I've been reading the Minotaur forum for a few hrs now, trying to learn a bit.. I've ordered everything, just waiting for it to come in
The more I read, and the more I think about the things I want to change, the more I wish it worked on the 6.0's. Mostly the tranny, my #1 complaint about my trucks. The 4R100, the reason's are obvious. The 5R110, I cant stand the way the convertor locks and unlocks while using cruise control. Get into some rolling hills with them and the convertor just goes nuts when there is no reason for it to do it.
With enough time and practice, you can make the 4R100 shift how and where you want it to regardless of load at any speed and accelerator pedal position. The same can be true with your torque converter clutch as well depending on the year of the truck and the PCM code you're working with. There are some that will never act just right, but there is a lot of tuning that can be done to take care of most of the issues.
I have some basic questions that should be easy to answer..
First off, the software. Can it be installed on several computers?
Yes, but a license fee will apply to all additional units. I'm a computer geek, right at this point in time I have 12 laptops. All of them have a specific job. I have touch screen's, plain jane laptops, etc. I prefer the touch screens for some of my tuning software, but for others I prefer a regular laptop. Pretty much, I dont know which computer I'm going to use for the F-250 yet. I've considered mounting a laptop in the truck, I have one in my F-450, I use it all day, every day. It's just nice to have.
I'm guessing that the chip has no burn limit ( well, none meaning you'll never meet that limit unless you burn every 10 seconds for many many years )?
Correct.I know that writing to a typical EEprom some can have up to 1 million writes before you have issues, some your able to do more, or less.. I haven't seen this talked about yet.
Until someone gets a million burn cycles on one of these chips, you probably won't. Besides, the contacts in the chip connector will be long gone before then!
Idle, I know I can increase idle speed, but can I have the engine idle up after a certain amount of time? Or do I have to make a different tune that I run when I want increased RPM's?.. My 6.0's are wired so they will go into high idle, using the PTO circuit. When active, they will idle for 10 seconds or so, then smoothly ramp up to 1200 RPM. If you hit the brake, they will go back to normal idle speed.. Can this be done with Minotaur? Or is it one of those things where I have to switch to a different position? I dont idle very often, normally just when letting the truck cool off after towing or whatever, but there are times when I need the truck to idle for various reason's and I dont like the low RPM's for prolonged periods of time due to diesel stacking. I'm just curious to know what my option's are. I'd rather just have a tune so the engine will idle at stock speeds for so many seconds, then automaticly ramp up, instead of having 2 tunes simply for idle speeds.
Yes, it can be done on the SD trucks. The 95-97 trucks are not capable of this feature. See this thread http://forum.gopowerhungry.com/lates...html#post39434
Where can I download the manual at? Just something to read while I'm waiting. I clicked on the link that Corey posted in the sticky, but I dont see where I can get it at all..
I never got one with my software, but then again, I had it mostly figured out before I bought Minotaur (I had Sniper's Delta Force program for a year before I bought Minotaur). Bill has a manual made up, but I have only read the hard copy.
I think thats it for now. I'm sure many more will come up
