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Similar situation - though in FL not TX. My 6.1 sits in an '07 300C. SRT's are the ultimate (affordable) street-sleepers (Neons and Nitro's excepted). All in all, very formidible, though there is limited interest here. I think UK based American car owners tend to fall into set categories: Corvette/Viper, Mustang and rusty old smoker - we kind of fall between the cracks.
Matt Harper said:
Similar situation - though in FL not TX. My 6.1 sits in an '07 300C. SRT's are the ultimate (affordable) street-sleepers (Neons and Nitro's excepted). All in all, very formidible, though there is limited interest here. I think UK based American car owners tend to fall into set categories: Corvette/Viper, Mustang and rusty old smoker - we kind of fall between the cracks.
Not true, I thought about buying a Fiero the other day.........wait....rusty old smoker, check!Steve_M said:
I have now arrived at an '07 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 V8 6.1L Hemi and I love it 
Forgot to mention Fuse # 11. You're familiar with fuse 11, right?Just in case you are not, pulling this fuse for 10 secs erases the ECU's memory, regarding previous engine/trans mode. The ECU 'learns' drivers style, so if the previous owner was a "Driving Miss Daisy", the ECU will have learned soft shifts, lower up-shift r.p.m., less aggressive kick-down etc.
Pulling the fuse puts you back to original (angrier) setting.
ESC full-off mode makes things a lot more fun too, if the Jeep has that option. Full-off achieved by hitting the ESC button twice and holding it depressed until "ESC Full-Off" is displayed in the electronic read-out.
Matt Harper said :
Forgot to mention Fuse # 11. You're familiar with fuse 11, right?
Just in case you are not, pulling this fuse for 10 secs erases the ECU's memory, regarding previous engine/trans mode. The ECU 'learns' drivers style, so if the previous owner was a "Driving Miss Daisy", the ECU will have learned soft shifts, lower up-shift r.p.m., less aggressive kick-down etc.
Pulling the fuse puts you back to original (angrier) setting.
ESC full-off mode makes things a lot more fun too, if the Jeep has that option. Full-off achieved by hitting the ESC button twice and holding it depressed until "ESC Full-Off" is displayed in the electronic read-out.
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Does anybody know of anything like this for a Dodge Ram 5.7 Hemi 2003, just wondered !!
Forgot to mention Fuse # 11. You're familiar with fuse 11, right?
Just in case you are not, pulling this fuse for 10 secs erases the ECU's memory, regarding previous engine/trans mode. The ECU 'learns' drivers style, so if the previous owner was a "Driving Miss Daisy", the ECU will have learned soft shifts, lower up-shift r.p.m., less aggressive kick-down etc.
Pulling the fuse puts you back to original (angrier) setting.
ESC full-off mode makes things a lot more fun too, if the Jeep has that option. Full-off achieved by hitting the ESC button twice and holding it depressed until "ESC Full-Off" is displayed in the electronic read-out.
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Does anybody know of anything like this for a Dodge Ram 5.7 Hemi 2003, just wondered !!
Edited by mutz nutz on Wednesday 31st December 09:41
mutz nutz said:
Does anybody know of anything like this for a Dodge Ram 5.7 Hemi 2003, just wondered !!
No, sorry - this only applies to the adaptive TCM in the Benzo 5G-Tronic transmission (Auto-Stick) in the RT and SRT versions of the 300C, Charger, Challenger and Cherokee with 5.7/6.1 Hemi. (as well as a number of V8/12 Mercedes Benz models). The Ram has an Indiana Transmission gearbox but they do benefit from the installation of a Transgo shift-kit which gives a more positive hook-up, but does compromise smoothness of up-shift - but the upside is that it also strengthens your neck muscles. Edited by mutz nutz on Wednesday 31st December 09:41
Matt Harper said:
mutz nutz said:
Does anybody know of anything like this for a Dodge Ram 5.7 Hemi 2003, just wondered !!
No, sorry - this only applies to the adaptive TCM in the Benzo 5G-Tronic transmission (Auto-Stick) in the RT and SRT versions of the 300C, Charger, Challenger and Cherokee with 5.7/6.1 Hemi. (as well as a number of V8/12 Mercedes Benz models). The Ram has an Indiana Transmission gearbox but they do benefit from the installation of a Transgo shift-kit which gives a more positive hook-up, but does compromise smoothness of up-shift - but the upside is that it also strengthens your neck muscles. Edited by mutz nutz on Wednesday 31st December 09:41
mutz nutz said:
Matt Harper said:
mutz nutz said:
Does anybody know of anything like this for a Dodge Ram 5.7 Hemi 2003, just wondered !!
No, sorry - this only applies to the adaptive TCM in the Benzo 5G-Tronic transmission (Auto-Stick) in the RT and SRT versions of the 300C, Charger, Challenger and Cherokee with 5.7/6.1 Hemi. (as well as a number of V8/12 Mercedes Benz models). The Ram has an Indiana Transmission gearbox but they do benefit from the installation of a Transgo shift-kit which gives a more positive hook-up, but does compromise smoothness of up-shift - but the upside is that it also strengthens your neck muscles. Edited by mutz nutz on Wednesday 31st December 09:41
Steve_M said:
Hi everybody,
I have traveled the highways and byways of car ownership and trawled through the halls of Pistonheads for a while now.
