vbb

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I hope that those of you who send your ECU and $2500 to Japan get the gains you are really hoping for. That's pretty steep for non guaranteed results. I mean, if it comes back and gives you only a slight gain in hp, or if for some reason the reflashed maps self-adjust or get erased, then that's $2500 gone with no real recourse. It takes a guinea pig to try it first though, so gl to amgone for being the pioneer.

NotnFsport

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am i still skeptical? yup. but gotta take chances in life. my plan is to buy another ecu to have tuned. hopefully ill be moving back to japan within a year to be with my wife. and the f will come with me.then if still no one has made steps foward in tuning, at least my car will be in japan and ill report my findings

lobuxracer

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Grrrr. Same song, different verse...why can't it be simple and guaranteed?

BS ISF

Ahmen lobux!! Make the pain stop already!

Lil4cyl

I am beginning to think the perfect way to tune a Lexus ECU is to buy a '13 Shelby GT500.

MRxSLAYx

Looks like im leaking towards the Pro Efi solution if it ever comes out. Not really a fan of having my tuner located out of the county much less out of the country.

Haha True. Too bad that thing still feels like a 1980s mustang.

MisterSkiz

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That or a GM V8 Product. You should still be able to tune those then.

Lil4cyl

Well, they have improved alot. This tuning thing is sort of what is holding me up on deciding my future car plans. I want something that I can modify and not be limited. I guess we will have to see how this tune works out when we get some feedback.

Wakemaker8

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it's hard to beat ford/chevy when it comes to tuneability. there are just so many options out there for those cars.

Gymkata

As much as I would like to keep my ISF forever...If there isn't a tuning solution out by the time the first Cadillac ATS-V hits the showroom floor, I will probably opt to switch. My guess is they will use the next gen GM small block and that will have unlimited modding/tuning potential and it will be mated to a strong and lightweight chassis.

Troy

Ya, Toyota needs to wake up and realize people like to play with their cars.

anxiouz

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Toyota would prefer to have the reputation for reliability than accommodate the very small userbase that wants to tune their cars. To be honest, you really can't blame them.

Juanca

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Isn't the tune supposed to be made specifically for your mods? So they got that great HP bump because they're using their header/exhaust combo, what about all the other combinations that we have in the US, ranging from cat-delete to ISS/JoeZ exhaust, PPE/Sikky headers, fully stock cars, etc. Results won't be that great... if they manage to rewrite our ECU.

I guess their base tune is the mail-in tune, the extra $1k is for dyno tuning the car, which is exactly what we want.

Also, what if there is a Lexus ECU update and your car gets updated? Will Novel retune the ECU free of charge?