Anyone Running PPE Headers now
When I purchased my rr racing tune I don't believe or can't remember if they ask me about my setup. But Simon did mentioned that it was a self learning tune just like the Lexus ecu. So for those of you who purchase the tune for your Lexus IS350 with no mods installed on it just plain stock. Every time you decide to add one mod at a time. The rr racing tune will self learn to adjust to give your car the maximum performance out of that mod you installed. Simon mentioned there's no need to retune every time you add a new mod.
for example- if you decided the get headers tomorrow I'm sure they would have to send you a new file for the CEL and/or map changes after that?
They didn't touch my existing tune when they did the headers/exhaust.
For my case, I only have cat back exhaust so if I got headers which would cause the CEL for o2 Sensors, RR would have to send me a new file that deletes the CEL for o2 sensors?
RR racing tune will accept every bolt-on (exhaust, headers, intakes) without re-flashing the ECU, up until the supercharger upgrade. They can always chime in if my post needs correction.
RR racing tune will accept every bolt-on (exhaust, headers, intakes) without re-flashing the ECU, up until the supercharger upgrade. I'm sure they can chime in if my post needs correction.
Whoops ... sorry for double post.
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I got the tune first at bone stock then drove the car for at least a year and start modding. Never touched the tune, but just had to do ECU reset for good measure every time I add/remove something.
RR racing tune will accept every bolt-on (exhaust, headers, intakes) without re-flashing the ECU, up until the supercharger upgrade. They can always chime in if my post needs correction.
RR racing tune will accept every bolt-on (exhaust, headers, intakes) without re-flashing the ECU, up until the supercharger upgrade. They can always chime in if my post needs correction.
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ive been debating tune for like a year, but it’s like $800 CAD last time I checked. Do you have the 6 speed or 8 speed tranny? How much funner is the car now with the 7200 redline? Stock redline is so early that just as the car feels like it’s starting to really haul *** it shifts.
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ive been debating tune for like a year, but it’s like $800 CAD last time I checked. Do you have the 6 speed or 8 speed tranny? How much funner is the car now with the 7200 redline? Stock redline is so early that just as the car feels like it’s starting to really haul *** it shifts.
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I got the 6-speed tranny. The only reason I got the tune was because of the sluggishness of the IS300 which gets all the benefits of the RR racing tune. I have never driven an IS350 so I don't know the real life difference between the two. All I know is they have exactly the same engine and the IS300 is a detuned IS350.
If I had a 350, I'd probably be happy with it. Just like I said, only reason why I went with the tune was because of the obvious - $800 for an instant upgrade to a 350 (minus the AVS and some goodies).
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its fun to drive and it’s quick but since the day I got it I felt redline should be higher. Seeing it shift around 6500-6600rpm is a let down every time. I’d love to see it rev past 7000. I feel like it would make the car funner.
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What would be better, Are there any extreme differences between catless PPE or Cat Flowmaster? If I was going the SC route would it still be okay with Flowmaster Cat Headers with Invidia Mid pipe and Tsudo exhaust?
Contact us for pricing on PPE headers.
-Josh
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