ECT button is a TUNE.

I don't have any dyno data to back this up, but I feel like a tank full of sawdust would have a noticeable drop in throttle responsiveness.

 

Sawdust and wood chips be the norm with this set-up. Thankfully we don’t get that crazy because our Tacos wouldn’t hang like two strokers can.

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Okay, Friday post over, alls I know is that the ECT button is cool. In city driving, a SLIGHT throttle input launches and gets the Taco cruising nicely. Feels so cool. And from a stop, when I need some grunt, I keep it in ECT mode and do the Topanga Launch. Highways are non ECT and S mode is selected if driving the mountain ranges. No hunting, I do the shifts and makes for some clean cool driving in The Tacon.

 

Sir, this is a Wendy's

 

How buttons does it take to drive a 3rd Gen?

 

My four-cylinder in ECT has a more aggressive throttle response and also holds gears longer and into higher RPMs, which just means that it howls like a retarded husky.

 

i have been a believer in this for years. i installed the "On at start up" mod years ago, best mod i have done.
when at a stop and turning right on to a highway without ECT the truck can't get out of it's own way.
others here will say it does almost nothing.

 

sounds like you need the "ECT on at start up" mod. plug and play. e-bay

PS. it's the one time you forget to push the button. oh crap!

 

ECT will fix that.

 

I see your two stroker and raise you 80 volts of cordless superiority. Because why not, let's throw that debate into this thread while we're at it.

 

I’ve re-geared and tuned. If I hit that ect button with 93 octane I may explode

 

LOL!!!! Sure was like a Wendy’s drive through!!! But…for the best burger in town, I HIGHLY recommend going to Big Fat in Van Nuys, CA FTW!!!!!

 

No doubt in our lifetime those battery powered saws will get some extreme torque output.

We took a drive up to Los Padres yesterday and I started to think. There is A LOT of wood on the ground for the taking. I’m going to get a firewood permit and take my milling equipment and mill some table tops up there.

 

Could a tune be considered snake oil ?

 

ECT and 93 Octane?

https://www.cars.com/articles/if-my...od-to-use-premium-occasionally-1420684149356/

 

I had to make a choice... use ECT mode or pay my mortgage.

 

Fast is relevant. I went from a 1999 Tacoma SR5 MT 4cyl. to a 2023 Tacoma SR5 w the 3.5. To me, this new truck is like greased lightning. It hauls ass! Certainly faster than my 1954 Chevy 1 ton pickup w the MT/granny gear.

 

The third gen Tacoma 3.5 is plenty fast enough , you just need to put your foot in it a little . Compared to 80,s/ early 90,s stuff , it’s a rocket . Plenty of 8 cylinder cars then would get crushed by this 3.5 easily

 

I thought I must have wrote this for a second.

 

I'm 40 now...This thread is old lol