Mud & Sand Tune for 2019-2024 Talon (all models)
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Tune Description
Mud and Sand Tune:
This tune was designed for riding in thick sand or mud. The overall demand on your SXS is much higher than typical trail riding. It is slow paced with a high load. They tend to want to hunt for gears, run hot and lack that low end torque that is needed. A lot of this type of riding generally is in a SXS that has much more aggressive, heavier and larger tires often with portals. All this including the terrain is just much more taxing on the engine, cooling system, clutches and performance. Keeping all this in mind I wanted to keep this a trail tune. Engine calibrations were done to help increase throttle response, low-end torque, overall power, and help keep things a little cooler in the engine and exhaust so it might relieve a little pressure off the cooling system. Every bit of what was done was to help improve the overall performance, but the number one objective was to retain the reliability and longevity of the engine and clutches.
Engine Calibration
Engine calibrations were designed to help increase throttle response, low-end torque, overall power, lower on/off radiator fan temps were changed to help engine cooling. Every bit of what was done was to help improve the overall performance by optimized fueling for power and keeping cylinders cooler, timing was optimized for low to mid-range power, The fuel and timing changes not only help with the snap in the throttle but also help engine and exhaust temperatures. The number one objective was to retain the reliability, longevity of the engine and clutch health. But still give you the added performance you want.
Clutch Calibrations
Clutch calibrations on this tune can be a little aggressive on take-off, it can be jumpy on hard ground where you are getting good traction and doing a lot of start and stop riding. Although it is safe to use even on the hard top. You will not notice the jumpiness when you are on soft ground like it was designed for or with a lot of gear reduction. The shift pressures were also increased, they are less firm at light throttle then the harder you are in the throttle the firmer they become. The steady pressure was also increased to help keep the clutches from slipping in those high demand situations and clutches are fully engaged. All of this is done to limit the slip time on take-off and shifts to ultimately help keep your clutches cooler and healthy.
Transmission Calibrations
Transmission calibrations were made to hold the gears longer when in light throttle so when you are in auto in thick sand it helps keep it from hunting for a gear or shifting too early causing it to lug. The harder you are in the throttle the more it will hold the gear. It also has a slightly more aggressive downshift but not as aggressive as sport mode. Overall, you will notice much better shift points that change by demand.
All FCP tuning comes with reverse shifting in auto mode. This makes it nice having to back out a long trail, in those situations backing up a slick hill or getting out in a mud hole it will shift gears and getting some much-needed wheel spin (Especially in those builds with a lot of gear reduction). Manual mode will give you much more control than factory, it will allow you to upshift earlier and hold the gear you selected. The only time it will down shift is when you come under 15 mph in 6th gear and then it will continue to downshift as you slowdown from there till it reaches first gear. This feature is nice when cruising as it won't downshift when you let off the throttle eliminating engine braking. So, you get full control of your shifts up and down.
What is the I-4WD Master switch off option for?
Some still have random power loss when under hard loads even with the bypass switch installed for I-4wd. When Master switch is off in the ECU tuning, it has shown to stop the random power loss. But this also turns off the factory i-4wd switch so it will no longer work and you will need to use bypass switch from then on to lock it into 4x4.