staying_tuned
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Owning a diesel vehicle has always been one of my bucket list items. We tow a few UTVs and I've always been a fan of their simplicity and torque. I've never been able to justify the cost of an HD series pick-up (I'm mid 40s) because aside from lugging around small-ish toys, I really haven't needed the extra power. It wasn't until recent years that smaller diesels starting hitting the scene. When I learned that one was coming to the Gladiator, I was thrilled. Long time TJ/JK/JKU owner & general fan. On paper it seems perfect. Not really overkill and hey, I'd finally be able to cross having a diesel off my bucket list.
I haven't researched diesel engines, modifications etc. in well over a decade. Last week I started looking at tuning options to start. I feel like I opened a pandora's box. Things appear to have gotten extremely complicated and black-box in nature.
I go through project cars pretty quickly and run catted DPs on all turbo F.I. based gas projects (MK7 Golf R, TT-RS, Q60 etc.). Basically as long as the O2 shows ready state and cats are visible, I'm good on inspections. It seems like on diesels not much can be touched.
Are the days of delete > intake & exhaust & tune > big turbo & re-tune > send it long gone?
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
I haven't researched diesel engines, modifications etc. in well over a decade. Last week I started looking at tuning options to start. I feel like I opened a pandora's box. Things appear to have gotten extremely complicated and black-box in nature.
I go through project cars pretty quickly and run catted DPs on all turbo F.I. based gas projects (MK7 Golf R, TT-RS, Q60 etc.). Basically as long as the O2 shows ready state and cats are visible, I'm good on inspections. It seems like on diesels not much can be touched.
Are the days of delete > intake & exhaust & tune > big turbo & re-tune > send it long gone?
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
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