I agree. I'd love to change the shift points -- my truck thinks it's supposed to take 1st up to about 4k RPM even though I'm at about 1/4 throttle. The shift points are horrible (yes, even with resets)! I'm not too fond of the drive by wire--it never does what one would expect.
I could be wrong, but this looks like you don't have to leave it installed. If that's the case, I would be willing to buy one of these and then "rent it out" to others to update their stuff, too. Can anyone confirm I'm correct about the application? This appears to be an external programmer.
*edit* having said that, I would probably send it to someone who is way more knowlegable than me to find the optimal program, then I could just upload my truck with their settings.
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Do you really care what truck I have or what mods I've done? Probably not, but here they are any way:
Loaded 07 LTD 4x4 DC 5.7. ARE Cap, Yakima Rack, Toytec 3" Lift, ProComp 8166 Wheels, Nitto Terra Grappler 305/55/20's, Bullhide Spray-In Liner, Volant CAI, Black Headlight Mod, Zoomers Cat back exhaust.
Still to Come: Headers? Speaker/Sub upgrades? What else? Supercharger........? I'm sure I'll think of something.
I could be wrong, but this looks like you don't have to leave it installed. If that's the case, I would be willing to buy one of these and then "rent it out" to others to update their stuff, too. Can anyone confirm I'm correct about the application? This appears to be an external programmer.
*edit* having said that, I would probably send it to someone who is way more knowlegable than me to find the optimal program, then I could just upload my truck with their settings.
Not sure if toyo's are the same as fords, but I know with my cobra, there were different ECM program codes (5 or so digit code that told what programming the computer had) that yielded different results when programmed with the "one program fits all" settings. From experience, you will never get the optimal settings unless you have a programmer do it on the dyno.
I don't think those are tuner devices. It looks like they allow you to reflash your ECM only with firmware provided by Toyota, it does not allow you to develop your own firmware.