How to stop the "red lightning bolt"?
09-21-2008, 02:28 PM
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i don't know how much boost it is pushing, i am installing a boost gauge and istalling the methanol boost cooler. i will have to do some tuning after i finish.
09-22-2008, 12:03 PM
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thats form the replys. I always run high octane fuel and i am currently in the prosses of upgrading from 31" tires and 3.73 gears to 35" tires and 4.88 gears. Hopefully by letting up on the throttle, the light will not come on as much. I still wish i could actually pass a car with it and it not happen. Maybe the new gears and tires will help. Let me know what yall think. 
I drive with the OD off....and have NOOOOOOOO problem flying past everyone on the highway....or anywhere for that matter.....I had to pretty much "re-learn" the throttle of my Jeep, I actually see more power and more boost off of 1/2 to 3/4 throttle...on the random occasion I do get the lightning bolt, but I also only have 200 miles on the SuperCharger.....
....How much BOOST do you make?
....How much BOOST do you make?
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09-22-2008, 01:32 PM
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...doesn't sound like you drive with OD off....just saying
....RIPP I didn't get the instructions for the blow off valve adjustments, I have it set with about 2 threads showing on the bolt and see the most boost at that mark
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09-22-2008, 01:44 PM
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For example if you choose to floor it with the Automatic on 87-89octane fuel, running 3:23/73 gears and 35" tires the transmission ecu will recognize the added load combined with the added power and determine that there is to much power for the "mathematical equation" that is your drive train. It will trigger the light and "dumbing" down the power for you. However if you follow the instructions and drive with the throttle slightly off floored the ECU will better match the “load” mapping the throttle input – or not be so sensitive to the added power. Learning how to drive the boost rather than the throttle will be the first thing you have to come familiar with. Remember when you drive your JK your making suggestion with the throttle, your JK is Drive By Wire, which means you have no direct linkage to the throttle, your inputting a signal and the ECU is determining for you how much to open the butterfly. However if you are running the high octane mapping and high octane fuel the ECU will again recognize this and be less likely to trigger the load system.
This is all based on your install being 100% or otherwise no other issues, for further information please don’t hesitate to call.
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5k and he cant even floor it when he wants?
or am i misunderstanding?
09-22-2008, 06:48 PM
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the shop that installed the kit is supposed to be calling RIPP any day now, they have it in there shop so they can check everything while on the phone.
09-24-2008, 08:22 AM
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You - as a driver - have no real total control of the throttle in the JK
The JK uses drive-by-wire, when you press the throttle your suggesting how much throttle you need to complete the task of acceleration, but the reality is the ECU is doing all the input for you. When you increase your tire size the load changes dramatically, your internal processors don’t know that so the fail safe system (red lightning bolt) is on alert. Not putting the throttle to the floor produces the same power without the trigger happy fail safe system. When you get drive train adjusters like the Hypertech units it corrects the “mathematical equation” that is your drive-train load and you’re less likely to trigger the fail safe.
Question welcome
We’ll be waiting
09-24-2008, 08:30 PM
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In your other post in the advertiser section, you stated that your unit will work with no problems with the stock components.....
if i stomp on the pedal, and it creates an error, then that would be a problem
is this going to be addressed later or what?
I want to buy a kit, but stuff like this makes me question the legitimacy
Last edited by wagonofdoom; 09-24-2008 at 08:39 PM.
I thank that lightningbolt represents how fast your about to go