I have now arrived at an '07 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 V8 6.1L Hemi and I love it
So is this where I should be hanging out now???
If you depress the two bottom inner switches on the face of the steering wheel it will bring up a diiferent set of menus on the LCD in the dash. One of which is a 0-60 timer that starts as soon as you start moving.I have traveled the highways and byways of car ownership and trawled through the halls of Pistonheads for a while now.
I have now arrived at an '07 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 V8 6.1L Hemi and I love it
So is this where I should be hanging out now???
Roo. said:
Steve_M said:
Hi everybody,
I have traveled the highways and byways of car ownership and trawled through the halls of Pistonheads for a while now.
I have now arrived at an '07 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 V8 6.1L Hemi and I love it
So is this where I should be hanging out now???
If you depress the two bottom inner switches on the face of the steering wheel it will bring up a diiferent set of menus on the LCD in the dash. One of which is a 0-60 timer that starts as soon as you start moving.I have traveled the highways and byways of car ownership and trawled through the halls of Pistonheads for a while now.
I have now arrived at an '07 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 V8 6.1L Hemi and I love it
So is this where I should be hanging out now???
HD Adam said:
mutz nutz said:
Matt Harper said:
mutz nutz said:
Does anybody know of anything like this for a Dodge Ram 5.7 Hemi 2003, just wondered !!
No, sorry - this only applies to the adaptive TCM in the Benzo 5G-Tronic transmission (Auto-Stick) in the RT and SRT versions of the 300C, Charger, Challenger and Cherokee with 5.7/6.1 Hemi. (as well as a number of V8/12 Mercedes Benz models). The Ram has an Indiana Transmission gearbox but they do benefit from the installation of a Transgo shift-kit which gives a more positive hook-up, but does compromise smoothness of up-shift - but the upside is that it also strengthens your neck muscles. Edited by mutz nutz on Wednesday 31st December 09:41
Disconnecting the battery will only delete the adaptive strategy "learned" by the ECM in the KAM (which stands for Keep Alive Memory). There is no internal power supply so the "keep alive" part is lost.
When this happens, the ECM resets itself to the factory parameters. Anything learned about your driving style and how the engine operates is lost until the ECM learns again. This takes a few driving cycles and is constantly updated as long as the battery stays connected.
If you connect a code reader to the OBDII port after you have disconnected the battery (or flash tuned the ECM), you will see a P1000 error code. It isn't actually a real error code, it just shows that the ECM hasn't been through enough driving cycles yet for emissions testing.
If your ECM has been "chipped", that is a different matter. One way of doing this is to actually install a chip with the new program on it. If you physically remove the chip, the programming returns to the factory setting.
If the ECM has been flashed with a handheld tuner, that program stays in the RAM untill the ECM is either returned to stock or overwritten with a new tune again. Disconnecting the battery makes no difference as the factory tune has been physically overwritten.
Just about all hand held tuners lock themselves to a particular ECM on the first use. That's to stop you tuning multiple vehicles with one handheld.
The tuner is useless to be used on another vehicle. If your car/truck has been tuned previously, you should still have the tuner or there's a very good chance that the previous owner returned the vehicle to stock and kept it to use in their next vehicle.
When this happens, the ECM resets itself to the factory parameters. Anything learned about your driving style and how the engine operates is lost until the ECM learns again. This takes a few driving cycles and is constantly updated as long as the battery stays connected.
If you connect a code reader to the OBDII port after you have disconnected the battery (or flash tuned the ECM), you will see a P1000 error code. It isn't actually a real error code, it just shows that the ECM hasn't been through enough driving cycles yet for emissions testing.
If your ECM has been "chipped", that is a different matter. One way of doing this is to actually install a chip with the new program on it. If you physically remove the chip, the programming returns to the factory setting.
If the ECM has been flashed with a handheld tuner, that program stays in the RAM untill the ECM is either returned to stock or overwritten with a new tune again. Disconnecting the battery makes no difference as the factory tune has been physically overwritten.
Just about all hand held tuners lock themselves to a particular ECM on the first use. That's to stop you tuning multiple vehicles with one handheld.
The tuner is useless to be used on another vehicle. If your car/truck has been tuned previously, you should still have the tuner or there's a very good chance that the previous owner returned the vehicle to stock and kept it to use in their next vehicle.
Tom74 said:
Matt Harper said:
Similar situation - though in FL not TX. My 6.1 sits in an '07 300C. SRT's are the ultimate (affordable) street-sleepers (Neons and Nitro's excepted). All in all, very formidible, though there is limited interest here. I think UK based American car owners tend to fall into set categories: Corvette/Viper, Mustang and rusty old smoker - we kind of fall between the cracks.
Not true, I thought about buying a Fiero the other day.........wait....rusty old smoker, check!
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