Tune or not to tune

Should I tune the ol' girl?

 

Do you need to smog test the thing? If so, maybe not.

 

tune and if you need smog OTT has a smog tune

 

No smog testing here

 

Tune everything as soon as you can and don't look back!

 

100%. So much more fun to drive.

I flashed my ECU ~5 years ago. Loving it.

 

where abouts?

 

It's that good?

 

Maine

 

oh damn complete other side if you were in washington state i would have let you take mine for a spin to help your decision.

 

Absolutely tune it!

 

set my appt yesterday for next month....can't wait

 

Honestly, I don't know how it is on the Tacoma - I have the 2.7L (I will find out one day). That said, its just my strategy as I have a fair amount of experience with tuned VWs. I have a tuned Passat that has over 80,000 tuned miles on it. My son drives it now and it still runs like a scalded dog!

 

Be sure you get the throttle settings you want if you go with OTT im sure the other tunes have this too, But i can only speak to OTT.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/performance-and-tuning.8/

 

I debated this for two entire years until I finally one day just did it. I figured if I didn’t like it, he’d just flash it back to stock for me and no harm done I’d move on.

6 months in, I haven’t considered for a single second since that I’d go back. Even on lite/mild it’s a different truck.

My son normally doesn’t like to drive my truck and would give me a hard time about the lack of guts it had. The first time he hopped in it after the tune he was blown away and couldn’t figure out what I’d done to it and why it drove so differently.

I’d read daily posts here and Reddit about it. I’d read hundreds if not thousands of people say “just do it.” I’d watched every YouTube video review and tune video imaginable about a dozen times each. I finally just did it. And all I can say is that I get why everyone says it now and I say it too. Just do it.

 

Yes!

 

what made you decide on Lite/Mild??

 

How many different tunes do they have? I would be getting OTT

 

I believe now all tunes moving forward is the sema approved smog approved tune there is no difference