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Here is a short summary of my history with Diablo Sport and the Predator...
Summer: Bought Banks exhaust, gauges, and Predator (V1.04)
Day after install of Predator: SES light on first freeway trip. Turbo overboost. I deal with this for a while.
Later on: Discover that V1.08 is coming out, and should be better with SES lights. Pay 22 bucks for shipping, wait 3 weeks, and have a updated programmer that has a HORRIBLE surge at 2200 rpm, regardless of throttle position or acceleration. Totally sucks. No SES lights in the 2 days I had it.
Later on: See that V1.10 has come out. Pay another 22 bucks to get it shipped, same thing. No SES lights, but a nasty surge.
More recent: I get on the phone with James at runninwith the devil. He tells me to send him the info to make a custom tune. I do that, wait 2 weeks for someone at Diablo Sport to send me an old version tune...
2 weeks ago: Got a 65 hp tune. Surge seems to be disguised. More gradual surge from 2100 rpm to the end. Regardless of throttle position, and acceleration. NOT turbo surge. Still not happy with that. Feels EXACTLY like the V1.04 tune. I think the tech just slopped the same version out to me to get me and James off of his back...Becase the first freeway trip I took, I got SES and turbo overboost within 3 miles.
Just yesterday, I got MAF failure or something. Cleared them both, waiting for them to come on again.
The bottom line is that I have not been happy with this since day 1. I am lucky to have James help. My complaint is not with James, but with Diablo Sport. I have called them several times, only to be put on hold, or never have my calls returned. Never seen such incompetent customer service. I just receltly discovered that this predator is mated to my truck, so I cant even sell the damn thing.
Just thought I would tell my story, so that no one else might fall into the same trap...
Any advice/comments appreciated...
Summer: Bought Banks exhaust, gauges, and Predator (V1.04)
Day after install of Predator: SES light on first freeway trip. Turbo overboost. I deal with this for a while.
Later on: Discover that V1.08 is coming out, and should be better with SES lights. Pay 22 bucks for shipping, wait 3 weeks, and have a updated programmer that has a HORRIBLE surge at 2200 rpm, regardless of throttle position or acceleration. Totally sucks. No SES lights in the 2 days I had it.
Later on: See that V1.10 has come out. Pay another 22 bucks to get it shipped, same thing. No SES lights, but a nasty surge.
More recent: I get on the phone with James at runninwith the devil. He tells me to send him the info to make a custom tune. I do that, wait 2 weeks for someone at Diablo Sport to send me an old version tune...
2 weeks ago: Got a 65 hp tune. Surge seems to be disguised. More gradual surge from 2100 rpm to the end. Regardless of throttle position, and acceleration. NOT turbo surge. Still not happy with that. Feels EXACTLY like the V1.04 tune. I think the tech just slopped the same version out to me to get me and James off of his back...Becase the first freeway trip I took, I got SES and turbo overboost within 3 miles.

The bottom line is that I have not been happy with this since day 1. I am lucky to have James help. My complaint is not with James, but with Diablo Sport. I have called them several times, only to be put on hold, or never have my calls returned. Never seen such incompetent customer service. I just receltly discovered that this predator is mated to my truck, so I cant even sell the damn thing.
Just thought I would tell my story, so that no one else might fall into the same trap...
Any advice/comments appreciated...