5.7L / 6.1L HEMI Magna Charger Kits
02-20-2009, 10:45 PM
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Oh I hear ya. Back in 03, the 1st Hemi Rumble Bee prototype was built with a Kenny Bell blower on it. Kenny Bell then built their blower kits for the Hemi trucks back then, but afterwards they couldn't find any tuning solutions so their kits have been sitting on the shelf for the past few years. Looks like they found a way to get rid of some inventory. Diablo CMR tuning works well with the LX cars, but they still have some issues to work out with the trucks. In our trucks, using a Diablo tune with a 2 bar map sensor won't play well together. Diablo may get a boosted truck engine to run, but the RFE545 transmission will be toast in very short order. I've ran my boosted Hemi truck for over 4 years using almost every conceivable tuner/piggy back system out there. During the first 2 years I went through over dozen transmissions. If my truck wasn't a daily driver I would use the Mopar Performance AEM standalone with a standalone trans controller.
02-27-2009, 08:46 PM
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Oh I hear ya. Back in 03, the 1st Hemi Rumble Bee prototype was built with a Kenny Bell blower on it. Kenny Bell then built their blower kits for the Hemi trucks back then, but afterwards they couldn't find any tuning solutions so their kits have been sitting on the shelf for the past few years. Looks like they found a way to get rid of some inventory. Diablo CMR tuning works well with the LX cars, but they still have some issues to work out with the trucks. In our trucks, using a Diablo tune with a 2 bar map sensor won't play well together. Diablo may get a boosted truck engine to run, but the RFE545 transmission will be toast in very short order. I've ran my boosted Hemi truck for over 4 years using almost every conceivable tuner/piggy back system out there. During the first 2 years I went through over dozen transmissions. If my truck wasn't a daily driver I would use the Mopar Performance AEM standalone with a standalone trans controller.
On the RAM, the 545 is the weak link, especially 2prime. You can cal 2 prime out with Diablo CMR and increase pressure and decrease shift times but it's still a matter of time. The 545 is nowhere near as nice as the A580 tha tis in the LX carrs...
I'm sure Magnuson will have all the bases convered with this kit. Hemi + TVS2300 = Big Power! Can't wait to get my hands on one. When can I expect mine to show up Brian? :-)
J
02-27-2009, 10:25 PM
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Just spoke to someone yesterday and apparently KB still can't tune the Hemi. Not sure why they don't just go with Diablo but...
On the RAM, the 545 is the weak link, especially 2prime. You can cal 2 prime out with Diablo CMR and increase pressure and decrease shift times but it's still a matter of time. The 545 is nowhere near as nice as the A580 tha tis in the LX carrs...
I'm sure Magnuson will have all the bases convered with this kit. Hemi + TVS2300 = Big Power! Can't wait to get my hands on one. When can I expect mine to show up Brian? :-)
J
On the RAM, the 545 is the weak link, especially 2prime. You can cal 2 prime out with Diablo CMR and increase pressure and decrease shift times but it's still a matter of time. The 545 is nowhere near as nice as the A580 tha tis in the LX carrs...
I'm sure Magnuson will have all the bases convered with this kit. Hemi + TVS2300 = Big Power! Can't wait to get my hands on one. When can I expect mine to show up Brian? :-)
J
02-27-2009, 10:28 PM
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Just spoke to someone yesterday and apparently KB still can't tune the Hemi. Not sure why they don't just go with Diablo but...
On the RAM, the 545 is the weak link, especially 2prime. You can cal 2 prime out with Diablo CMR and increase pressure and decrease shift times but it's still a matter of time. The 545 is nowhere near as nice as the A580 tha tis in the LX carrs...
I'm sure Magnuson will have all the bases convered with this kit. Hemi + TVS2300 = Big Power! Can't wait to get my hands on one. When can I expect mine to show up Brian? :-)
J
On the RAM, the 545 is the weak link, especially 2prime. You can cal 2 prime out with Diablo CMR and increase pressure and decrease shift times but it's still a matter of time. The 545 is nowhere near as nice as the A580 tha tis in the LX carrs...
I'm sure Magnuson will have all the bases convered with this kit. Hemi + TVS2300 = Big Power! Can't wait to get my hands on one. When can I expect mine to show up Brian? :-)
J