Hello everyone. Yes this is my first post, I rather slink around and read everything, so I guess you could say long time listener and first time caller. Always enjoyed the site well, but now I need to contribute and ask for help at the same time. I live in California, so many of my upgrade options are limited in order to pass smog. It came down to either Kenn Bell or Whipple. I chose Whipple because of the installation and I felt it was a more complete kit. Both systems are super, and both are smog legal in CA.
I ordered and unlocked computer from SCT. Why SCT you ask... because in order to get the sticker on my car that states I am smog legal, I have to use the entire kit from Whipple, and that includes thier canned tune from SCT. I installed the computer and ran it in the car for a week before we did the installation.
Installation went great, we did the entire kit in 1 day! Everything went right in and the instructions were faily clear; although there were a couple of left no right side errors here and there. There was also 1 pipe missing for the heater lines, but we fabbed up a solution and kept going. I should have checked every item on the list before we sarted.
Once all was done the car fired right up! We installed the tune before we started the installation. The problem is, the tune sucked. If I went over 3/4 throttle she just spit out the exhaust like she was bouncing off the rev limited, even at 2500 RPM. Problem #2 with the tune was throttle control, once I have given her about 20% throttle the throttle blade would snap open to %50 and the car would take off. Cant drive that in traffic or even up a hill without rear ending someone.
So, I call Whipple, and send them a datalog of the error. 5 days later (yea 5 days of my car sitting like a brick because the tuner is out of the country and they are having a hard time getting him!) I get a new tune. So, excited to finally be able to drive my car I installed the tune last night. On the test drive I lost control of the throttle again, not even at 20 mph and only 2 blocks away, but this time the throttle would not shut down and I have to pound on the brakes to keep the car under control for 5 seconds until the throttle stops trying to accelerate. So the car is once again a brick in my driveway and I am at the mercy of Whipple to send me another tune and hope that the next one works.
Right now, I would recommend the supercharger for sure, but no way can I say that I am being taken care of. I dont feel like a priority at all and I am extremely disappointed. I may end up having to go another rout to get the car to run.
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I ordered and unlocked computer from SCT. Why SCT you ask... because in order to get the sticker on my car that states I am smog legal, I have to use the entire kit from Whipple, and that includes thier canned tune from SCT. I installed the computer and ran it in the car for a week before we did the installation.
Installation went great, we did the entire kit in 1 day! Everything went right in and the instructions were faily clear; although there were a couple of left no right side errors here and there. There was also 1 pipe missing for the heater lines, but we fabbed up a solution and kept going. I should have checked every item on the list before we sarted.
Once all was done the car fired right up! We installed the tune before we started the installation. The problem is, the tune sucked. If I went over 3/4 throttle she just spit out the exhaust like she was bouncing off the rev limited, even at 2500 RPM. Problem #2 with the tune was throttle control, once I have given her about 20% throttle the throttle blade would snap open to %50 and the car would take off. Cant drive that in traffic or even up a hill without rear ending someone.
So, I call Whipple, and send them a datalog of the error. 5 days later (yea 5 days of my car sitting like a brick because the tuner is out of the country and they are having a hard time getting him!) I get a new tune. So, excited to finally be able to drive my car I installed the tune last night. On the test drive I lost control of the throttle again, not even at 20 mph and only 2 blocks away, but this time the throttle would not shut down and I have to pound on the brakes to keep the car under control for 5 seconds until the throttle stops trying to accelerate. So the car is once again a brick in my driveway and I am at the mercy of Whipple to send me another tune and hope that the next one works.
Right now, I would recommend the supercharger for sure, but no way can I say that I am being taken care of. I dont feel like a priority at all and I am extremely disappointed. I may end up having to go another rout to get the car to run.
