As promised, I flew out on Monday to work @ Livernois Motorsports on calibrations for the 2012 + Jeep SRT8 ( we have the the older ones there as well but I didn't get a chance to work on them). The one we had in the photos was a 2014. We would like to get our hands on a stock one, as this one had long tubes and a CAI but we got a lot of good info. My main goal here was get some basic info out of it (I was working on Livernois's Charger SRT8 as well which was having idling issues). We were able to squeeze some extra power out of it, another 15rwhp if I recall. I need to get ahold of the dyno graphs for you guys, but none the less it was progress. There are additional things in these later ones that complicate them a bit more then the older ones. We found the stock timing curve wasn't very good, it knocked with stock spark. We also found they prefer to be a bit fat (SRT runs them extremely lean on the low end, which is not uncommon on a variety of calibrations). There is still much on the horizon for these platforms in terms of calibration, parts etc. We have another 2014 coming in soon for a Whipple blower so stay tuned!
We have proprietary software that allows us to access more tables, and make further changes than available in commercially available software suites for these vehicles. Therefore, at this time, we only offering tuning for this platform through our MyCal.
The tuners can be purchased from us preloaded with tunes depending on your combo. Typically we like to stick to tried and true combinations if we do an email tune. If you have a custom setup, we have our two in house dynos for dyno tuning. If we have a revision to a tune currently on your programmer, it will automatically update the tuner and load a new tune to it as it is serial number based.
We have a few tuners available for other platforms which we are hoping to move into the Chrysler market if applicable. Most notably is the split personality tuners for the Fords. Really slick stuff, check it out on our website!
I am here solely for you guys though as we have individual people handling Ford, GM and Chrysler all separately so attention is pretty seamless.
Cool, I currently run the DS trinity with custom email tunes. Only mods an intake and axle back. Tuning seems to be getting better, slowly but surely. kept it after my 2008 jeep SRT was wrecked and just feel comfortable with it so really never strayed away. Sounds like you have a good thing going.
Don't quote me on this, but i DO believe the one that will be receiving a Whipple will be stock but I will need to double check this. The response to the MyCal has been quite good lately with people offering up their Jeeps for testing etc. I will do my best to get you this information as soon as I can. That being said, the 13 and 14 Jeeps have additional needs that must be addressed to keep them from slowing down after a tune like we were typically seeing. We are extremely excited to be jumping into this market.
That being said, we offer the Mycal for Challenger and Charger as well. We are working on adding the 2005-2009 to our database as well right now. I actually think its already done as I did a Magnum not that long ago using a Mycal.
As soon as the builds are underway I will post a new thread about the whipple blowers!
What is causing the tunes to slow the rigs down? I know the stock tune knocks already like you said, does it knock for safety or is it real from what you saw on the dyno?
It was real knock from what we saw. However there is more to it then just that, a few torque tables and drive by wire settings that needed some adjustment as well.
The link is up for the tuner as we have gone live in terms of getting them out to customers, here is the link:
What gains should a stock 2014 GC SRT expect from this? I have Diablo Intune now and haven't been impressed with it on the 2012 I had. Haven't even installed it on the 2014 because of all the bad reviews.
The gains shouldn't really be all that far off from the gains picked up here. The car has an CAI and Longtubes, which in their own right make the power gains without a tune. Mostly those items require retweaking transport delays, and minor refueling tweaks. Sometimes the exhaust back pressure monitoring system will need to be addressed but other than that, they do their own thing. The gains seen by simply tuning it should be pretty similar in terms of total HP/TQ gained. The spark curve, if possible to retain stock on the top end, may even gain another 5-10rwhp over these numbers. These pulls were done in MI, in June and it was pretty hot and muggy out so
What's happening with the jeep you guys installed the Whipple SC on ? Any updates on figures ? Also sent two emails on this asking for info on the jeep SRT that you have been testing on and no replies and I see your website has different look is this why I'm not getting any replies ? Thanks for any help on this