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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 02:14 PM
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So there is nothing you did right before it started acting up?
 
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 02:34 PM
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Closest thing was tune with SCT and fill up with premium the day before
 
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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I would try going back to stock computer settings see if it helps might be that simple.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 03:52 PM
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How empty were you when you filled up with the 93 octane and reprogrammed?




I know the SCT tuner removes torque management so that the trans shifts harder instead of that sloppy soft shift that Dodge gives you. It basically gimps the engine just before shift so that the torque is backed way off during the trans shift. This gives you that nice grandma feeling shift.

Perhaps there really isn't something up to snuff in your trans and the removal of the Torque Management is causing a problem.
 

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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by malrick
I would try going back to stock computer settings see if it helps might be that simple.
I did put it back to stock, that was first thing I tried.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by aim4squirrels
How empty were you when you filled up with the 93 octane and reprogrammed?




I know the SCT tuner removes torque management so that the trans shifts harder instead of that sloppy soft shift that Dodge gives you. It basically gimps the engine just before shift so that the torque is backed way off during the trans shift. This gives you that nice grandma feeling shift.

Perhaps there really isn't something up to snuff in your trans and the removal of the Torque Management is causing a problem.
I was just under a quarter tank when I filled up. And Idk if it is the tuner cuz I put it back on stock and it's doing to same thing.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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how is the engine running? If you are down on power... when's the last time you did a tuneup? Does the truck run ok when cold, and get worse as it warms up?
 
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:04 PM
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Lol, I feel like an idiot.. I looked under the hood just snooping around, and I saw a spark plug wire fell out of the harness and it was laying on the header. It looked burned through the rubber surround to the wire and it was grounding out to the header I guess.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:57 PM
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That would definitely give you a miss......
 
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 12:24 AM
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Hahaha yeah.. I checked plugs and wires, to see if they were plugged in, not to see if they were melted on a heAder lollll
 
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