was looking at Speedlogix, who have their carbon-fiber CAI with the InTune programmer/tune for around $590 plus shipping. I have also heard of Injen and BWoody, but not familiar enough with them to comment. I had a great tuner with the Boss and never had any issues at all with codes or anything, so hoping I can find something similar with the SRT. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am looking a some lowering springs just to get the ass down as it seems a bit high. So an inch or so all around is what I am looking for. The vehicle is black, so already have the blacked-out stuff sorted out. I am having a little problem sorting out someone who has a radar detector mount for my Escort 9500ix. Any info there would be great too.

Thanks for any help and hoping to be an active part of the forum.

Thanks

Howie
 
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There's 2 tuners to look at for the 2014 jeep srt. One is the Diablo trinity. ..i had one and they are pretty much paper weights unless you need a cmr rune for something specific...like a supercharger, happy gas orheaders etc. Livernois has a new programmer I've been thinking about lately. I may give it a try for testing sakes. They claim to have more tuning ability than diablo. We'll see.....
 
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Edit: Sorry Scott, I hope I haven't breached terms by mentioning names above. Please remove if it does!

Well that was an interesting chat. Not going to neccessarily directly help with the my14's+, but I have my '13 booked in for a SCT custom tune in a couple of weeks.

This means I should be able to get dyno comparisons between stock, Diablo canned tunes (93), custom tune via Diablos' CRM and a custom tune using SCT unit and software, be they all on different days. Will ask for a KW/Nm (HP/Tq) chart.

But more importantly (to me anyway), is not to get the greatest peak number at max rpm, but to see if there is anything more to be gained in the low/mid range.
 
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Hey. Thanks for the reply. I kind of got that feeling so I put the tune thing on-hold for now. So what bolt-ons or upgrades do you recommend? I have been told that a TB upgrade along with a CAI and exhaust will do much for this 2014 SRT Jeep. Is there anything else in the power area besides overly pricey superchargers and nitros type products that are worth looking at? I'm already looking at some simple suspension mods as well. Thanks again.
 
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Congrats on the jeep! I hope to join you in the next few weeks with a 2014. As far as mods go, I think the ripp supercharger is pretty fairly priced and offers a nice bang for the buck compared to doing all the bolt ins and full exhaust system. Not sure if I'm going that route as I don't want to void the warrantee but a supercharger system alone on these beasts do wonders compared to bolt ons. I'd like to run high mid 12's in negative da so for my future needs I feel a few light mods will suffice. But you seem to have a need for speed ;). Thanks for your service btw! Jim
 
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I don't think simple bolt ons do a ton for power here to be honest. I have a drop in filter on my factory airbox, the Borla S exhaust, 180 tstat and an oil catch can.....cheap mods but also not a lot of power to be had from them. I'm waiting to see what some of the companies come out with as far as true cold air intakes, Bwoody is one option although I'm not crazy about having to fiddle with the washer fluid reservoir.
 
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That seems a bit stretched... Guys with SC are running those times :confused:
 
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180* TS question?
If I put in the thermostat, do I have to do a tune to adjust fan temperature settings? I've been reading on the actual thermostat company website and that's what it says...
I didnt..
No tune wahtsoever....
You do not HAVE to, but the tune will change when the fans come on. Without the tune the thermostat helps while moving but once you stop, the temperature will creep up to stock running temperatures before the fans come on.

In other words, if runnign a 180 Tstat, while moving you will maintain 180 degrees. When sitting still (idling) you will slowly creep up to 205 before the fans kick in.

With the tune you can set them to come on whenever. I usually go with about 185 or so.

Also, depending on how you drive (and the outside temperature) you MAY get a low temp thermostat check engine light.

For me, it never happens as I am never light on the throttle, but for the wife, if she gets in with the Jeep cold, hops on the highway (1 mile form our house) and sets the cruise, about 10 minutes in she gets a check engine light.

P0128 - If the engine doesn't hit 182 degrees within a certain time frame (12 minutes I THINK), you set the code.

Again, stop and go traffic it wont be an issue, especially if the fans don't come on until 205, but light on the throttle leaving then straight highway, cruise set, not stopping for 20 minutes, cold morning... Yep, gets her every time.

I picked up the Diablo tuner JUST for this very reason. Allowed me to set the fans down in the 185 range and a quick email of my tune to Johan (at Diablosport) and he can modify it to NOT set the low temp thermostat code.
 
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I staggered mine, 185 LS / 193 MS / 200 HS ... (Or something close to that, can't remember exactly).

The Internet is full of conflicting info on how low is best to run an engine. Most agree 180 is fine for the most part but plenty say you occasionally do want to be above 200 to ensure all contaminants are burned off.

Figured if I was running 180 on the highway, 185 - 190 light traffic or cool days with the occasional 200 - 205 on hot days I could ensure max power most of the time with enough spikes around 200 to keep things flashed off.

Truthfully it may not be needed but made sense in my head and can say I have ran the 5.7 in my Magnum for 180k miles like this with no issue...
 
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So I cleared the P0128 code and just got it again today. It's a bit frustrating to know that this will continue happening if I'm not pushing the vehicle soon after a cold start. Anyone has some suggestions that don't include taking out the tstat. Maybe a different brand perhaps. I currently have a Mishimoto.

Thanks.
 
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I have tried 4 different brands, Motorad, Jet, Stant and a Napa branded one (likely stant but not sure). Same problem.

Long ago someone had found a 190 degree one that fits but it's a different style and it didn't look like it would flow as well.

Napa 381-190 is the 190 degree that will work if you want to check it out for yourself but for me, getting the tuner was the best option.
 
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Didn't see any changes in temp operation when I put headers on my magnum, different engine bay so that doesn't mean it for certain correlates but I wouldn't expect major changes.
 
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