OMG WOW!

I have been wanting/needing gauges for a while now since my rig is used primarily for towing the Jeep on road trips and such. I had done quite a bit of research and after pricing seperate gauges, seperate power adders and such, the cost was pretty astronomical and had really held me back in purchasing them.

After researching the Quad, I decided to treat myself for Christmas, and got it installed this weekend. Just idling the truck and setting up the perameters I got all giddy. You all know what I'm talking about! After a road test, I can say I am more than thrilled with the features and quality of this unit. I ran out of road or into traffic before I could even work the truck hard. It was that quick and responsive! By far this unit is the most easy, user friendly, easy to understand, and easy to install system I have used.

I did at first think that the Pulse monitor was a little plain and kinda cheap looking, (the advertising pictures do it no justice) but after actually mounting it in the Quad pillar mount, and actually playing with the buttons, I am very pleased. The simple and very easy to read display actually exceeded my expectations. The buttons are very responsive as in you don't have to bury your finger in them to make a change.

The defuel and warning settings are A++ and work very well. You even get a turbo timer included! My specific unit has 14 tunes built in, the ability to modify the tunes, and you can even download custom tunes.

The only thing I did different in the installation was mount the computer in the cab instead of under the hood. I like things to be low key. While I was there, I also installed an accessory fuse block that is powerd by a relay and a set of circuit breakers under the hood I installed.

I was previously running a Superchips Flashpaq alone, and currently have it stacked with the Quad with no contradiction thus so far. I have the SC on the tow tune currently, and will leave it there for now. The SC has the ability to enable the high idle feature which is primarily why I left it on. The Quad does not offer that option. You can however adjust the tire size with the Quad. The Quad also has the ability to read and erase trouble codes too.

I really wanted to make another thread on this system, due to when I researched the Quad here originally, some of the searches were kinda thin. There really was no detailed info (that I found anyway). So if some one searches the Quad in th future, maybe this post will help answer some questions and maybe spark some more ideas.

The Quad by far hands down appears to be the best bang for the buck in features, power, gauges and user safety settings. After also talking to their customer service, they seem to have the most knowledgable personel I have experienced in quite a while on product specifics. Heck their instruction manuals are even like mini owners manuals but in full color.

I attached some pics here. The third one is of the accessory fuse block I installed and the last pic is what you do when it is below zero outside. My garage is heated with waste heat after it circulates through the house, but it was still pretty cold and I had to warm my tools up somehow! LOL

 

Very nice, I would also like to do something like you did, an all in one system.

Keep us posted, good or bad.

B

 

Any updates on how your adrenaline is working? Have you had any problems with it? How is the power and temps while towing?

 

I have put about 100 miles on it since the install, just running to town a couple times etc.. So far milage has seemed to improve, but I only run it on level 4, and played with up to level 7, then I run into traffic and out of road really quick. I have found going up to at least level 7, does activate the low LP fuel warning (I have it set to warn at 0) when you first get on it, but comes back to 2-4 PSI once you level out to a sustained speed... Obvious reasons why. This of course is running empty (no load) too.. So I am sure if I crank it up anymore and run loaded/towing, I will drain the factory fuel system quickly and the factory LP will not be able to keep up. Time for a Airdog or FASS if I am going to really push it ALL the time. On level 4 the LP pressure seems to hover between 4-9 depending on engine load, which the Quad does display in a percentage.

I will be towing with it (hauling my Jeep) in April to Moab, so I can report then on temps, fuel milage then. So far my EGT at level 4 runs around 550-680 when sustaining 65-70 MPH on flat ground. I have pushed it WOT up a steep hill, and have seen the EGT's spike during the initial romp to 890-1100 range. But thats when you are hitting almost 100MPH (in a short quick WOT burst). When you back off, it drops dramaticly. Sustaining 65-70 MPH up hill the EGT's seem to hover around 890 ish. This is with an AFE drop in filter in the stock airbox and the stock exhaust.

Whats cool also, is you have instant datalogging that records your max and min values, so you can really work this thing and then check your readings later. With the user also able to control defuling and power limits, you would have to bypass those (which you can with the Quad), to break your truck. It's very user friendly.

 

Thanks for the update, if you can give some more feedback after towing and putting more miles on it would be great.

 

Is your EGT post pre or post turbo? Because those numbers are WAY low for a WOT up a hill. With just a stock truck you'd probably hit 1400!

 

Pre-turbo.
Maybe also because I ran out of road really quick, and backed out of it. I guess I can see the EGT's getting up higher for a sustained pull for a few miles up hill at WOT, but with a load. But with no load, you will be limited by speed (quickly) since there is nothing holding back the truck, and the power of the Cummins.

 

I have had a chance to do some longer distance driving and combined city driving, as well as tow the jeep to Moab. To date, my average best tank was 18.4 MPG with the combined driving, no towing. This is with the unit on level 5 (there are 14 different settings). I have recently just started to run it on level 7 to see if I get any more gains. I really do not want to push it further on level settings due to having the stock trans and TC.

When I towed to Moab with the Jeep, I did get into it going up some of the hills to see what EGT's I would run. The EGT's peaked around 1279 and only a couple times hit 1300 but the truck was in 3rd gear and gained speed and shifted which brought the EGT's back down. Power was good for the load and wind resistance I had. I could hit 65-70 pretty easy. The unit was also switched between level 5 and 7 to see if there was much of a difference. Fuel mileage was down a bit to 13-14, but read the last paragraph as to why.

Now, I have had some braking related issues with my truck, so I cannot be 100% on all the reports just yet. Basicly I have had front caliper issues where they wanted to drag and not fully release. During my trip to Moab, I had some hard left pulling due to this. I just had these replace under warranty, so I will update this thread after some more testing.

I also believe once I am able to afford a better transmission and TC combo, I should be able to really strech this rig's legs. I am just a bit conservative and only really romp on it when passing etc. I can say, unloaded, the rig moves like a bullet on level 7 and the TC locked up. If you launch from a stop light, you can spin the tires a bit, but it feels like the trans is the holdback when doing this from a dead stop.

 

OK, so I took a trip to Denver last weekend. Truck was lightly loaded to with about 750# of cargo and passengers. Tires all the way around were set to 52 psi, and the dragging calipers had been replaced.

When we left Durango, the truck had about 100 miles on it that were previously back and forth to town driving.

We left for Denver, we were fighting the wind pretty bad, and Wolf Creek Pass was snowpacked, so we used 4WD for that stretch.
I fueled up In Woodland Park (we stopped in Manitou Springs to visit family on the way), and my MPG was 17.8. Speed was 5-8 over of the speed limit (60-65), and I tried to keep the RPMS down under 2000.

Now when you hit the Interstate, that is a whole new ballgame. You keep the truck under 75-80, you get run over. So hauling-butt to Denver, spending the weekend driving around to various places, and lots of freeway driving, when we left I fueled up in Baliey and my MPG was 16.27.

So from Bailey to Durango for the return trip, I took it a little easier, and cruised the truck consistantly around 65-70 MPH. When I fueld back up my MPG reading was 20.6.

The Quad was also set to level 7 the entire trip.