Practical experience with Edge Juice/Attitude

[Hoss 350]

The juice/Attitude Combo is awesome. It gives a pretty nice horsepower increase, does not get you into a situation where EGT’s are a problem except for under the hardest of acceleration on super-steep grades (while towing 10K pounds)(Also, just FYI, doing the same thing in stock mode yields similar EGT results. The Edge J/A runs REALLY cool on my truck. I rarely have to watch the gauge, and when I do, under normal driving conditions, it has never gone above 1,100 degrees. By normal driving, I mean not floored. This was running about 23K gross pulling over Snoqualmie pass, so the J/A is great for towing and stays cool.). On top of that, even if the EGT’s get too high, and your wife is driving and forgets to watch the gauge, it defuels to make sure you don’t toast stuff. It monitors your performance and logs maximums, so you can see after a long, hard pull how high your boost got maximum and how high your EGT’s went (really good if you loan the truck to your teenage son, it is definitely a tattle-tale for truck abuse.) If you adjust the low-boost fuel settings, you can control how much smoke you make, so you can dial it in to make just the slightest of hazes at low-boost full throttle, and then you are assured you are getting the most power and least waste possible. The gauges are easier to read than the analog gauges. Analog gauges give you an “idea” of where you are at. I would tend to round 8 psi up to 10, (since it is close on the gauge) on a n analog, but with the digital, it tells me to the tenth where I am at.

IMHO, for towing safely and under full power, the J/A is second to none. I got mine for $650, shop around to see if you can, also. If you can get it for that, then you can’t do better price-wise anywhere else. IMHO, I wouldn’t own anything else.

 

[ranger boy]

The juice/Attitude Combo is awesome. It gives a pretty nice horsepower increase, does not get you into a situation where EGT’s are a problem except for under the hardest of acceleration on super-steep grades (while towing 10K pounds)(Also, just FYI, doing the same thing in stock mode yields similar EGT results. The Edge J/A runs REALLY cool on my truck. I rarely have to watch the gauge, and when I do, under normal driving conditions, it has never gone above 1,100 degrees. By normal driving, I mean not floored. This was running about 23K gross pulling over Snoqualmie pass, so the J/A is great for towing and stays cool.). On top of that, even if the EGT’s get too high, and your wife is driving and forgets to watch the gauge, it defuels to make sure you don’t toast stuff. It monitors your performance and logs maximums, so you can see after a long, hard pull how high your boost got maximum and how high your EGT’s went (really good if you loan the truck to your teenage son, it is definitely a tattle-tale for truck abuse.) If you adjust the low-boost fuel settings, you can control how much smoke you make, so you can dial it in to make just the slightest of hazes at low-boost full throttle, and then you are assured you are getting the most power and least waste possible. The gauges are easier to read than the analog gauges. Analog gauges give you an “idea” of where you are at. I would tend to round 8 psi up to 10, (since it is close on the gauge) on a n analog, but with the digital, it tells me to the tenth where I am at.

IMHO, for towing safely and under full power, the J/A is second to none. I got mine for $650, shop around to see if you can, also. If you can get it for that, then you can’t do better price-wise anywhere else. IMHO, I wouldn’t own anything else.

couldn't have said it better if I took a day on it


I love my Edge Juice w/ Att., I agree with every single one reason Hoss said above, except I've only towed once

 

[jonwright]

I talked to a local diesel tuner. He suggested an MRBP exhaust and a map made with the Edge Evolution. He said a reasonable map of like 60 HP would do fine and I wouldn't have to tweak anymore and keep the truck reliable.

Further he said the evolution could firm up the shifts by increasing the line pressure to the tranny. Any problems doing this vs. the Sonnex kit?

I'm considering it as I don't expect to change maps much as I want to just drive and tow with the thing and get reasonable fuel mileage.

Then maybe put the J/A on it later if I want to.

His feedback on the Edge EZ was it wasn't worth the plastic it's housed in. He said it's better as a piggy back for other stuff since all it does is increase fuel pressure.

What you guys think?

 

[02EX_PSD]

More on Attitude

I have the Edge with Attitude on my truck. I found it easy to install and the performance is great. It gave me a lot more midrange (aka "driving power") in the range I needed it. It replaced a bunch of torque that I lost by installing a huge exhaust. EGT's have not been an issue for my as I only pull a small utility trailer every so often. Overall I am pleased with it and would recommend it for simplicity and ease of use/operation...plus of course the old kick in the pants and economy improvements. I also like that it can be mounted "stealth" and not hanging out there on the A-post inviting every "ricer" to challenge you. I mounded mine with velcro to the right of the steering wheel and below the gauges.
My next change will be trany shift upgrades. Enjoy!