Power Puck for pickup....not bike related

[Jethroish]

Anyone here ever use or know about Power Puck by Diablo Sport?

I have read a lot of good stuff about it, but still a little iffy. Looking to get a little more pep out of the diesel truck when pulling the horse trailer.

[Jus Monkeyin Around]

I have heard of them. What kind of truck do you have??

[Jethroish]

I have heard of them. What kind of truck do you have??

 

 

 

It's for a 2002 Dodge 2500 Cummins Diesel.

[mountainhorsega]

We got one of the programmers (not a puck) for our ford but the tow mode sucked eggs. had to change over to a diablo delta chip. It's in an 03 ford 7.3 with 5speed. pulling a 3horse slant with 10' LQ. total about 28 feet, 10-11k lbs. Tow mode does pull better but always worry about it overheating the turbo and would with any of them. Would go back to the Dodge in a heartbeat with no chip. Our previous Dodges had so much more low end torque it is amazing. Top end, the Ford might be just a touch better but not sure about that.

[Jethroish]

My Dodge does ok, but when we bought it, I never expected to be hauling this much with it, so I got 3.55 rear end in it. Makes it dog a little bit.

I'm not too worried aboutan overheat issue. I removed the factory 195 thermostat and put in a 180. Even pulling a 3 horse with 9' LQ in 90+ heat, temp gauge rarely breaks 190 now.

I can get the Powe Puck for $169 and would bet that if I don't like it I can get close to the full price back out of it on Fleabay.

[mountainhorsega]

It's more overheating the turbo than the engine. Exhaust gas temp gauge will help know what's going on before it starts melting the seals. and, if it's an auto - you really have to watch the trans temp. burning that fluid can lead to big tranny problems. We had a 2001 with an auto - no chip - going camping for Thanksgiving several years back and it started pushing fluid out going up the mountains - it was cold out but the tranny did get hot. Got rid of that auto. RVNet really has a lot of knowledgeable folks - They are like the venturerider.org of the RV world. Look at the towing forum. I'm not trying to discourage or anything, just sharing a couple of things that I believe in (maybe incorrectly but, they seem sound)

[Jethroish]

It's more overheating the turbo than the engine. Exhaust gas temp gauge will help know what's going on before it starts melting the seals. and, if it's an auto - you really have to watch the trans temp. burning that fluid can lead to big tranny problems. We had a 2001 with an auto - no chip - going camping for Thanksgiving several years back and it started pushing fluid out going up the mountains - it was cold out but the tranny did get hot. Got rid of that auto. RVNet really has a lot of knowledgeable folks - They are like the venturerider.org of the RV world. Look at the towing forum. I'm not trying to discourage or anything, just sharing a couple of things that I believe in (maybe incorrectly but, they seem sound)

 

I had not thought to check RVnet. Been on several diesel truck forums.

I am starting to lean toward not getting anything. What towing I do is usually no more than 2 hour drive.

[BigBoyinMS]

For the Cummins one of the favorites is the Smarty with 10 programs. I have the Smarty Jr with 3 programs and just keep it on the 70hp Towing program.

Like mountainhorsega said, EGT (Exhaust Gas Temperature) is extremely important. It seems that most of the electronic power add'ers make adjustments to help lower the EGT.