Rogue Skunk
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Engine Start Stop, love it or hate it, sure they have a deactivate button, I personally hate them, these systems were mandated by governments around the world, in North America. enviros will tell you this system has been in place for years in Europe, first of all this isn't Europe and the European ICE owners have been installing delete kits on their cars for years, car makers have said they have beefed up starter and flywheels, I don't care, the fact is you have now increased your engine starts and stops by more than 3-4-5-10 times, especially if you live in a large city, Stellantis came out with the e-torque that enables a half wheel roll before the engine starts from their large belt driven electric motor/generator and small suitcase sized lithium battery behind the back seat drivers side in a Ram, ok now you know where not to sit, so how much fuel will you actually save, if you live in a place like Los Angeles or Toronto you will probably save enough fuel cost at the end of the week to buy a small box of Prozac to calm you down after a weeks commute, did the OEM;s beef up the main bearings?, the argument is there will still be a film of oil on the bearings, my answer is I prefer to have the continuous sloshing and movement of oil when Im at a stop.
The 3.0 Duramax also has stop start, sure you can deactivate it by pressing a button when you first start, but it gets annoying and you can forget, there are certain conditions and parameters when met and the engine stays running, still I don't care, I don't want my $12K diesel shutting down, there are a couple of kits out there to deactivate start stop, one by the battery and one at the button that requires an afternoon of taking a part the console and half the dash, the problem with taking parts of the dash apart is it's never the same, you will get creaking and sliding noises for ever and to remedy you must construct crude paper shims and plugs, Im pretty sure eliminating stop start can be done in the firmware, I don't have a mapping of the electronics so Im just assuming. I would like to get a mapping of the electronics in the Denali, I know electronics and firmware very well, if warranty didn't get in the way the stop start button would try to engineer a fix to activate the exhaust brake at the stop start button, but then again maybe not, this is all a part of my evil thinking looking forward as I like to keep my truck for a while.
The 3.0 Duramax also has stop start, sure you can deactivate it by pressing a button when you first start, but it gets annoying and you can forget, there are certain conditions and parameters when met and the engine stays running, still I don't care, I don't want my $12K diesel shutting down, there are a couple of kits out there to deactivate start stop, one by the battery and one at the button that requires an afternoon of taking a part the console and half the dash, the problem with taking parts of the dash apart is it's never the same, you will get creaking and sliding noises for ever and to remedy you must construct crude paper shims and plugs, Im pretty sure eliminating stop start can be done in the firmware, I don't have a mapping of the electronics so Im just assuming. I would like to get a mapping of the electronics in the Denali, I know electronics and firmware very well, if warranty didn't get in the way the stop start button would try to engineer a fix to activate the exhaust brake at the stop start button, but then again maybe not, this is all a part of my evil thinking looking forward as I like to keep my truck for a while.
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