What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Beautiful GSD

 

Supposedly, the LC uses the ECU from the Tundra and Matt has a pretty good tune started already for it. He says that it makes a bigger difference than the tune for the Tacoma. If I can remember, I'll post something if and when I see it come out.

 

So you've tried the tune but don't like it enough to justify the cost or?

 

Yep, I trust toyota engineers more than these aftermarket tuning kits.

 

Forgot to share this last week. Finally added Meso customs trim for start and 4wd shifter.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0pJCyXe0D0E&t=2s

 

I thought my 2020 drove just fine when I got it, especially compared to my 2017. Boy was I wrong. Biggest thing for me was removing dead spots in the pedal. If I pressed harder on the pedal to speed up, the truck increases RPM's now rather than pressing more and more until it finally reacts and down shifts. Could I have lived without it? I did with my 2017 for years. Still my #1 mod in my opinion. But, because you don't like/want it, there's an extra $800 in your pocket for something else.

 

Find someone in your area who flashes the tunes and save some money. @Shellshock did mine and I'm much happier with it. I'd love to do it myself, but he flashed it to exactly what I wanted (5.29s/AGM) and unless something dramatic happens, I'm not likely to change tunes. You don't really *need* the whole kit unless you want to change tunes frequently or tinker, or can't find anyone to flash it.

 

I have a problem with the $800.

 

He's actually been assisting from time to time when I ask questions. But I got it flashed last night on my own. Read through a few hundred pages to see what everyone was changing and made a free tweaks.

I'll be heading up to rincon today or tomorrow, so if you spot an AG pro out in the wild, give a wave.

 

Agreed. Not the most fun I've had spending $800 on the truck, but worth it considering the amount we spend on mods otherwise.

 

I am in the Denver area if anyone wants help tuning their 3rd gen. $150.

 

We have the Destination A/T's (265/75 16) on the 5th Gen 4Runner and they are quiet. That's our long-distance travel car and it sees a lot of freeway miles.

 

No I recently upgraded to a Tacoma from a Corolla so it's great to me! I have already towed plenty just with the ECT PWR no problem. To me she has plenty of power, but as I said I trust Toyota engineers. Why try to push in more power just to degrade the life of your truck? If you really want more power I would just get a v8.

 

I would counter that there have been 7 updates to the transmission in the form of TSB's since 2016, as stated in this post here.

 

Well I got them once they were released, but somehow my wife misplaced the package

 

Yeah I was very much considering a more powerful truck after driving the taco for 9 months. The tacoma is the right size for all the trails out here in Colorado. Bigger trucks (with more power) don't fit down half as many trails. VFTune pushed me back to keeping it. Doesn't really add more power per se, but does make the pedal and responsiveness much better. Thats good for around town, but it is still underpowered on the highway. For having added a lot of weight to the truck, that is definitely a factor here as well. I am not sure there is any degradation to the lifetime of the engine with the tune? I do trust the Toyota engineers to squeeze every last MPG out of the stock tune. I do not trust them to make the best driving experience possible via their stock tune. I do trust VFTune for having been working on this for many years. Engineering is engineering, whoever is doing it.

 

Will do.

 

Post pics when you get it installed please.

 

Yikes, that sub is turning into a dumpster fire everyone demanding 2.1 while 2.0 isn't out. With a new engine/trans I would expect there to be some changes, but I will agree toyota did drop the ball on the 3rd gen release. From what I've read they have since corrected alot of those mistakes though.

 

Didn't do anything to the truck today but i did finally pull on a lift setup from Ironman. They're local so i may just head down to pick it up rather than wait to ship. When it comes to waiting for truck parts, i have no patience.