did turn out to be my stupid *** trying to upload the wrong tune. but me and my tuner are having some problems gettin the tune right for my injectors and MAF... the last tune he sent me was way rich and it wouldnt use 1st gear or OD.. i may end up having to spend big bucks and get it dyno tuned.... but hes sending be a basic xtr for my ecu and he'll let me tweak it till its right.

 

Hi Faster.

If I read you right, you are expecting to 'tweak' your tunes with ExtremeTune and your supplied XTR.

Just be aware that this will not give you the granular control you need to adjust your tune properly... if you didn't already know this. ExtremeTune is very basic & limited (and rightly so).

How are you measuring your A/F's?

Good luck.

Cheers
Grog

 

Sounds like you got a real mess on your hands. Have you tried posting your dilemma on the SCT forum and asking them for help? Emailing Ryan at SCT might be a good idea too.

I don’t think you’re going to get the most out of your XCal2 with a canned tune that you have to tweak yourself, that kind of defeats the purpose of paying someone to do custom tuning for you.

Good luck though, and keep us posted

 

yeh i need to a/f gauge. but its pretty obvious the truck is rich with the black smoke.. the smell and the detonation. but what i dont understand is the lack of 1st and OD 2-4 is fine... but no 1st or OD

 

all i was going to do is adjust it one incriment at a time to lean till its running good. but ill have to do that another day... with the current artic storm.. my doors are frozen shut... its 23!! wind chill of 10 lol this is texas d@mnit!! lol

 

i thought OD was 4th?

 

yeh typo sorry 2-3*

 

ehh sctflash forum wasnt much help. he told me reset battery after the flash. did no good... still same thing so tomorrow going up to dads work and gonna hook WDS up to my truck and clean the ECU off. then see if my tune will take.

 

does Mike Troyer have any input on what could be wrong?

 

Sounds like you need more than tweeking :o Black smoke and detonation? Fuel trim, timing and transmission malfunction? My God, man. You are a poster child for "Get your XCal2 from a reliable dealer who knows how to custom tune your truck" This forum taught me that, and that is why I went TP.

Don't get me wrong, I feel your pain. I hope that Mike will make an exception and at least point you in the right direction. But he has been preaching forever on not doing what you did.

Best of luck to you.

 

well i was sent a basic tune from the admin at sctflash... and not even it would function... properly.. check engine light it wasnt detecting my MAF is the symptom it was having.

 

Did you have a tuner on your truck beforehand? Did you have your truck reflashed when you took it in for service? There are several different scenarios that could be going on. The best bet is to call Troyer Performance if that is where you got it from and ask him.

 

nah i saved myself a buncha money and bought one off ebay got it for 268. tuner works fine its just a problem with gettin the tune to work. it seems like certain values arent taking to the upload.

 

HI!... Sorry but you got what you payed for! LOL! Should of called MIKEY 1ST off. You would of saved yourself a ton of frustration. MHO.

 

troyers price on the Xcal2 is $499 i paid $268 shipped! i saved $231+ depending on his cost of shipping.. so yeah 231 bucks is 231 bucks i saved and can use for another mod. hell i could get a set of headers for that much. or nitrous kit.. throttle body new intake... valves,springs. either way i saved a buncha money and got a good deal. but me and my tuner will get the problem worked out. the issue has to be with stuff not clearing off when my chip is removed then i try to upload the tune. so as soon as WDS is up and working at my dads work we will flash the ECM back to stock then see if the tune will take.