Anybody running a Malone tune on their diesel?
03-09-2018, 10:04 AM
#61
Burning Brakes
After removing the DPF/SCR... if it matters, you'll also end up with a bit of diesel smoke, and the diesel smell from the exhaust. It does sound pretty good though, for a low-revving V6.
(This one has a tune on it) -
(This one has a tune on it) -
03-12-2018, 11:59 AM
#63
Burning Brakes
His username on clubtouareg is tdimark69 , and his signature states he's got a gutted/painted muffler as well as the Rawtek downpipe. Not sure if that video was just the downpipe, or with the downpipe and the gutted muffler.
This one says it's a downpipe and the stock muffler, and from his build thread, he said: "So i have about 200kms on the exhaust and tune now...and let me start by saying OMG. This is not the same machine its so much better. It no longer falls on its face around 80-100km+ now it pulls and keeps pulling. Sound with stock muffler is super tame inside and not bad outside either.
The throttle response is much much better, more power everywhere..."
This one says it's a downpipe and the stock muffler, and from his build thread, he said: "So i have about 200kms on the exhaust and tune now...and let me start by saying OMG. This is not the same machine its so much better. It no longer falls on its face around 80-100km+ now it pulls and keeps pulling. Sound with stock muffler is super tame inside and not bad outside either.
The throttle response is much much better, more power everywhere..."
03-13-2018, 10:55 AM
#64
Got lucky and helped a friend last night load a Malone Stage 2 tune into his CD and then drive it. The process to load the tune is easy, you read the stock tune with a tuner box you buy from Malone called a Flashzilla. You then email the stock tune to Malone and they build the tuned file for you, which you upload into the Flashzilla. Then you use the Flashzilla to upload the tuned file to the Cayenne's ECU. The Flashzilla can also read and erase check engine lights/codes.
Process for uploading the tune took longer than I expected and while it was happening all sorts of dash warning lights come on and go off, with bells and chimes. A little disconcerting! All was well tho in the end.
Onto the drive, the motor feels like a huge weight has been lifted off its shoulders. It revs much more easily, smoothness is the same, I didn't notice any more diesel clatter than before. You need much smaller throttle openings to acheive the same speed. When you get heavy into the throttle, the truck moves, now! Hard to quantify the gains without putting it on a dyno, but the butt dyno says the gains over stock are substantial.
Definitely a well done package, Porsche should've tuned them like this from the factory.
Food for thought, gonna be hard to not pull the trigger on it...
Process for uploading the tune took longer than I expected and while it was happening all sorts of dash warning lights come on and go off, with bells and chimes. A little disconcerting! All was well tho in the end.
Onto the drive, the motor feels like a huge weight has been lifted off its shoulders. It revs much more easily, smoothness is the same, I didn't notice any more diesel clatter than before. You need much smaller throttle openings to acheive the same speed. When you get heavy into the throttle, the truck moves, now! Hard to quantify the gains without putting it on a dyno, but the butt dyno says the gains over stock are substantial.
Definitely a well done package, Porsche should've tuned them like this from the factory.
Food for thought, gonna be hard to not pull the trigger on it...
03-13-2018, 11:22 AM
#65
Rennlist Member
If that's your goal, you're going to fail. No way will a turbo diesel have the same throttle response as the Carrera. What I meant is that it makes so much more power that you don't have to give it as much throttle to achieve the same acceleration.
Felt like there was some throttle lag in first gear at times still, putting it in sport mode basically erased that.
Felt like there was some throttle lag in first gear at times still, putting it in sport mode basically erased that.
03-13-2018, 12:07 PM
#66
If that's your goal, you're going to fail. No way will a turbo diesel have the same throttle response as the Carrera. What I meant is that it makes so much more power that you don't have to give it as much throttle to achieve the same acceleration.
Felt like there was some throttle lag in first gear at times still, putting it in sport mode basically erased that.
Felt like there was some throttle lag in first gear at times still, putting it in sport mode basically erased that.
Anyone in dallas have Malone?
03-13-2018, 12:27 PM
#67
Rennlist Member
Originally Posted by porscheconvert
Thanks, but disagree. The cayenne gts has very strong and immediate throttle response. Even the v6 in upper rpm mimicks my 997 throttle behavior. Agree it won't ever be the same, but seeking the similar DNA.
Anyone in dallas have Malone?
Anyone in dallas have Malone?
Last edited by chsu74; 03-13-2018 at 12:57 PM.
03-13-2018, 12:30 PM
#68
Rennlist Member
Previous Cayenne GTS was a NA V8, so not a fair comparison to a single turbo V6 diesel. Any turbo motor is going to have softer throttle response compared to a NA motor. Some it is due to the e-throttle and transmission programming but most of it is simply NA vs turbo.
02-11-2019, 10:26 PM
#70
Instructor
I'm not saying it's impossible, but if you go to a CARB cert shop that follows the law, they will certainly fail you. They should run a checksum on the ECU and compare it with the master file submitted by Porsche, which will show the calibrations are different.
02-12-2019, 10:34 AM
#71
Rennlist Member
Um? I find that highly unlikely. Have you confirmed that the smog shops in california have the porsche master file? Where'd they get it from? Do they even have the ability to read it from the car? As far as I know, tey can only read readiness monitors...
02-12-2019, 12:15 PM
#72
I ran a Bluespark tuning box on a 2016 Cayenne Diesel for a while. I drove it pretty hard and ended up needing a new EGR valve. I don't know if that was because of the tuning box, but I am guessing it was.
I removed the tuning box and have not used it since the EGR was replaced. It's a shame because I really liked the difference it made.
b-man
I removed the tuning box and have not used it since the EGR was replaced. It's a shame because I really liked the difference it made.
b-man
02-12-2019, 02:03 PM
#73
If I go with the Malone at some point I am doing the full the ABC delete. Thankfully my state doesn't do emission testing on diesels only a safety inspection. I don't really mind the DPF as I'd like to not be rolling coal everywhere I go but, I'm really not a fan of the EGR system. My gut feeling is the engine will be much happier with out that crap pumping into the intake tract. Now the great debate of doing it sooner or waiting till the warranty has expired...
