IS200t tune
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 782
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From: SoCal
So how does the process go once you receive it? Do you send a datalog of your current set up and it gets tuned or do you just flash whatever tune is out?
Rookie
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 52
Likes: 23
From: CA
-They send you a reg key, that essentially licenses the software.
-Plug into car, pulls firmware, calibration and some other numbers, copy the text and email it to OV.
-Then they send you a stock tune, there 1.02 tune.
-Then just flash in the tune the sent you.
Pole Position
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 306
Likes: 40
From: Ca
You don't have to do the custom tuning but if you have supporting mods such as downpipe you can do it to maximize power. I chose to go back to the standard file because it was good enough for me and I had a scary experience with the custom tune so I didn't want to risk damage to the car .
Rookie
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 52
Likes: 23
From: CA
I don't know if the process has changed any but when I originally got the tune they sent me the standard map at the time (1.01). I flashed the file they sent me then started datalogging while on that file. I sent them the datalogs and they sent me an updated custom file for my car after a few days.
You don't have to do the custom tuning but if you have supporting mods such as downpipe you can do it to maximize power. I chose to go back to the standard file because it was good enough for me and I had a scary experience with the custom tune so I didn't want to risk damage to the car .
You don't have to do the custom tuning but if you have supporting mods such as downpipe you can do it to maximize power. I chose to go back to the standard file because it was good enough for me and I had a scary experience with the custom tune so I didn't want to risk damage to the car .
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Instructor
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 782
Likes: 119
From: SoCal
I don't know if the process has changed any but when I originally got the tune they sent me the standard map at the time (1.01). I flashed the file they sent me then started datalogging while on that file. I sent them the datalogs and they sent me an updated custom file for my car after a few days.
You don't have to do the custom tuning but if you have supporting mods such as downpipe you can do it to maximize power. I chose to go back to the standard file because it was good enough for me and I had a scary experience with the custom tune so I didn't want to risk damage to the car .
You don't have to do the custom tuning but if you have supporting mods such as downpipe you can do it to maximize power. I chose to go back to the standard file because it was good enough for me and I had a scary experience with the custom tune so I didn't want to risk damage to the car .
-injen intake
-ppe downpipe decatted
-invidia midpipe
-tti turbo muffler delete
-bms stage 1 tune soon to be replaced by OVT
stock axle backs tho. I’m thinking a custom tune will maximize what I have. I still go back and forth on invidia axle backs but I like the stock look and I don’t really want a loud exhaust. Trying to fly under the radar here.
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Rookie
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 52
Likes: 23
From: CA
IMO way too sensitive. Taking off from a stoplight I have to really try to not hit it hard (I feel like a 15 yr old driving on a learners permit for the first time). I am trying to press the base of the pedal closest to the floor now so its not so sensitive. Not a fan of the trans tuning either. I might give it a day or 2 before flashing back to stock to see if I get used to it.
I emailed OV last night about the high idle, waiting on a response....
Might also see if they can send me a tune that isnt quite so sensitive in the pedal and minus the trans tuning.
I emailed OV last night about the high idle, waiting on a response....
Might also see if they can send me a tune that isnt quite so sensitive in the pedal and minus the trans tuning.
Rookie
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 63
Likes: 23
From: GA
IMO way too sensitive. Taking off from a stoplight I have to really try to not hit it hard (I feel like a 15 yr old driving on a learners permit for the first time). I am trying to press the base of the pedal closest to the floor now so its not so sensitive. Not a fan of the trans tuning either. I might give it a day or 2 before flashing back to stock to see if I get used to it.
I emailed OV last night about the high idle, waiting on a response....
Might also see if they can send me a tune that isnt quite so sensitive in the pedal and minus the trans tuning.
I emailed OV last night about the high idle, waiting on a response....
Might also see if they can send me a tune that isnt quite so sensitive in the pedal and minus the trans tuning.
im happy to hear that the throttle lag is improved! What year is yours? I think I read that the tune behaves a little differently for each vehicle
Rookie
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 63
Likes: 23
From: GA
I’ve got a few bolt ons.
-injen intake
-ppe downpipe decatted
-invidia midpipe
-tti turbo muffler delete
-bms stage 1 tune soon to be replaced by OVT
stock axle backs tho. I’m thinking a custom tune will maximize what I have. I still go back and forth on invidia axle backs but I like the stock look and I don’t really want a loud exhaust. Trying to fly under the radar here.
-injen intake
-ppe downpipe decatted
-invidia midpipe
-tti turbo muffler delete
-bms stage 1 tune soon to be replaced by OVT
stock axle backs tho. I’m thinking a custom tune will maximize what I have. I still go back and forth on invidia axle backs but I like the stock look and I don’t really want a loud exhaust. Trying to fly under the radar here.
Rookie
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 63
Likes: 23
From: GA
IMO way too sensitive. Taking off from a stoplight I have to really try to not hit it hard (I feel like a 15 yr old driving on a learners permit for the first time). I am trying to press the base of the pedal closest to the floor now so its not so sensitive. Not a fan of the trans tuning either. I might give it a day or 2 before flashing back to stock to see if I get used to it.
I emailed OV last night about the high idle, waiting on a response....
Might also see if they can send me a tune that isnt quite so sensitive in the pedal and minus the trans tuning.
I emailed OV last night about the high idle, waiting on a response....
Might also see if they can send me a tune that isnt quite so sensitive in the pedal and minus the trans tuning.
Rookie
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 52
Likes: 23
From: CA
I live in the foothills (3,000 elevation) and commute down to the city everyday (sea level, about 50 miles each way). At the slightest sign of a hill or even a slight increase in throttle it seems like the car will downshift, and then wont upshift again once the load or throttle is let off, so running down the highway in 7th doing 2200rpm instead of 8th around 2000rpm. I got sick of it on my commute this morning and put in manual mode and just left it in 8th gear. When it downshifts, seems to be a bit more aggressive, so you def feel the downshift, its jerkier than out of the factory. In all honesty it feels like my 1 ton truck after rebuilding the transmission and increasing line pressure and putting in a triple disk torque converter, then driving around in tow/haul mode. Which is great for a truck, but not what I was after in a luxury car.