Decided on a replacement for Go Man Go

[BULL]

Maybe so but there are people that do it slow and have issues and others that go straight to the track and don't. Comes down to what you think is right for you

"Trust the Science!"

 

[2ndgen]

Maybe so but there are people that do it slow and have issues and others that go straight to the track and don't. Comes down to what you think is right for you

Pretty sure that just comes down to rolling the dice. Bathtub curve for failure rates and all.

 

[Paladin06]

Maybe so but there are people that do it slow and have issues and others that go straight to the track and don't. Comes down to what you think is right for you

Since the dealership can download every driving action from the car, I say @Speedy! is playing it smart for his warranty.

 

[Speedy!]

It appears they overfilled the oil by at least a quart. Maybe worried about early consumption? I hope all those people hitting the track already checked and adjusted accordingly.

On a new engine I've always been taught, and the manual also suggests, not to sit at the same RPM for too long, no excessive idling, etc. Vary the throttle and RPMs and take it easy the first 100 miles. 100-300 miles a little more throttle and more RPM but nothing near redline. 300-500 full RPM range but no sustained WOT.

The manual says no track time until 1500 miles, but that seems excessive and with the goodies turning on at 500.....

Manuals for my 2016 Hellcat were 8 inches thick when stacked together. The Demon's are probably 2 inches total. Kinda odd. Maybe they figure no one reads them anyway except nuts like us.

 

[jroyk]

It appears they overfilled the oil by at least a quart. Maybe worried about early consumption? I hope all those people hitting the track already checked and adjusted accordingly.

On a new engine I've always been taught, and the manual also suggests, not to sit at the same RPM for too long, no excessive idling, etc. Vary the throttle and RPMs and take it easy the first 100 miles. 100-300 miles a little more throttle and more RPM but nothing near redline. 300-500 full RPM range but no sustained WOT.

The manual says no track time until 1500 miles, but that seems excessive and with the goodies turning on at 500.....

Manuals for my 2016 Hellcat were 8 inches thick when stacked together. The Demon's are probably 2 inches total. Kinda odd. Maybe they figure no one reads them anyway except nuts like us.

Seems like most consumers items that used to have manuals just give you a quick start guide and a link to see or download a full manual online.

 

[MikeD1]

Seems like most consumers items that used to have manuals just give you a quick start guide and a link to see or download a full manual online.

Lots of advantages on an on-line manual including the ability to key word search it !

 

[Demoniccat]

@Speedy! you got one other extra part attached to the wheel. Where did they connect that one??

View attachment 128902

Good eye Gatz

 

[Demon Dan]

It appears they overfilled the oil by at least a quart. Maybe worried about early consumption? I hope all those people hitting the track already checked and adjusted accordingly.

On a new engine I've always been taught, and the manual also suggests, not to sit at the same RPM for too long, no excessive idling, etc. Vary the throttle and RPMs and take it easy the first 100 miles. 100-300 miles a little more throttle and more RPM but nothing near redline. 300-500 full RPM range but no sustained WOT.

The manual says no track time until 1500 miles, but that seems excessive and with the goodies turning on at 500.....

Manuals for my 2016 Hellcat were 8 inches thick when stacked together. The Demon's are probably 2 inches total. Kinda odd. Maybe they figure no one reads them anyway except nuts like us.

My oil was overfilled as well. I know of another that was overfilled also. I guess that's how they're sent.

 

[Demoniccat]

Seems like most consumers items that used to have manuals just give you a quick start guide and a link to see or download a full manual online.

A lot of tech manuals I get for equipment will have 3 pages or more of “visit our online web site for further information” Printed in multiple languages. And the proceed to inform you that they are a green company and trying to save paper.

 

[EricG]

My redeye used 2-3 quarts over the first 5000 miles I remember, now with 38k miles it hardly uses any oil between changes. I add maybe 1/2 quart in my 4+ month ~2500-3000 mile oil change intervals. Onboard computer usually says about 40% oil life remaining at that time.

 

[Demoniccat]

Good on you Eric. We have the Same exact car including year and color, now I feel like I doing something wrong with only17K on the clock.

 

[Demoniccat]

I don’t blame him for following the exact brake in procedures.
if things break it could get expensive if warranty is denied. Once break in period is satisfied drive it like you stole it. My guess they corrected a lot, especially the diff. They don’t want a repeat ot the 18 Demon diff grenading. Even though it’s bumped from 840 to 1025 I bet there is a lot of meat on the bone to ovoid it this time.

 

[drag racer]

It appears they overfilled the oil by at least a quart.

Brings back the memories of "dipstick-gate" and what is the actual hemi oil capacity from a few years back at the old place...

 

[Demoniccat]

Over filling oil in engines without proper windage management ie windage tray/pan - baffles etc, could grab the oil with crank and start introducing small air bubbles. In the old days folks thought more was better. Given the force on crank and rod bearings with these motors it could go south real quick if fresh cool oil in the needed quantity isnt satisfied.

 

[Speedy!]

Operation "Fort Knox" has been implemented as of today. I've done about all I can do to protect from theft at this point.

I'm right at 100 miles now. I'm very surprised how well this car drives on the street. I fooled with drive modes today comparing Street, Sport, and Drag. Street is nice and actually sporty in my opinion. Sport is probably 20% firmer in terms of suspension and steering response. Drag feel firm in the rear and soft in the front and steering is pretty tight comparatively. I was worried it would just wallow all over the place but Jim and team did a great job on the setup IMO for folks like me that wanna drive them.

I tried out the chiller which Go Man Go did not have. Took the I/C coolant temp from 77 deg down to 39° and dropped IATs from mid 120s to right around 100° F. Impressive.

PPF guy is coming next week. What's everyone say about matte PPF on the flat black hood paint? I asked about it peeling the paint during PPF replacement down the road and he said he's not heard of that and will research. Ironically I was pulling up to the tint place and a guy walks up and happened to be the same guy that did the PPF of Go Man Go. How crazy is that 7 years later.

 

[drag racer]

I have matte PPF on my OEM black hood and have been happy with it.

 

[Speedy!]

 

[fubar569]

It would be nice if there was a way to unlock some of those specific drag options for some of the earlier cars. I wouldn't think anything older than 18 would work and then you would probably still need a new body module.

Looks like they did a good job in software trying to make this thing run as good as it could

 

[Unholy707]

2400 for max launch rpm, 1500 for min

 

[Speedy!]

Those are for the transbrake. I think it has to do with torque reserve which goes active at 1300 rpm.

I had a,b,c tunes for the Hellcat. This one has that built in on the fly. Wonder if they copied me