2006 Duramax Tune

[SSink]

Ok so my freind has a 2006 duramax with an edge programmer. he wants me to give him an hp tune to make it lope and smoke but he still wants to have multiple levels. is there any way i can make that happen?

[mecanicman]

Loping is hard on things, not a good plan. If you want to write a tune to show off, but only at specific times and then take it out, thats up to you(still dont think is a good plan). Smoke is wasted fuel, no point, no power. Hp tuners does not offer a switchable tune setup. To change between tunes you have to reflash.

[SSink]

i told him about the fuel and lope but hay its his truck and his money so ill do what he wants. i thought that if i tuned the truck on the stock level that the edge programer would overwrite it to get the level 3.4.5

[mecanicman]

Possibly, I have had mixed results with that. Different programmers do different things. Other then dpf and egr deletes I don't stack tuners, have had problems.

[SSink]

hay thanks for the advise. ur alot more useful than the guys on performancetrucks.net

[PSYKOSTEVO]

I think what he means by making it lope might be adjusting the variable vains in the turbo to be more open during idle, so that the engine noise gets through the exhaust a bit easier. It's pointless, and will induce a little MORE lag at bottom end than it already has.

You can just go into the turbo vain tables and open them up off throttle.

As for smoking, like he said, big waste of $4.00/gallon. The idea is to have a powerful truck, but not get pulled over by the highway patrol.

[PSYKOSTEVO]

Possibly, I have had mixed results with that. Different programmers do different things. Other then dpf and egr deletes I don't stack tuners, have had problems.

yeah, stacking tuners is a great way to end up with an invalid tune that can't verify itself and becomes inop.

[ajamesbond007]

I think what he means by making it lope might be adjusting the variable vains in the turbo to be more open during idle, so that the engine noise gets through the exhaust a bit easier. It's pointless, and will induce a little MORE lag at bottom end than it already has.

You can just go into the turbo vain tables and open them up off throttle.

As for smoking, like he said, big waste of $4.00/gallon. The idea is to have a powerful truck, but not get pulled over by the highway patrol.

Just out of curiosity, are you saying that opening the vanes will cause the truck to lope more? Or just **sound** better during the lope?