So a little update: I'm a child... Couldn't resist the 600QR tune, so I've been out trying it the last few hours. I'll get started on the 450hp and up tunes tomorrow, promise!
That being said 600QR vs P!P Lv 4 v8: This is kind of an unfair comparison due to it's a revision of the 600 tune, nevertheless...
Traffic was still dying down from the 5 o'clock rush during the first part of the drive. Ambient temp was 80, allowed the truck to warm to 150 oil temp, 120 trans temp, before really laying into it.
One thing I noticed immediately is the gear holding, and how the truck responds when you let off the throttle. With P!P v8, my truck would hold 1st until above 1500rpms, yet every gear after it was just a race to get to 6th gear. With the 600QR, it holds 1-4 longer, and when you let off, there is ZERO "coast" before the engine responds to the lack of throttle, and slows down. As soon as you let up, it's instant. Reminds me more of a cabled throttle and not fly by wire.
As far as power, I refuse to speculate, as I can't tell if it's more power, or just better throttle response and shifting. I will say to me, seat of the pants, the QR tune just feels more... natural.
Let me explain it like this: With the P!P tunes, the truck is fast in lv 4, but it feels like aftermarket tuning. It feels like the truck needs to think about everything before it does what you want.
With the QR it feels like it's how a truck should drive, how a truck should be. It's not like there's a night and day difference, it's just subtle little things in the shifting, gear holding, throttle response, that makes it "feel" better than the P!P tune.
Now I know it's a bit unfair to compare them, except this is where $partan is going with the new revision. All enhanced mode tunes will have the QR tune applied to them, so unless P!P has something in the works, this will be the only comparison.
As to anyone asking how hard it was to go from SCT to $partan as far as going to stock, etc: Simple, as long as you have your stock file, that you SHOULD have saved before tuning your truck...
Step by step, here's what I did:
1. Plugged in the SCTx4, selected program vehicle, return to stock, ok.
2. While it was doing that, I went inside, downloaded the $partan tunes on my computer.
3. Remove the Mini SD card from the nGauge, installed it into the SD adapter, plugged into computer.
4. Open the SD folder, open Custom Files folder, drag dowloaded $partan tunes into folder.
5. Loaded Mini SD back into nGauge, went outside, removed SCTx4 and plugged in the nGauge.
6. Programed truck, removed nGauge, turned truck on, went and had fun.
That being said 600QR vs P!P Lv 4 v8: This is kind of an unfair comparison due to it's a revision of the 600 tune, nevertheless...
Traffic was still dying down from the 5 o'clock rush during the first part of the drive. Ambient temp was 80, allowed the truck to warm to 150 oil temp, 120 trans temp, before really laying into it.
One thing I noticed immediately is the gear holding, and how the truck responds when you let off the throttle. With P!P v8, my truck would hold 1st until above 1500rpms, yet every gear after it was just a race to get to 6th gear. With the 600QR, it holds 1-4 longer, and when you let off, there is ZERO "coast" before the engine responds to the lack of throttle, and slows down. As soon as you let up, it's instant. Reminds me more of a cabled throttle and not fly by wire.
As far as power, I refuse to speculate, as I can't tell if it's more power, or just better throttle response and shifting. I will say to me, seat of the pants, the QR tune just feels more... natural.
Let me explain it like this: With the P!P tunes, the truck is fast in lv 4, but it feels like aftermarket tuning. It feels like the truck needs to think about everything before it does what you want.
With the QR it feels like it's how a truck should drive, how a truck should be. It's not like there's a night and day difference, it's just subtle little things in the shifting, gear holding, throttle response, that makes it "feel" better than the P!P tune.
Now I know it's a bit unfair to compare them, except this is where $partan is going with the new revision. All enhanced mode tunes will have the QR tune applied to them, so unless P!P has something in the works, this will be the only comparison.
As to anyone asking how hard it was to go from SCT to $partan as far as going to stock, etc: Simple, as long as you have your stock file, that you SHOULD have saved before tuning your truck...
Step by step, here's what I did:
1. Plugged in the SCTx4, selected program vehicle, return to stock, ok.
2. While it was doing that, I went inside, downloaded the $partan tunes on my computer.
3. Remove the Mini SD card from the nGauge, installed it into the SD adapter, plugged into computer.
4. Open the SD folder, open Custom Files folder, drag dowloaded $partan tunes into folder.
5. Loaded Mini SD back into nGauge, went outside, removed SCTx4 and plugged in the nGauge.
6. Programed truck, removed nGauge, turned truck on, went and had fun.
