I was talking to a friend who builds Wranglers for serious off road use. He was talking about downfalls of modern Jeeps, and the drive by wire lag came up.
He said that there is a chip made for the Wrangler that eliminates the drive by wire delay. We wondered if the same one would work, or possibly if a different one would be available for the Patriot.
It's probably not a big deal for CVT users, but it was a problem for me driving in stop and go traffic in a hilly crowded city with the 5 speed. The 2 second lag at those traffic lights on a steep hill can be murder on your nerves when traffic packs in around you. Those 2 seconds waiting to hear the engine rev up before releasing the clutch seems like 5 minutes in that situation. I never did stall it, but I had some pretty high rpm "blast offs" to avoid an embarassing stall. Part of it for me is experience. Normally I live in a city that is very flat, but the lag is still annoying. I really notice the lag difference moving from my old linkage driven carbureted vehicles that do not lag to the drive by wire Patriot that does lag.
Anybody heard of a lag reducing chip for the MKs?
He said that there is a chip made for the Wrangler that eliminates the drive by wire delay. We wondered if the same one would work, or possibly if a different one would be available for the Patriot.
It's probably not a big deal for CVT users, but it was a problem for me driving in stop and go traffic in a hilly crowded city with the 5 speed. The 2 second lag at those traffic lights on a steep hill can be murder on your nerves when traffic packs in around you. Those 2 seconds waiting to hear the engine rev up before releasing the clutch seems like 5 minutes in that situation. I never did stall it, but I had some pretty high rpm "blast offs" to avoid an embarassing stall. Part of it for me is experience. Normally I live in a city that is very flat, but the lag is still annoying. I really notice the lag difference moving from my old linkage driven carbureted vehicles that do not lag to the drive by wire Patriot that does lag.
Anybody heard of a lag reducing chip for the MKs?
