SEREvince
Adventurer
Or maybe I'm just a superior idiot?
Just had new 34x10.5x17 KO2s installed last week. I was pleasantly surprised, my 14 JKU still had plenty of pep. Despite the measly 3.21 gears, and auto I was very happy, great torque and plenty of acceleration for me. The KO2s measure 32" so not a huge jump. Of course in my research on tires, I repeatedly read that it would be a dog, need gears, etc.
Despite being happy enough I went ahead and ordered the AEV Procal. Because if I'm happy now, just wait! Correcting for those 2-3" of tire is going to be EVEN BETTER!
Got it and couldn't wait to try it out. But we're rounding up the kids and headed to dinner, PERFECT, road test!
Flipped the switches, click click, BEEP BEEP. Success!
Off to dinner, we changed our minds. Not the local eatery, the one in the Valley. At the first touch of the gas pedal, I knew something was wrong, but hey I need to give it more than that right? Well we live at the top of the town pretty much, not much of test down the hill to the freeway entrance.
Hit the on ramp, and "UH OH". I have it pinned and I'm holding steady at 3000rpm and gradually picking up steam. Luckily the on ramp didn't merge and it was not a big deal, but I knew I had screwed something up pretty good.
We had a uneventful dinner and took the surface streets back, during which it threw a CEL, or MILF or whatever Jeep calls it. Going back up the hill, was touch and go. I really wasn't sure right at the final push to the crest, but we made it.
We get home and and I'm looking at the still set pins and they are correct? Then it dawned on me.....
IT WAS UPSIDE DOWN!
How embarrassing...
So now to fix the Jeep. First I did the correct program for the tires. No difference. So WTH did I actually program the first time? Well I flipped it upside down again and decoded the pins..and I had changed the axle gear ratio to who knows what. lol
So a quick program back to 3:21 and success! My jeep is back to pretty much exactly what it was before, albeit the speedo and odometer are slightly more correct, lol.
So, just a friendly reminder. Make sure the Procal is oriented the correct way when programming it... And AEV if you're reading this, I'd call it a failure outside of the design parameters. A simple arrow may have prevented this.
But of course, when you think you it's idiot proof along comes a better idiot!
Just had new 34x10.5x17 KO2s installed last week. I was pleasantly surprised, my 14 JKU still had plenty of pep. Despite the measly 3.21 gears, and auto I was very happy, great torque and plenty of acceleration for me. The KO2s measure 32" so not a huge jump. Of course in my research on tires, I repeatedly read that it would be a dog, need gears, etc.
Despite being happy enough I went ahead and ordered the AEV Procal. Because if I'm happy now, just wait! Correcting for those 2-3" of tire is going to be EVEN BETTER!
Got it and couldn't wait to try it out. But we're rounding up the kids and headed to dinner, PERFECT, road test!
Flipped the switches, click click, BEEP BEEP. Success!
Off to dinner, we changed our minds. Not the local eatery, the one in the Valley. At the first touch of the gas pedal, I knew something was wrong, but hey I need to give it more than that right? Well we live at the top of the town pretty much, not much of test down the hill to the freeway entrance.
Hit the on ramp, and "UH OH". I have it pinned and I'm holding steady at 3000rpm and gradually picking up steam. Luckily the on ramp didn't merge and it was not a big deal, but I knew I had screwed something up pretty good.
We had a uneventful dinner and took the surface streets back, during which it threw a CEL, or MILF or whatever Jeep calls it. Going back up the hill, was touch and go. I really wasn't sure right at the final push to the crest, but we made it.
We get home and and I'm looking at the still set pins and they are correct? Then it dawned on me.....
IT WAS UPSIDE DOWN!
How embarrassing...
So now to fix the Jeep. First I did the correct program for the tires. No difference. So WTH did I actually program the first time? Well I flipped it upside down again and decoded the pins..and I had changed the axle gear ratio to who knows what. lol
So a quick program back to 3:21 and success! My jeep is back to pretty much exactly what it was before, albeit the speedo and odometer are slightly more correct, lol.
So, just a friendly reminder. Make sure the Procal is oriented the correct way when programming it... And AEV if you're reading this, I'd call it a failure outside of the design parameters. A simple arrow may have prevented this.
But of course, when you think you it's idiot proof along comes a better idiot!
