Tacoma - OVTUNE - VFTUNER - Update Info and Original Development

I know it’s off topic, was that tune for those who don’t give a damn about mpg ever released? (More aggressive 91 tune)

 

no

 

nope

 

I’m running a test tune at the moment.

1.03 test tune 91 octane.

OP has posted several updates in the past few days. Optional 1.03 revision is to release within the next few days.

 

"...off topic..."

That's funny (what is off topic in this thread).

 

That gives me nightmares.

Saw this the other day

 

So, I did a thing yesterday.... I hadn't run the truck stock as you know since last summer and after going through all the revisions of the OVTune from 1.01b forward I really had forgotten how it drove so I could give it a solid comparison. I seriously do not know how anyone drives this truck with the stock tune - MAYbe I could see it if you only drive in S-mode with ECT on all the time, but even then it's still sluggish.

• Felt like I had to press the throttle to the floor to get the truck moving - that delay came back where you don't know when/if the truck is actually going to GO anywhere for a second, then it just took off uncontrollably....
• Driving in traffic this morning, felt like I was the 18 wheeler traffic-jammed commuters are happy to see as it gives them an opportunity to easily switch lanes b/c it just wasn't possible to easily keep up with slow-moving / stop-go traffic.
• Even immediately after a flash, when we know the A/T tune is at it's finest before the learning screws it up it raced to overdrive (compared to OVTune) and always wanted to find it's way to a lugging 1100 rpms no matter what.
• I found myself in some questionable situations a few times (basically became the dick cutting people off) b/c I couldn't easily make lane change or passing moves with the same finesse as I could with the tune.

Seriously it feels like the truck is towing a 5,000lb trailer on oversized mud tires (I'm all stock) driving the stock tune.

Yeah, there are still some minor quirks with occasional flares, idle, tip-in that you can talk about w/ the tune occasionally but the damn truck drives like a relatively lightweight midsized truck should drive.

One day I'd love to get a better understanding of why the stock tune was done the way it was. I understand some of it may have perceivably been for reliability but with the lugging in overdrive (= high load) I'm not really buying that. Then perhaps some damn focus group told Toyota "we want it to drive like a big weighted-down TRUCK (i.e. heavy, slow off the line)" and some of the way it drives was intentional to create a certain type of driver experience... Then, of course there's just the pure laziness factor where they may have just added layers and layers of stupidity in attempt to cover up the other layers of incomplete garbage. Hard for me to fully get my head around Toyota just being completely lazy with the entire tune w/o at least having some reasoning behind certain aspects... but alas that's what we're left to think once we have a chance to compare/contrast a well running truck with a sluggish hunk of poorly programmed steel and sheet metal!

 

how does one get the tune?

 

Go here. pay $800. wait awhile and be patient. get a windows laptop ready for the task in the meantime...

https://www.ovtuned.com/collections/tacoma/products/toyota-tacoma-2grfks-calibration

 

for the new flash update tune, do we just get the update from flash manager itself under the update menu in the top of the tool. I am not necessarily going to load it, but would like to know how to download updates...never done it

 

good looking out!

got the windows laptop ready.

 

Or maybe their tuning guy was stoned and underpaid....?

 

Upon release of the optional 1.03 tune, Mat will post a link to download a new version of Flash Manager.

Not sure why he don't activate the update feature within Flash Manager, perhaps there are back end issues he need to iron out.

 

worth the 800 beans?

 

Easily. You can read the reviews in this thread here.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/poll-ovtune-reviews-3rd-gen.535928/page-3#post-17329748

 

Ok, thank you. Does he post it here in TW?

 

Without a doubt. This has probably been said at least 100 times in this thread.
The engine will feel like it was supposed to. New life breathed into it and better mpg's because it doesn't have to struggle to maintain speed

 

From past experience, yes. He will post link in this thread, and usually update the 1st post with the link as well.