N-Trouble wrote:
RCMAN46 wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
N-Trouble wrote:
A mild "heavy tow" tune from one of the reputable Duramax EFI live tuners will do wonders. Don't believe all the naysayers who say it will just ruin your truck. Simply not true... If you want to inquire more head over to the Duramax forum.
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Never even heard of a black bear tune?? But EFI or other reputable tuners can get u the power of the new trucks for pretty cheap.
Just know how to use it.
Go over to the Diesel forums and you will find that about 90% of the engine and transmission problems are on trucks with tunes.
I have a 2005 Dmax and have never been short of power for normal towing at posted speed limits.
The 2007 has more power than the 2005 and also the 6 speed.
I would trade for a classic 2007 at the drop of a hat and be happy with the stock configuration.
So NOT true... Majority of issues on current diesels are emissions related on bone STOCK trucks and why so many these days are tuning. Simply to get rid of the troublesome ****.
Tuned guys that are dropping transmissions are typically running "hot" tunes that run their trans at the very edge. If you would have read my post you would have seen I specifically said a mild "tow" tune. There are lots of high mileage tuned trucks running reliably on the road.
I have 160k miles on my truck and it's had a heavy tow tune for the past 4 years. The best thing I ever done and would do it again in a heartbeat. No issues and it actually dropped my engine temps. My 5ver is over 12k lbs. and I've never seen EGT's close to 1300 degrees. I went with a reliable EFI live programmer in Idaho Rob.
