tuning and Trans issue

higherlife · Jan 22, 2015

Just curious spanky but who has done all the work on your truck? I've seen some of your other threads in the 6.7 and your threads went from bad to good then bad then good again with various trouble codes and parts that were installed.

spanky24365 · Jan 22, 2015

The only work done on my truck was the drop in turbo there have been no issues from that all the issues were tuning related and now the Trans issue tbd

bigrpowr · Jan 22, 2015

just more input, mine has been slowly dying and I have 9000 miles, 5-6000 with a big turbo similar to the 15' turbo , and when I pulled the cab it had puked out the overflow. I knew it was getting weaker but didn't realize it was so close to death. if you think asking for 525+ for 4000 miles was acceptable , it may not be. that being said, the tuning could have played a part, I'm sure some of mine has. I never do relearns, nor did I expect mine to live.

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Jan 22, 2015

Mine was hurt at 10k and it didn't make anywhere near 500 till after 10k. Had a built trans in by 14k, the truck wouldn't even pull itself in any gear past 3rd without slipping.

It was TRASHED. And I ran several different tuners tunes and probably was flashed 40-50 times by the time the trans quit. We tried upping pressure etc.... Didn't matter. You can't fix hard parts with tuning.

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lincolnlocker · Jan 23, 2015

bigrpowr said:
I never do relearns, nor did I expect mine to live.

is this something we sbould do and how is it done?

live life full throttle

spanky24365 · Jan 23, 2015

bigrpowr said:
just more input, mine has been slowly dying and I have 9000 miles, 5-6000 with a big turbo similar to the 15' turbo , and when I pulled the cab it had puked out the overflow. I knew it was getting weaker but didn't realize it was so close to death. if you think asking for 525+ for 4000 miles was acceptable , it may not be. that being said, the tuning could have played a part, I'm sure some of mine has. I never do relearns, nor did I expect mine to live.[/QUOTE
truck was not tuned for 4000 Miles probably 1200 of the 4000 were tuned. Yes there were several tunes loaded never once did the trans skip a beat. Everyone is so quick to tune noone seems to be mentionin any trans issues. Local shop tells me has never seen a trans issues on these new trans. Has a truck with 800hp on stock trans .

Cheap6.7 · Jan 23, 2015

Thought the KEM tunes locked the TC early to save the tranny so I was wondering is this 1 bad story out of 50 that is bad or what?

spanky24365 · Jan 23, 2015

didnt really notice the TC locking early the shifts were pretty tight and up high in the rpm range. the innovative tunes i was running has the TC locking up early and it felt totaly different. maybe morgan can elaborate on how kem is set up

spanky24365 · Jan 23, 2015

well its official trans is messed up internally!! truck is being towed into ford dealer. dont know what to expect but we will see.

mattmal9 · Jan 23, 2015

spanky24365 said:
well its official trans is messed up internally!! truck is being towed into ford dealer. dont know what to expect but we will see.

Good luck man, hope all goes well with it. Let us know what you/they find out.

UNBROKEN · Jan 23, 2015

What's a built trans run for these things anyway? I'm sure I'll kill mine...I always do.

kyle43335 · Jan 23, 2015

Have always seen kem and blown trans go together for a long time. I know when i ran kem tunes they were only in there 5 miles. The trans shifting was disgusting.

jcain · Jan 23, 2015

coincidence ... ?

WydOpen · Jan 23, 2015

UNBROKEN said:
What's a built trans run for these things anyway? I'm sure I'll kill mine...I always do.

About $3,500.

UNBROKEN · Jan 23, 2015

Damn....that's way better than the last 48RE I had built.

lincolnlocker · Jan 23, 2015

UNBROKEN said:
What's a built trans run for these things anyway? I'm sure I'll kill mine...I always do.

get ahold of Morgan@Midwest

live life full throttle

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Jan 23, 2015

spanky24365 said:
didnt really notice the TC locking early the shifts were pretty tight and up high in the rpm range. the innovative tunes i was running has the TC locking up early and it felt totaly different. maybe morgan can elaborate on how kem is set up

The different tunes are set differently. The race tune locks and doesn't unlock during shifts. It's an actual fast shifting performance trans tune. They should shift fast and crisp with a good trans.

kyle43335 said:
Have always seen kem and blown trans go together for a long time. I know when i ran kem tunes they were only in there 5 miles. The trans shifting was disgusting.

jcain said:
coincidence ... ?

I'm going to go ahead and squash this right now.... Midwest diesel, RCD and a lot of other companies have been using KEM. I know both is and RCD have been using them for the last couple years with the x3 now the x4 and 5015 models. Thats hundreds in not thousand plus 6.4's and 11-14 6.7's tuned. Just between a the two of us. Not t mentions the hundreds of 2015 tuners we've already sold between Midwest and RCD. Much less all the other dealers across the country.

So to anyone thinking that it's KEM tunes that did this guys transmission in..... Really? It's had 2-3 other tuners on it before KEM, it was tuned many times from them before while having codes, limping out and driving issues. He gets tunes from me which work and have zero codes. Then has trans issues a few days later and you think the few miles with KEM did it? But not the others? LMFAO. Get real...

My truck stater slipping into 5th and flaring with superchips which was the first performance tune it had on it.... Happened about 200 miles once it was tuned and had a 64mm on it. That was at 540hp. Did I blame it on superchips? No. These 2015's don't have the same trans as the 11-14. They so far are not showing the greatest. At 500+ it's not going to last while daily driving on a race tune. That's why there is lower tunes on the programmer... If you wanna drive on race, don't be mad if you need a trans someday.

UNBROKEN said:
What's a built trans run for these things anyway? I'm sure I'll kill mine...I always do.

WydOpen said:
About $3,500.

Well I can't speak for what others are actually including in their trans for $3500....

We use full raybestos clutches with extra clutches in the necessary packs. Billet drum and shaft modifications. New pump, new cooler, new valvebody and solenoids, new hd converter, all new motorcraft parts other than the upgraded aftermarket ones. No cheap Chinese crap. Comes with a 2 year 100k mile warranty. The trans and converter package is $5575.

http://www.midwestdieselauto.com/store/c31/6R140_Transmission.html

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