Engine tuner

Well, shit, that's different.

Idk but i won't by plugging my truck into that shit

 

The thing with tuning these trucks is as far as I can tell the "Atkinson" cycle part of this motor is simply the VVT system in low rpm low load situations keeps the intake valves open longer. The inherent character of that is the lack of low end torque, If you were able to tun the VVT tables in the ECM you could effectively get rid of that and make it an otto cycle engine all the time and possibly regain some low end.

 

You get a dyno run yet @shawn_free

 

Not yet... Truck has been getting some work done the last few weeks while I've been traveling for business. I absolutely will share the results though when complete.

 

Nice, did you have it tuned for premium fuel?

 

some people would swap the GS heads just to have headers.... I assume the GS doesn't have the collectors cast into the heads?

 

and I don't think he even knows what I'm talking about.

The future is 2061 Toyota Tacoma... the future is now...
That would be, what, like 5th gen?

 

The single port heads make more power on the new GM 3.6's vs the 3 port style

 

Why dont we just all crowd fund someone to drop in the last gen Ecoboost drive train into our 3rd gens ....

Or just slap an eBay turbo on it...as last resort. Complete with red flashing thingy. ..

I'll take twin turbo any day over a tune

 

what about ports? I don't know what you are talking about? Intake, exhuast?

 

Why would I be talking about intake if I quoted your header post

 

idk my bff jill? Do you have a link to specs? I would like to see

 

Scroll to 3.6 section. Llt is 3 port, lfx is 1 port.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_High_Feature_engine

 

With the EcoBoost engines tuning involves about $500 and 5 minutes. I used a canned Livernois Motorsports tune on my stock 2013 SHO and took it from 365HP/350TQ (at 1500 RPM) to around 440HP and 440TQ at same RPM...that tune took the car from mid-13 second quarter miles to a 12.8-ish quarter mile. In addition to a bump in power the tune also made significant improvements to the transmission, which was pretty solid to start with.

That said, both the 2.3L or 2.7L engines would be awesome in our trucks at their stock numbers. Ford is doing it right these days, no doubt about it and I can't wait to see their new Ranger.

 

I don't see turbos sticking around. It's a fad like the 80's/90's. Wait until these turbo cars go out of warranty and people start getting repair bills.

It's $1k+ to put a turbo on a Cruze. And they are cheap compared to most stuff

 

Turbos definitely not a fad. Allows manufactures to use smaller displacement engines (think EPA requirements for gas mileage) while producing power when you put the pedal down. I've had two eco boost trucks, one tuned and they are pretty amazing from a power standpoint.

 

Doesn't make me a difference one way or the other. Money in my pocket fixing broke cars.

 

Back to tuning our trucks.... I've been searching the GS350 guys and it looks like options are nil on our 2GR still

 

Definitely not a fad, just something everyone is doing to make petrol engines more efficient. In a way it is a fad though, because petrol engines will be long gone by the end of the century. Most of the OEM turbos I've seen are garret units, not cheap units from ebay but I've only seen a handful of cars. It does complicate things nonetheless with more shit to go wrong. GMC turbo applications seem to be riddled with problems so good engineering is a must.

 

Yeah it goes like this. Forced induction will (already is) replace displacement then once batteries get just a bit better combustion engines will begin to fade out short of very large transport vehicles. Self driving all electric vehicles will be the vast majority before 2050 I think.

P.S. nVidia (NVDA) makes the best SOC (system on chip) for self driving cars at the moment and is investing heavily in research for it. Stock value has tripled in the last year even amidst a lofty unsure market.