2018 5.0 Whipple numbers straight from Whipple.
09-21-2018, 08:13 PM
#812
Senior Member
i do know from experience when the iats got hot the cal killed timing but all modern Vehicles do this.
whipple actually lowered the penalty because the LTR was heat soaking with out external fans - that’s really a band aid.
09-21-2018, 08:14 PM
#813
Senior Member
09-21-2018, 10:40 PM
#815
Senior Member
the whipple cal drives like an oem truck.
One of these customer tunes drives like a 800hp supercharged truck.
Last edited by TX-Ripper; 09-21-2018 at 10:52 PM.
09-21-2018, 11:25 PM
#816
Ok so what would one expect to pay for a custom tune from the likes of Lund, where they are doing the remote massaging based on Dyno data etc.? Are we talking $1K or some smaller multiples of a hundred?
09-21-2018, 11:38 PM
#817
Senior Member
$1000 or a little less.
contact terry @ www.teambeefcakeracing.com
contact terry @ www.teambeefcakeracing.com
09-22-2018, 11:30 AM
#818
To me it sounds like some of these custom tunes behave like the OEM truck does now based on my experience with it. The 2018 5.0 gas peddle inputs already feel like an ON/OFF switch; and a very bad one at that. I'm more of an analog guy and would much prefer a gas peddle that feels linear and smooth only giving me a power level equal to but not more than my foot calls for. This of course only being based on how far towards the floor I have pressed the peddle. And ideally the engine would react to all of these inputs/outputs as quickly as possible without delay, hesitation or in an unpredictable manor.
I don't think I would be too happy with a custom tune that amplifies the existing behavior by going to 80-100% throttle only based on an Input of 30%. That sounds like it would be a nightmare under most driving conditions anywhere outside of the 1/4 mile track.
09-22-2018, 12:10 PM
#819
You have it completely wrong though. Daily drivability is smooth as glass. It’s not 80% output with 30% input...its very linear there’s just a lot more power on tap. It just a different driving experience that you have to get used to. Anything else is boring in comparison.
09-22-2018, 01:10 PM
#820
Senior Member
As someone who may likely go with a Whipple sometime in the near future I'd be interesting in hearing more about the above descriptions.
To me it sounds like some of these custom tunes behave like the OEM truck does now based on my experience with it. The 2018 5.0 gas peddle inputs already feel like an ON/OFF switch; and a very bad one at that. I'm more of an analog guy and would much prefer a gas peddle that feels linear and smooth only giving me a power level equal to but not more than my foot calls for. This of course only being based on how far towards the floor I have pressed the peddle. And ideally the engine would react to all of these inputs/outputs as quickly as possible without delay, hesitation or in an unpredictable manor.
I don't think I would be too happy with a custom tune that amplifies the existing behavior by going to 80-100% throttle only based on an Input of 30%. That sounds like it would be a nightmare under most driving conditions anywhere outside of the 1/4 mile track.
To me it sounds like some of these custom tunes behave like the OEM truck does now based on my experience with it. The 2018 5.0 gas peddle inputs already feel like an ON/OFF switch; and a very bad one at that. I'm more of an analog guy and would much prefer a gas peddle that feels linear and smooth only giving me a power level equal to but not more than my foot calls for. This of course only being based on how far towards the floor I have pressed the peddle. And ideally the engine would react to all of these inputs/outputs as quickly as possible without delay, hesitation or in an unpredictable manor.
I don't think I would be too happy with a custom tune that amplifies the existing behavior by going to 80-100% throttle only based on an Input of 30%. That sounds like it would be a nightmare under most driving conditions anywhere outside of the 1/4 mile track.
