New Range Pulsar

Jac365 · November 6, 2020

Range has a new item out called the Pulsar. According to Range you can now access/change and delete items such as auto stop, D.F.M., speed limit settings, T.P.M.S., throttle response and clear D.I.C. codes. They also claim this will NOT void manufacturers warranty. If this is all accurate it appears to be worth the $449.95. Opinions?

Sorry, I don't know how to attach a link .

Edit to add: This is for the 2019/2020 1500 series GM trucks.

Edited November 6, 2020 by Jac365
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redwngr · November 6, 2020

Too rich for my blood, but here's the link.

https://www.rangetechnology.com/products/pulsar_lt/parts/22451

Edited November 6, 2020 by redwngr

CamGTP · November 6, 2020

It's a cheaper option than tuning the PCM that's for sure.

The newest vehicles seem to hold a lot of the settings in the BCM side of things now, that is why it's cheaper to edit them instead of needing a whole new computer.

polarys425 · November 6, 2020

Do I smell a rat? The Pulsar works with 6.2L 10 speeds, but the regular range device still does not..... That said, if it could set the default drive mode to sport, I'd be in for one.

Rob Mugs · November 6, 2020

14 hours ago, CamGTP said:

It's a cheaper option than tuning the PCM that's for sure.

The newest vehicles seem to hold a lot of the settings in the BCM side of things now, that is why it's cheaper to edit them instead of needing a whole new computer.

Maybe until it's unlocked but a full dyno tune around here (Chicagoland) is around that price. I've had things like tire size, O2 delete, or speed limiters flashed for the cost of a couple cases of beer.

kenac · November 6, 2020

I just found this item this morning, although on the Superchips website.

Doesn't look like it adds any HP, just convenience features really. I may pull the trigger on one and try it. Buying a pedal commander for throttle response & a speedo corrector would cost more than this and this does more stuff so I don't find the price too out of line.

Jay P · November 6, 2020

Range, Diablo, Edge and Superchips (and a couple more) are all the same company -> Powerteq

The parent company is Holley.

Jay

Edited November 6, 2020 by Jay P

kodiakdenali · November 6, 2020

12 hours ago, polarys425 said:

Do I smell a rat? The Pulsar works with 6.2L 10 speeds, but the regular range device still does not..... That said, if it could set the default drive mode to sport, I'd be in for one.

would definitely be interested in that! I'd rather my truck default to sport and I will turn it to touring if I want.

If no solution surfaces I will try to build one myself, unfortunately looking at the pinout of the switch it looks like it might actually be a resistor ladder or something like that rather than a simple contact like the headlights switch (also going to build a device to default autolights to off) If that's really the case it will be more difficult to build. I'd like to be able to add a switch for default startup mode, touring or sport, if the switch is in sport it will electronically rotate the switch shortly after startup. if in tour nothing happens. I wish it would just remember my previous setting and not default back to touring. Only on one occasion I can think of did I not put the truck into sport mode immediately after startup.

newdude · November 6, 2020

1 hour ago, Rob Mugs said:

Maybe until it's unlocked but a full dyno tune around here (Chicagoland) is around that price. I've had things like tire size, O2 delete, or speed limiters flashed for the cost of a couple cases of beer.

Its $1400 just to have the ECM unlocked on these new 2019+up T1 trucks. https://www.hptuners.com/product/e90-modified-ecm-purchase-ecm-exchange-service/

And then its 10 credits at $50/credit, so another $500 to then access the ECM that has been unlocked to start tuning. $1900 just to even start a dyno tune.

Edited November 6, 2020 by newdude

davidr83 · November 6, 2020

If any of my fellow 3.0L Duramax owners were hopefull for this, I just got an email from range....

And the lack of support continues for us.

Carry on gassers

Steve-2019 · November 6, 2020

2 hours ago, Jay P said:

Range, Diablo, Edge and Superchips (and a couple more) are all the same company -> Powerteq

The parent company is Holley.

Jay

In addition, APR and Dinan.

Rob Mugs · November 6, 2020

21 minutes ago, newdude said:

Its $1400 just to have the ECM unlocked on these new 2019+up T1 trucks. https://www.hptuners.com/product/e90-modified-ecm-purchase-ecm-exchange-service/

And then its 10 credits at $50/credit, so another $500 to then access the ECM that has been unlocked to start tuning. $1900 just to even start a dyno tune.

While I said "unlocked" I meant right now, they're swapping the locked CPU in the ECM for an unlocked. If this can be done software-wise, it'll drop significantly. I haven't personally pulled the E90 apart to see which CPU is onboard but I have hopes that competition will breed innovation with a software-side fix. Since HP Tuners has a stranglehold on the market for now, they can literally charge whatever they want, even if that CPU is chump change.

Rob Mugs · November 6, 2020

Side note.. watching this guy pull apart an E41 is interesting.

Jac365 · November 6, 2020

15 hours ago, polarys425 said:

Do I smell a rat? The Pulsar works with 6.2L 10 speeds, but the regular range device still does not..... That said, if it could set the default drive mode to sport, I'd be in for one.

When I change my truck to sport mode it stays in sport mode until I change it to something else. I. will put into touring for long highway trips but otherwise I leave it in sport mode.

I would love to delete the auto start, raise my speed limiter (currently 98 MPH) and have the ability to stop DFM from being active at my discretion. (Inspection state, ran into issue with old truck and Range device)