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A Glimmer of Hope for Tuning? (Don't Hold Your Breath)

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Old 01-11-16, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by RSXiMUS
It took 8 years to crack and flash the ISF ECU. (possibly)

Expect a solution for the RCF in 2023!


Joking aside, it would be great if the RCF can join the party also.
Originally Posted by Bigcloud
A tune for my race car is $1500 plus dyno time. Not cheap.
Originally Posted by lolfunxion
I'll second that!

Tunes on most cars are $500ish. This is a bit different but the $3k Novel wants is obscene

We will be very, very reasonable... you can throw that Novel pricing you know where

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Originally Posted by specie
Are IS/RC/GSF ecus similar? If they are, it'll be a much bigger incentive for companies to do the R&D for this. Just when I was about finished with mods....

As soon as we finalize the ISF base tune, we are immediately moving over to the RCF. Most of the R&D on the ISF translates directly over to the RCF, so I am hopefully we can do the RCF relatively quickly.

Again, the tune is important, but the end game here is a reliable, fully tuned, high power SC setup for all the Lexus V8's (ISF, RCF, LS460).

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Originally Posted by Bigcloud
A tune for my race car is $1500 plus dyno time. Not cheap.
You can get a Cobb Access port for BMW, GTR etc for $800 and it comes with a bunch of maps that have been dyno and road tested to death. It also includes Accesstuner Race that you can use to make your own maps.

Custom tuning from Junior (JR Tuned) or Mike Botti is less than $500
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Originally Posted by RRRacing
Again, the tune is important, but the end game here is a reliable, fully tuned, high power SC setup for all the Lexus V8's (ISF, RCF, LS460).

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How are we supposed to stuff enough tire under the *** of this car to get traction?

Originally Posted by juanmedina
You can get a Cobb Access port for BMW, GTR etc for $800 and it comes with a bunch of maps that have been dyno and road tested to death. It also includes Accesstuner Race that you can use to make your own maps.

Custom tuning from Junior (JR Tuned) or Mike Botti is less than $500
AccessPort for Porsche = $1500.
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Originally Posted by SubOrbital
How are we supposed to stuff enough tire under the *** of this car to get traction?



AccessPort for Porsche = $1500.
A Porsche turbo is a $150k
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I love how this went from a joke of a company (Vivid Racing) to RR Racing giving every member on here a boner for their tune
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Originally Posted by juanmedina
You can get a Cobb Access port for BMW, GTR etc for $800 and it comes with a bunch of maps that have been dyno and road tested to death. It also includes Accesstuner Race that you can use to make your own maps.

Custom tuning from Junior (JR Tuned) or Mike Botti is less than $500
I'm aware of those options for BMW and GTR. I'm talking about a race tune for a race car. Not a street car that see's track time. I'm talking about a race car that cannot be driven legally on the roads. lol. My race tunes are optimized for classes I race in. Which means sometimes I have to "detune" to a certain optimum hp/tq level to run at the most optimum weight. Since they are power to weight I like to flatten my early torque curves and upper rpm hp curves as well. An off the shelf tune won't do this.

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Originally Posted by RRRacing
We will be very, very reasonable... you can throw that Novel pricing you know where

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Rafi if you can provide a really good tune and Penske coilover's with remote reservoirs for racing I'd consider selling my race cars and convert my F to a race car and race in Super Touring 3 in NASA.
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Originally Posted by nickj718
I love how this went from a joke of a company (Vivid Racing) to RR Racing giving every member on here a boner for their tune
I have a massive boner for RR-Racing now (and their tune)

My PPE headers should be here very soon and I'd love to be able to slap them on and get a tune while I'm at it. Just the ISS exhaust was a huge step up so I can't imagine what headers and a tune would be like.
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This will be awesome rafi, so when I get to the track at high speed, I might be able to hang with high end cars. Its not like the F can't hang but it will be much a little easier.
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I think Novel & Sard are going to be very interested in this tune when it comes to fruition because they have tried and failed at cracking the USDM ECU for the ISF.
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Originally Posted by specie
Are IS/RC/GSF ecus similar? If they are, it'll be a much bigger incentive for companies to do the R&D for this. Just when I was about finished with mods....
I would say they are different. The RCF/GSF engines incorporate the Atkinson cycle design, and can switch back and forth from Otto to Atkinson. It stays on Atkinson cycle during regular driving speeds.

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Originally Posted by juanmedina
A Porsche turbo is a $150k
It's $1500 for a Cayman Cobb AP and those don't even have turbos...yet.
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Originally Posted by SubOrbital
It's $1500 for a Cayman Cobb AP and those don't even have turbos...yet.
Ok but do you realize that you are getting an accessport? ...that can you can use to run performance stats, check engine codes, reset ecu, data log, display live data, use as a shift light, etc etc... + a bunch of OTS maps, and the race tuner software for custom maps.
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Originally Posted by juanmedina
Ok but do you realize that you are getting an accessport? ...that can you can use to run performance stats, check engine codes, reset ecu, data log, display live data, use as a shift light, etc etc... + a bunch of OTS maps, and the race tuner software for custom maps.
I'm just making mention of the fact they jack up the price based on the platform is all.
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