2008 Viper Throttle body to be installed today on my jeep. will keep updated
05-24-2011, 07:10 AM
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500 miles on the TB so far
i have been averaging 15mpg in the city which went up 1.5mpg average. now my vehicle came with the crappy 16 inch street tires (so Spedo is calulated for that) and i am running 33 Mud terrains. so i know its off but there is still an improvement. Wednesday night ill be going on the 12.5 hr trip down to alabama and ill keep track of how well it does on the highway. i still have no Flashpaq or anything like that all stock setup and no CEL errors.
05-24-2011, 12:07 PM
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FWIW, I got the ETC light as I descended this steep downhill:
Ran like garbage but a shutdown/restart "fixed" it. Considering putting the stock TB back on at this point. I don't need the engine cutting out under any wheeling circumstance.
Ran like garbage but a shutdown/restart "fixed" it. Considering putting the stock TB back on at this point. I don't need the engine cutting out under any wheeling circumstance.
05-24-2011, 12:18 PM
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yea i still carry my stock one with me in my center console, but ill be doing quite a bit of offroading down in AL (my grandparents have 64 acres) so lots of fun plus a 13 acre lake as well as plenty of other places so that will be part of my testing of this thing too.
05-24-2011, 12:47 PM
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So what you guys are saying is Off Road (Hills Crawling etc) the thing is not a good mod. So Hell's Revenge in Moab would not be any fun with it eh?
05-24-2011, 01:26 PM
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I haven't tested to much hill crawling with it installed yet. but i just have my old one in the jeep for that what if instance.
05-24-2011, 01:36 PM
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Same thing kept happening to me with the viper TB in my 2010: lit up dash lights when decending long hills, especially when going off the throttle down slight hills on highway. Ended up going back to stock for the exact reason mentioned above...never wanted it to happen in a critical offroad decent.
05-25-2011, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by azjeepN
What Octane fuel do U use? U've gone a good ways w/o getting a check engine light......We have the same stock setup except for the TB and we just use 87 Octane and we got the just today before the first tank of fuel was gone. Thinking about running 89 and see if the light goes out. Whata ya'll think?
I cannot imagine that simply using a fuel that's harder to ignite would solve our issue.
