Diablos version 16a vs 18t

[Carlos Garza]

I'm going to the track on Wednesday night and was thinking of changing the version of my Diablo tuner from the latest one witch is the 18t to the 16. I've read that people like the 16a version much better than the others. What do you guys think I should do? Do you think it will make a difference?

[slvr06CHARGER]

i liked 17 better but im still using 18, i dont really think you gonna see a difference at the tarck by going to an early version, but you can always try.

[JimIsland-SRT8]

I'm running 16a 93CAI tune and like it better than the others. You know the old saying"If it ain't broke,don't fix it". I doubt you will see any diff. at the track.

[legmaker72]

What's the differences that you guys notice on the different versions?

[JimIsland-SRT8]

Shifts are harder with 16a for me.

[slvr06CHARGER]

same here, i like the harder shifts better, with 18 i feel like the car is stock but without TM, i even thought something was broken until it came to my mind that i just updated to r18 the day before

[ko4000]

yup I went straight from r14 to r18 and noticed immediately the poor shifting. Then I had a forum member email me 16 and 17 so I can see the diff.. Im staying with 17.

[mills]

yup I went straight from r14 to r18 and noticed immediately the poor shifting. Then I had a forum member email me 16 and 17 so I can see the diff.. Im staying with 17.

So you tried both r16 and r16a vs. r17, and you like r17 better?

I tried r18, and had horrible results (althou it could have been the battery - read my thread in the diablo section). Maybe having r18 had something to do with it. However, having an '07 SRT, I think there was an issue on r16a with autostick that was fixed with r17.

Any '07 SRT guys using r16a with no issues? (I think the display while is autostick was messed-up or something like that)

[Carlos Garza]

Hey guys, so I went to the track yesterday and the results are as follows...

16a....... ET 13.15 with a little tire spin in second gear, I was one of the first cars to race so I guess the track was not worm enough.

18t ..... ET 13.13

Both times, the car temp was around 145 degrees at the lights and the weather was around 70 degrees. I don't see much difference between both versions.

I ordered a CMR email tune and might be able to have it 100% completed by next week. I'll do the same type of comparison and will post the results...

[Carlos Garza]

Guys, I forgot to mention that there was a 2007 Charger SRT8 Super bee at the track last night, I had a chance to check it out and we both have very similar mods, CORSA exhaust, high flow air filter, the only difference between both cars is that he has a B&G stage 2 computer instead of the Diablo tuner. He also has a set of 315/35R20 tires in the back and 275/40R20 in front. I have a set of 275/40R20 in the back and 245/45R20 in front.

The guy ran 3 times; he had an ET of 13.35 twice and 13.36 his last race. My ETs were 13.13 and 13.15. We were both icing our intake between races we both had our 25 cent mod cooling down our engines. I was monitoring the bees engine temperature before each one of his races and it was around 145 degrees at the lights just like my car. The only thing that I can think of could be making such a difference is the tuner.

Is the Diablo tuner that much better than the B&G Stage 2?

[ko4000]

So you tried both r16 and r16a vs. r17, and you like r17 better?

Actually I used r16 (not r16a) vs r17 and I just kept r17 and never looked back.. It just felt so much better than r18 for sure.

[mills]

Actually I used r16 (not r16a) vs r17 and I just kept r17 and never looked back.. It just felt so much better than r18 for sure.

Thx. This weekend is suppose to be nice, so, with new battery installed, I'm going to install r17. Have it now on the Diablo ready to go. Will HOPEFULLY report back with smiles on the new results and not another WTF.

[slideway]

Guys, I forgot to mention that there was a 2007 Charger SRT8 Super bee at the track last night, I had a chance to check it out and we both have very similar mods, CORSA exhaust, high flow air filter, the only difference between both cars is that he has a B&G stage 2 computer instead of the Diablo tuner. He also has a set of 315/35R20 tires in the back and 275/40R20 in front. I have a set of 275/40R20 in the back and 245/45R20 in front.

The guy ran 3 times; he had an ET of 13.35 twice and 13.36 his last race. My ETs were 13.13 and 13.15. We were both icing our intake between races we both had our 25 cent mod cooling down our engines. I was monitoring the bees engine temperature before each one of his races and it was around 145 degrees at the lights just like my car. The only thing that I can think of could be making such a difference is the tuner.

Is the Diablo tuner that much better than the B&G Stage 2?

Thanks for the testing info, as for your car being faster it could also be the giant tires he got out back slowin him down a bit!