Just curios, if you have a programmer, (be it a SMARTY, BD or whatever) what setting do you run in normal day to day driving?

My last tank of fuel in town I tried my "stock" setting to see what kinda mileage I can get out of it (21 mpg CDN). Then I went on a fishing/camping trip and went to the "tow/economy" mode" and tried keeping my revs down towing the trailer to see what kinda mileage I could milk out of it (16 mpg CDN)

Been back in town 2 weeks and am still running in the tow mode, but if my mileage was better "stock" I'll probly just keep it on that.

Normally I leave the BDTD hooked up so I can change the settings on the fly but a while ago I was parked in a bit of a 'seedy' area and stashed the programmer and IPOD out of view, that was a week ago and it's still hidden and I'm getting used to driving with the reduced HP.

Now I'm wondering if maybe I've wasted a bunch of money on all my performance goodies¿?...

… or is it just a stage I'm going through?

 

Speed-limiter:200
Torque Management:# 4 - Wild
Shift defuel:# 1 - Off
Injection Timing:# 1 - Stock
Rail pressure:# 3 - Moderate
Wastegate:# 1 - Off ( for aftermarket turbo )

 

I stick with SW #1 on my Smaty Jr... About 19.xx in town, 17-18 on the hwy (mountains and never completely empty)and 12-15 towing.. .

 

SW5 with the pressure on 50% yield me the best mileage and throttle response without being too touchy.

 

CL and a light right foot gives me the best MPG's.

 

I imagine that's calculated?
I've noticed when I run CL my overhead shows I'm getting GREAT mileage but not so when I figure it out.
I also find when I run CL I have to be very conscious not to lug it at all or I get too much smoke, like if I take a corner in 4th I'll have a ton of black smoke...

 

yup that's calculated, although i don't get the weird overhead changes with CL that i've heard about. i wonder if it's because i got the hard start, white smoke, trip computer re-flash?
and i can get some pretty good smoke on CL if i lug it as well, especially in the warm weather.

 

I run Beta 4.2 on #7

 

I run the bullydog with crazy larry 2.4.d all the time. I rarely turn it down other than towing my white boat so it doesn't turn into my black boat. The overhead goes crazy and says upwards of 26-28 mpg but calculated is closer to 16 or 17 usually. What did the reflash for your trip computer consist of Chipmonk, like what did it change?

 

it brought it a lot closer to what the actual numbers are. before the re-flash, my overhead could be reading around 24-26 mpg when i was actually getting around 20. now it usually reads around 21-21.5, when i'm actually getting 20-20.5, and i don't get any crazy fluctuations when i run CL.

 

What CL version you running?
(Mine's 2.4D)

 

that's what i'm running as well. other than the potential for some pretty good smoke, my truck really likes it.

 

dr performance predator (#2118) module rated @ 120hp/220tq (ha, thats a joke in itself!) and a PPE excelerator.
module is on and non adjustable. PPE is on level 3 of 4. love it. getting 20mpg. and just quick enough to light em up @ will.

 

I run the TNT on #7-TM2-RP2-TQ3-Shift defuel on-Wastegate off and My Quad X2 on either 1 or 2. This got me almost 21 1/2 MPG on a 600 mile road trip awhile back, hand calculated. In town I can't say what the MPG's are. It's still to fun to drive around to care

 

I run the Smarty Sr.

Currently I'm running:

Stock TM
Aftermarket Injectors
SW 1

Contrary to the program being called "stock TM" it isn't! That isn't a complaint either!