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Old 09-16-17, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by lopezva
Sorry I would have replied sooner haha. But yea with the 1.32 it seems smoother and stays in gear instead of downshifting by itself all the time when giving about half throttle so im pleased with the update.
I had a short email conversation with OVtune last night. For what it's worth, according to them the 1.32 is just a software update not the new tune, they won't release it until winter. False alarm I guess but as the current one is working fine, I'm ok with that.
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Hey guys! New here but I have always looked up info here on tbe forums... Can anyone provide me with the link to the tune... I wanna tune mines but not sure which route to go with as far as brand...
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Orange virus tuning is the company.
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Originally Posted by bbaugher47
Orange virus tuning is the company.
I've been on their site and I couldn't find the tune for our cars on it either. Did they take it down?
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https://www.ovtuned.com/collections/...r-suite-2grfse
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Aha! I thought that was the software to tune the car yourself, I didn't realize that came with a tune! Thank you for the link.
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Also , if you have FB , Mathew Wilson “is” OV. So if you join isfreaks page , you can get more updated information as well. He created a full tuning software which seems to be pretty incredible.
Old 07-19-18, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bbaugher47
Orange virus tuning is the company.
They used to be somewhere in Poway (San Diego county) but now they move to Hong Kong I believe.
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Originally Posted by bbaugher47
Also , if you have FB , Mathew Wilson “is” OV. So if you join isfreaks page , you can get more updated information as well. He created a full tuning software which seems to be pretty incredible.
Thanks, I will try to find him later (did a quick search and wasn't sure which Mathew he was). I'm definitely interested in the OV tune, but I want to ask him some questions after reading comments from RR Racing that OV is lying about their capabilities.
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I know this is a bit old, but this the newest post I've seen for the IS350 using the OV Tune. I wondering if anyone knew why OV Tune no longer supports the IS350 on their website?
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I'm not certain why the IS350 support has been discontinued but OV is currently providing a tune for the IS200t so they are not entirely out of the Lexus game. If you go with the RR Racing Tune, you can request to have your rev limit set to 7400 RPMs (ala OV tune) but they don't recommend it due to potential impact to reliability.
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thanks for the heads up.
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Understand this to be older post however, interested in knowing the throttle response can be improved by the use of a OBD tuning device to "flash" ECU or recalibration of the throttle body to improve the throttle response (without the use of a hand held throttle controller device as discussed here for the 3r Gen);

Apexi Throttle Controller for IS350F?
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...or-is350f.html
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Originally Posted by ELexis
Understand this to be older post however, interested in knowing the throttle response can be improved by the use of a OBD tuning device to "flash" ECU or recalibration of the throttle body to improve the throttle response (without the use of a hand held throttle controller device as discussed here for the 3r Gen);

Apexi Throttle Controller for IS350F?
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...or-is350f.html
It's not worth it I ran one of these a few years back. After a year it almost got me decreased. Trying to cross a median it decides to cut out stalling the car. Luckily it happened leaving my neighborhood entrance. Made a U turn and limped the car home and gutted it out.

There's a post of the OP buying off eBay a different brand. Car stalled on him while just reversing in the driveway after install. Save your money and invest in something useful, or run ECT PWR full time.
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Originally Posted by MikeFig82
It's not worth it I ran one of these a few years back. After a year it almost got me decreased. Trying to cross a median it decides to cut out stalling the car. Luckily it happened leaving my neighborhood entrance. Made a U turn and limped the car home and gutted it out.

There's a post of the OP buying off eBay a different brand. Car stalled on him while just reversing in the driveway after install. Save your money and invest in something useful, or run ECT PWR full time.

Understood and thank you for providing the additional information with regard to installing / using a throttle controller.

Would an OBD tuning device be available to perhaps "flash" the ECU or re-calibration of the throttle body to eliminate to improve the throttle response?
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