V24a-c Fine Tuning ROM's
The finish line in the tuning process is nearly here. Ed and I are at Rom V24c. A long long way from where we started and how the 3.0R was before this whole process began. The original complaints about the DBW Lag has been aken care of and is a distant memory(even my GF used to complain about the DBW lag..lol)...You give it gas and it GOES! Even the work Ed had done with the tranny has been amazing, especially how fast the tranny(5EAT) will downshift under load/up a hill/overtaking car, now you barely have to press on the gas to get a reaction, a far cry from having to press the gas down almost all the way...definately did not expect the tinkering that Ed did with the tranny, its smooth as butter(sometimes you cannot feel the shifts) and how much better and firmer the shifts are! Now being in automatic is actually Fun to drive the 3.0R,its the the TCU knows how i drive in the manual mode and applies that to the automatic mode, and i dont need to switch to manual mode just to pass another car, now i just press the gas and she takes off!! Being in the automatic mode in either sport or sport sharp feels almost exactly like your in the manual mode in terms of throttle response(in auto there still was mild DBW lag/power delivery lag) & power delivery, its all there and always feels like she just wants to keep going and going...Lately it has been hard just trying to keep her at a reasonable speed...lol...Ed has really transformed this 3.0R into a whole new Animal!
This is the fine tuning process and sometimes can be hard to feel slight differences in the ROM's...but through it all one thing was constant...The Gear pulls got quicker, gear shifts got firmer, and she kept pulling harder and harder! The Bottom and Mid range thru the Rpm's have gotten so much better,they used to be non existant, but it now feels like theres 3 power bands..low, mid, and top and each one feels like im being pushed further bak into my seat! its a wonderful feeling!!
Living at 4000ft in elevation hinders some of the potential power gains i could be enjoying if i lived at sea level, but despite the lack of air, Ed has really gotten so much out of my 3.0R with very minor mod's(all bolt on's)..His Knoweledge and expertise has really shown and must have been quite a challange dealing with my lack of air and elevation situation, as none of my logs have been very consistent because there are very few straight roads to log gear pulls, even so, ed seems to know just how pull out all out her power/torque and hold nothing back!
one of these days, ill take the 3.0R down to sea level and do some gear pulls so Ed can make a dyno chart to see her max with all the air she can get!
I am Very Much Pleased and Blown away with the status of the 3.0R, i couldnt have asked for anything more, Ed has met and surpassed all expectations!
Here is a Video of My 08 3.0R on ROM V24b From a Standing Start 0-100(bout 16sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F82n5bP ... e=youtu.be
