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Smarty or Quadzilla Adrenaline?

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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 11:04 AM
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Im in the market to buy a new programmer, ive heard good about them, but not sure if I want somthing i have to plug and unlplug. Whats everyones opinion here?
 
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 11:07 AM
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What do you do with your truck? What mods have you already done to your truck?
 
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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I have always been a fan of the Smarty with an Edge CS or CTS display both can be viewed HERE for pricing use Discount Code: forum

Hope that helps
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 05:10 PM
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Quad Adren you can get custom tunes downloaded off their website that can go past 200hp levels but the fueling is harder not smooth like the smarty. and smarty's can go up to 70hp but each level is just a different way of fueling to get to the 70hp

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oh and quad adren with Pulse monitor is $600 on XtremeDiesel.com and smarty is $650 which you have to unplug and plug in everytime you want to change the level where the quad adren is shift on the fly settings
 

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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 09:20 PM
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All i have is a Fass 150 and just a small two stage chip that i plan on taking off and replacing with something. i dont plan to do a whole lot with it really seeing it is my daily driver and im 17, so i dont have the money to go all out anyways. @rollincoall99 i do like the custom tune option and that even with the screen the Quad comes with isnt real fancy it still shows egt's and what not. But than again I have an EGT, fuel pressure, and boost gauge already in my pillar. with the Smarty having to unplug and plug it in doesnt sound like something i really want to do, but than again ive heard nothing but good about the Smarty, and running a stock trans yet it could be the smarter option.
 
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 10:01 PM
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love my quad, and their customer service is great even with the dumbest questions the helped me step by through custom tuning my truck. much better than the edge comp my truck came with!
 
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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if just a little power is all your after smarty is good. when towing i find the smarty cooler on egts.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 05:51 AM
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If you want FULL Control then ADR. If you want something to plug program and unplug then Smarty. I have used both. I own the Quad now. power when you want it and when you don't you can back it down. IMO Smarty is Really good for stacking. It doesn't Matter to your tranny if you run the Quad or Smarty. if its weak then its going to goooo... I am really surprised Mine is still hanging in there..
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 06:08 AM
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Well, I run them both and really like the combination. I run the timing on the smarty and shut down the timing on my adrenaline program that I'm running. If I'm not pulling a load I bump the timing up on the adrenaline and it seems to get me better mileage. If I had to choose between the 2 I think it would be the adrenaline. I just like all the custom tuning that can be done!
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 10:26 AM
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My trans is somewhere in between, if you drive her right she doesnt slip, if your hard on it, it'll slip obviously. either way i know its just on a timer to go out
 
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