Any one heard of two towing tunes???

[twintips_17]

I know that the diesel guys have tunes for light heavy and moderate loads. I was thinking about when i order my tunes to order a tune that was for light loads under 3000#'s that will hold my shift points longer and hopefully wont hunt for gears as easily.

Then I was thinking about a tow tune for heavier loads so that I don’t hurt my transmission. I was thinking it would shift sooner.

I just hate hooking up to my aluminum boat and hitting the road at 75. Then any small hill or even sometimes driving into the wind will make it hunt when it usually hold overdrive just fine.

I hate getting 10 mpg's when i could get 14.

I tow with overdrive off anytime i think that the load is close to even thinking about hurting my transmission.:sigh:

But I know that my 2500# boat or my 2000# snowmobile trailers won’t do it.


Would i be asking to much?????

Just a little back round.

I have 3.55's and 33's.

I know that thats a light gear and some what bigger tires. There not huge but there not helping.:doh:

[Jackpine]

I think, twintips, you have a good idea here. There's no reason in the world you could not have two towing tunes if you tow things that are wildly different. I asked Bill to customize my towing tune for my 3600 #, low profile trailer (a picture of it is in my Gallery), since the canned towing tune is for something bigger and with more wind resistance. I also told him the speed I would be trying to hold with it (65mph).

- Jack

[twintips_17]

I think, twintips, you have a good idea here. There's no reason in the world you could not have two towing tunes if you tow things that are wildly different. I asked Bill to customize my towing tune for my 3600 #, low profile trailer (a picture of it is in my Gallery), since the canned towing tune is for something bigger and with more wind resistance. I also told him the speed I would be trying to hold with it (65mph).

- Jack

And it wored out fine for you? Do you feal it shift a lot.... Maybe prematurly?

[Jackpine]

It HAS worked fine. If you've read some of my other posts, I was thinking it was a little too eager to downshift, but that seems to have gone away when not towing since I played with the downshift and torque converter unlock settings. I havent towed the trailer yet, but we plan to take it on a trip at the end of the month and I'll see how it behaves. One thing I DO know, I got better gas mileage with the custom tow tune than I did with the canned tow tune.

- Jack

[twintips_17]

It HAS worked fine. If you've read some of my other posts, I was thinking it was a little too eager to downshift, but that seems to have gone away when not towing since I played with the downshift and torque converter unlock settings. I havent towed the trailer yet, but we plan to take it on a trip at the end of the month and I'll see how it behaves. One thing I DO know, I got better gas mileage with the custom tow tune than I did with the canned tow tune.

- Jack

See i dont get any of the downshift options or torque converter options with my tuner.... As of yet. Bill says they might be in the works for the 97-03 years. Have you heard of this?

[Jackpine]

Yes, I have. Trouble is, Bill is so busy on other projects right now I don't see him getting to this "feature" in your year programmer for several months. I imagine though, if you could describe as precisely as possible what you are looking for (try to include the exact driving conditions - speed, slope of hill, weight being pulled, and a guess of throttle position if you can't monitor it) he'll try to rewrite your tunes to give you what you want.

You'd need to put this in a carefully composed email though. Not just talk about it in the forum.

- Jack

[twintips_17]

Yes, I have. Trouble is, Bill is so busy on other projects right now I don't see him getting to this "feature" in your year programmer for several months. I imagine though, if you could describe as precisely as possible what you are looking for (try to include the exact driving conditions - speed, slope of hill, weight being pulled, and a guess of throttle position if you can't monitor it) he'll try to rewrite your tunes to give you what you want.

You'd need to put this in a carefully composed email though. Not just talk about it in the forum.

- Jack

Does bill take all his info off the tuning request form or does he talk to each person on an individual level? I guess i don’t know how this custom tuning works. I want to order this weekend at the sale price but i know they are very busy and probably won’t get to talking to me.

[Jackpine]

Does bill take all his info off the tuning request form or does he talk to each person on an individual level? I guess i don’t know how this custom tuning works. I want to order this weekend at the sale price but i know they are very busy and probably won’t get to talking to me.

He can do both. I filled out the tuning request, of course, and attached it to an email that I sent to them where I really tried to "put in words" what I was after. I even included a picture of my truck and trailer so he'd have a better feel for what I was asking.

- Jack

[twintips_17]

He can do both. I filled out the tuning request, of course, and attached it to an email that I sent to them where I really tried to "put in words" what I was after. I even included a picture of my truck and trailer so he'd have a better feel for what I was asking.

- Jack

Thanks a bunch Jack.

You have been a huge help to me and im sure to many other people on this forum. I will be ordering mine here later tonight and hopefully will be able to sell my edge by the end of next week:drool2: