Tacoma - OVTUNE - VFTUNER - Update Info and Original Development

me too!!
2013 STI hatch
Protuned
Everyday fees like I just sold it
And that was 4.5 years ago!!!
Reading your post and replying to it just drives the knife in deeper

 

Purchased the VFTuner (w/ cable) and the Tacoma Tune Pack. I am following the instructions OVTune site and sent my System ID over to OVTune mid-week.

Am I doing this right? Should I still be using Flash Manager? All I received in the mail was the cable and OBDII adapter, nothing else. Just a little concerned since I think the initial instructions email I received got deleted from my spam folder.

Thanks for the responses.

 

If it's only been a couple days, I would give it a little more time.

 

And this is of course what makes the tune, and life in general, is interesting. I would argue that "most others" don't drive in S mode 100% of the time. Hence your experience may not be, and I would argue, not the norm.

 

I went to the refurbished Dell website. It was right around 3-400$ I believe for a dedicated laptop

 

These third gen Tacomas struggle to make any power down low. It reminds me a lot of driving my ‘79 Yamaha IT 250. It had poor low RPM power, but once you got on the pipe, it took off like a rocket. Ours hits that power surge around 3000 RPMs, so it is painful to see it race to shift and settle in at 2000 RPMs. I am patiently waiting for the final 2.0 to be release with the performance tune to see if it keeps my truck in the power band more frequently. If not, I will try fine-tuning it with VF Tuner.

 

i got a little rca tablet/laptop (runs windows 10) for 80 bucks or so. mine also is just for tuning.

its an rca cambio btw

 

In need of some assistance on OVTune, registered, cable and flash driver came in yesterday. I have seen different instructions on whether or not I have to get the truck registered with OVTune or not? I hooked up to the truck and identified and then sent that information and haven't received anything back. Was this a necessary step or am I good to go?
I have the 04B81 ECU, and downloaded the tune package folder on the the beta web page, but when I try to open in Flash Manager it just brings up the regular screen with year/ecu/etc... the tunes don't come up. Even when I try to download anything it comes up download error in the bottom of the Flash Manager.

What in the world am I doing wrong?

I typed that fast: I have the registration key, I have everything downloaded, I just can't pull up the 04B81 tune file when I try to open with flash manager. Hope that makes sense.

 

So .... you are an AT ? If so, I don't think the AT tune packs for 2.0 are released yet. I think you need 2.0 because you are a 2020. There may be some beta files out there ...... I don't know where they are. Read back thru the previous posts. ( or some one else may come along to help .... )

 

Yes I'm AT, I guess I'm confused. I have downloaded 04B81 2.0 tune files, all I have to do is plug truck in, open tune file in flash manager and flash the truck. I hope anyways..

 

I sent an email and IM a while back, I guess you have enough people testing. Would love help fix this announce?

 

If you have the reg key, you are good to flash.
files are here
https://www.ovtuned.com/blogs/news/tacoma-2-0-final-auto-release

 

Thanks! I was overthinking it, just flashed the truck with the 87 octane 33" tire tune. Went really smooth! This stuff always makes me nervous.

 

It does the first few times, but then you get used to it. You can't brick the ECU with the software, so thats always a comfort.

 

Mine was only 2 years ago but it seems like yesterday. Mine was the sedan but I always wanted a hatch.

 

I never said my driving-style was the norm. I simply presented it in the context of toyotas shift logic learning.

I was responding to another post that a few people that complain about 04B04 is broken still doesn't mean it's the norm.
There are hundreds of tuned trucks that don't have a problem with it - one, two people, or even 20 that complain is the minority

I don't have a problem with a discussion about what the issues are, but presenting it as a ubiquitous issue is not supported.

 

FWIW, I bootcamped my 9 yo MacBook Pro and it works like a champ with free windows. That’s an option if you have a Mac.

 

4H on dry pavement. Crazy sauce.

 

Yeah all our computers are Mac. How much does Bootcamp cost?

 

What exactly is wrong with this? google search reports "danger danger danger"
I have been in 4H for the last 400+ miles....