Ok so. The lead mechanic at my local Lexus dealership started to take a liking to me so on my valve spring call he said he plugged the computer into my IS350 and said theirs a HP govaner on the ECT power and said he took it off and was 35HP gain havnt been to the Dino yet to test out will be going soon.

 

Never heard of this. ECT power is for transmission shift points. You can't gain horsepower from your trans.

 

interesting....

 

K, ive been a Lexus mechanic for 10 years, and im a shop foreman now. This is complete BS. That is all.

 

This is what the mechanic told he said his computer told him it was a HP govaner he didn't show me papers to prove it bit nxt week I'm going to the Dino to see if it's true I highly dought it cuase I don't feel a difference when I switch it over

 

This mechanic.. He's a slick one.

 

hope he didn't charge u

 

No he didn't charge me for anything he did the fuel rail recall and valve springs and lifter recall. Did anyone else get their cam gears done to

 

have a bet with this mechanic. if it gains, you pay for the dyno. if there's no gains, he pays.

he knows magic!

 

If he can increase the RPM at which the transmission shifts while in ECT PWR mode (to simply match it to the point at which ECT Normal shifts) then that will still be useful given that ECT PWR mode does in fact downshift quicker (from your cruising gear of, say, "6" to the optimal appropriate gear - say 2nd if you're going 40 MPH) upon WOT (while in D or S mode, doesn't matter).

 

Were I'm drom we have this thing called Dino days lowest HP win 200 and highest wins 300 lol you pay 40 bucks and get to dino your car so I'll be finding out nxt week

 

Oh, and even if he does manage to accomplish what I explained in the previous post, that alone will not gain any peak horsepower given that peak HP occurs well before the shift point during ECT PWR mode and the shift point during ECT normal mode.

It will, however, result in quicker acceleration from 0 if in fact the actual shifts are faster during ECT PWR mode (which I believe they are - the only reason why ECT PWR is generally useless is because Lexus fouled it up by arbitrarily making it shift earlier, thereby not optimizing the net area under the horsepower curve while ECT PWR is engaged)

 

Listen to this guy, not your guy.

 

I bet he's got a nice bridge to sell you too!

 

the ECT in our cars does nothing pretty much
only HP increase i ever see is when i have the traction control off
that is all n its not even that huge