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I've had a power commander now for about a week and a half or close to two weeks and finally got enough time at home to test it out. Below is my findings so far.
First step was to get a baseline run. I am using an app on my iPhone to test 0 to 40 miles an hour. I made three runs back to back after I warmed the engine up in the red pioneer will accelerate from 0 to 40 miles an hour in 6.5 seconds. This test is performed on stock wheels but the red pioneer has a lot of accessories that I had quite a bit of weight.
Just for the fun of it, I did the same test in the white three seater that doesn't have many accessories. It does have a winch, windshield,roof, and a dual battery set up. It will accelerate from 0 to 40 miles an hour in 5.6 seconds on the average of three runs.
I installed the power commander five next which was quite easy and instructions were pretty clear. The only complaint that I have is their connections to the two coil packs is pretty cheesy but I guess it'll work OK. All the other connections were nice OEM type waterproof connectors that I have no concerns about. I also removed the muffler and drilled a new hole in the pipe for a new oxygen sensor to use with the auto tune kit. I placed the autotune oxygen sensor right next to the OEM sensor.
The next thing I did was do another run in with the power commander turned on but no power to the auto tune module. I am happy to report that there is a very noticeable difference in power! After warming the engine up, I made three timed runs in the exact same location as before and now the red pioneer will accelerate 0 to 40 miles an hour in 5.6 seconds. It will dig out of the hole a lot quicker than what it used to. I am very, very happy with the performance.
I am about all tuckered out for this evening. Tomorrow I will bring my laptop down here and turn on the auto tune and make some adjustments and see if there's anything left to get some more performance out of it. My guess is there's not gonna be much more performance. The auto tune kit should help the pioneer maintain performance no matter the elevation changes or future modifications to the intake and exhaust. That's the cool thing about the auto tune kit, you set the fuel to air ratio and it will keep that same ratio no matter what modifications that I make down the road.
Here's a picture of the times as I was writing them down on the whiteboard in the shop.
First step was to get a baseline run. I am using an app on my iPhone to test 0 to 40 miles an hour. I made three runs back to back after I warmed the engine up in the red pioneer will accelerate from 0 to 40 miles an hour in 6.5 seconds. This test is performed on stock wheels but the red pioneer has a lot of accessories that I had quite a bit of weight.
Just for the fun of it, I did the same test in the white three seater that doesn't have many accessories. It does have a winch, windshield,roof, and a dual battery set up. It will accelerate from 0 to 40 miles an hour in 5.6 seconds on the average of three runs.
I installed the power commander five next which was quite easy and instructions were pretty clear. The only complaint that I have is their connections to the two coil packs is pretty cheesy but I guess it'll work OK. All the other connections were nice OEM type waterproof connectors that I have no concerns about. I also removed the muffler and drilled a new hole in the pipe for a new oxygen sensor to use with the auto tune kit. I placed the autotune oxygen sensor right next to the OEM sensor.
The next thing I did was do another run in with the power commander turned on but no power to the auto tune module. I am happy to report that there is a very noticeable difference in power! After warming the engine up, I made three timed runs in the exact same location as before and now the red pioneer will accelerate 0 to 40 miles an hour in 5.6 seconds. It will dig out of the hole a lot quicker than what it used to. I am very, very happy with the performance.
I am about all tuckered out for this evening. Tomorrow I will bring my laptop down here and turn on the auto tune and make some adjustments and see if there's anything left to get some more performance out of it. My guess is there's not gonna be much more performance. The auto tune kit should help the pioneer maintain performance no matter the elevation changes or future modifications to the intake and exhaust. That's the cool thing about the auto tune kit, you set the fuel to air ratio and it will keep that same ratio no matter what modifications that I make down the road.
Here's a picture of the times as I was writing them down on the whiteboard in the shop.
