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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 05:22 PM
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I have an 07 gs350. I would like to do some mods. I was thinking of a k&N cold air intake, but i was wondering if they make a chip for this car and if so does it work?
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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I have an 07 gs350. I would like to do some mods. I was thinking of a k&N cold air intake, but i was wondering if they make a chip for this car and if so does it work?
This is the 2nd Gen GS section but a mod will move your thread to the 3rd Gen GS section.

But to answer your question, unfortunately for us, Lexus/Toyota ECUs cannot be chipped or reprogrammed. Becareful, don't be fooled by all those websites online that claim HP gains with a chip, especially on Ebay.
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 04:44 AM
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Wow, a lot of people coming in here asking about magic chips lately.
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 05:13 AM
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What about piggy back tuning? Something like an Apexi Neo or AFC tuners?
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 03:37 AM
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why is that with toyota? is it they think they have it fine tuned to the best settings I would really like to know
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 05:25 AM
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why is that with toyota? is it they think they have it fine tuned to the best settings I would really like to know
Haaa, yeah right! Faaar from a good tune! Check out my dyno chart below... this was done when my car was bone stock.

Check out the Air/Fuel ratio... it's messed up! So basically NO, I don't trust Toyota's tunes!

This is the first time I see a stock car with this A/F ratio! No other car be in Japanese or American or German comes de-tuned in this way! Our GS460's are all de-tuned to 322hp instead of 342hp.

They do that by letting the car run rich and choking the combustion.

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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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What about Diablo Sports in Delray? Think they could re-program the existing chip?
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