Tacoma - OVTUNE - VFTUNER - Update Info and Original Development

To answer your question, No. They are individual tunes you need to flash to your truck.
I'd strongly recommend using the search function at the top right to read all posts by OVTUNE in this thread. It will take like 30min and you'll be spun up.

 

30 min? I've been reading for a week already - there's 1800+ pages here.

 

Understood. And, it is never done... (I've been slinging code since the mid-1970s)

 

I said 30min to read "all posts by OVTUNE in this thread"

 

it's that "reading" and "comprehension" thing again...

 

https://youtu.be/alxNwdzFVmc

To me the topper and Habitat are one and the same, for obvious reasons

 

I haven't noticed any appreciable difference with ECT on stock, 1.04, or 1.05. But, I'll mess with it more in the near future to see if I can feel a difference, especially since I'll be hauling a 6k lb trailer soon. However, I definitely feel like 1.05 has significantly more "balls" or "pep" or whatever you want to call it than 1.04. Several times now I've said to myself "huh, I guess I can finally keep up!" or "oops, maybe a little too fast there" when taking off in traffic, both from a dead stop and while in motion. I finally feel like 'skinny pedal = go'

Edit: And I'm still seeing those MPG gains with me being more aggressive on the gas now that it's actually fun. Very interested to see how it performs when the tune AND my foot "settle in"

 

Damn.
I'm officially jealous.

 

Come... Join Us.....

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/at-habitat-pictures-ideas-aaand-bs.532519/

 

im picking one up in April

 

Still lovin' 1.05 91, way better than stock. It's a funny feeling when you look down while coming to speed on the freeway and realize you are going way faster than you thought.
Unfortunately I haven't really seen any MPG gains, but the truck drives so much better and didn't lose any MPG.

 

I am 100% happy with what you have done with 1.05. I drove over 100 miles yesterday after flashing and didn't have one weird issue. It held 6th gear at 75mph going up and down hills on I-49 in SW Arkansas where before it would drop to 4th and scream up the hills. My mileage increased as expected as well.

 

Just got my first tune applied and will be taking her out tonight and another 200 miles over the rest of this work week to break it in! I upgraded my headunit so I just disconnected my Maestro RR unit to get the flash to go through as it seems to cause an ODBII conflict as some others mentioned in the past pages of this endless thread - no problem after that. I'm a stock SR5er so this should do the trick.

 

'ol ginger will be the Canary for stuttering

 

Yes, exactly! Before, my truck felt like it didn't have enough power to cruise through town. Not because it actually lacked the power, but because the gears wouldn't use the power correctly. It would trudge along, but wouldn't accelerate (even slowly) until you gave it enough throttle to jump down a gear. On 1.05 it just smoothly accelerates at a reasonable rate without needing to gear down. A way better experience on 1.05! Thanks Mat!

 

So when I go to flash the truck there’s one “gearbox” file and 2 highlighted files above it.
Aside from the gearbox file which of the other 2 is the right one to flash?

 

I'll throw my 2 cents in. I've been on 1.05/87 since the day it came out. Ive ran through 2 tanks of gas. Unlike 1.03/1.04 I noticed 1.05 definitely needed time to settle in. I'm generally very happy with it.

IMO, it's setup great for relaxed city or highway driving and I've seen definite mpg gains.

My favorite part is there's a small range of pedal I can use to drive up my hill in 4rd with tc unlocked rather than downshift to 3rd.

Least favorite part is new tune isn't as happy with rushed driving. Transmission seems more confused and doesn't like to hold gears past about 3500rpm while accelerating even under pretty heavy throttle.

Most unexpected feature, S-mode tends to favor the selected gear. can dig way deeper into the gas without a downshift.

 

For v1.05 there is no "Gearbox" file. Just flash the ECU . . .

 

Stupid question of the day guys: Where can I get the latest version of the Flash Manager? I'm still using the "p5flash.exe" (v1.0.0) executable that I grabbed with my original 1.04 tune. Thanks!

 

If you are dongled, you get your files on OVtunes site. If you are dongleless you have to request the files from him IIRC via his support email