iSuxeL

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My bad geez

johnnyboy

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i was just joking.. lol

iSuxeL

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I know, I didn't take it personal

blk250

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ain't nothing personal here...we are just helping out and having fun...

MRxSLAYx

Does this car use a stock Ecu. If not can someone please direct me to the thread that will answer this question. thanks.

iSuxeL

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Yes it does.

MRxSLAYx

Is there any Ecu Modification needed to handle the boost? If not what can the stock Ecu handle?

iSuxeL

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There is no ECU mods and the most I've boosted is 5.5lbs. And from what LMS said before that's max.

MRxSLAYx

Thanks for the info. Im thinking about putting my F on boost in the near future and was wondering about how MHP and Artisan tuned the car. To tell you the truth i doubt anyone has done anything groundbreaking for the newer model lexus ECU regarding tuning.

Kurtz

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Artisan basically rebuilt their engine for their TT IS-F... and it's still only running 5 lbs of boost according to:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/F...win_636880.htm
So I'd guess they're on stock ECU with that little boost, maybe an AFC type deal with a closed loop system...


MHP hasn't replied in the GP tuning thread since January but they seem to have posted a little more recently elsewhere...might be best calling to ask what they can do for you to get an answer.

MRxSLAYx

Artisan's kit is stock motor. There are a couple of guys with it installed.

And MHP has released there tune and is supposed to make like 20whp or something like that for around $1200. thing is, one of the guys who dynoed his car says that he doesnt really see a difference. Quarter mile times compared to an intake/exhaust ISF wernt what i expected them to be also.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...akdown-52.html -Post 766


Oh. And is Meth injection similar to nitrous in that it doesnt need Ecu tuning if done correctly?

Kurtz

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Sorry, I was talking about the car Artisan showed at SEMA- which had a motor with aftermarket pistons, rods, etc...

"Artisan developed a twin-turbo setup that huffs compressed oxygen into a 5.0-liter V8 equipped with AMSOIL, JE pistons and Crower rods. With a Mishimoto radiator, an Artisan exhaust"

Their "kit" rather claims a proprietary ECU flash-
http://www.turbochargers.com/store/p...oducts_id=2148

but no details on what that involves.

MRxSLAYx

I think the Lms kit is way better priced. Im gonna be doing a kit similar to the Artisan at a fraction of the cost. Hopefully somewhere around the LMS price.

Can you direct me to where i can find out everything that came with the Lms kit? I want to compare it to the Artisan kit because i highly doubt that A modified fuel and ignition system is needed for 5lbs of boost.

Kurtz

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The LMS kit was a supercharger, for the IS350 engine...a 3.5L V6

The artisan kit is twin turbos, for the IS-F engine... a 5.0L V8.

I'd be pretty reluctant to draw any conclusions about what one engine needs versus the other totally different engine in totally different types of FI kits.

iSuxeL

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I think the Artisan kit is bad *** but I think its a bit over priced as well. Good thing I don't own an IS-F, cause it would've been TT'd by now