Lots of people have been doing it, even in current times, they set up an office in Finland for now. Either way I sort of agree since it costs $3k+

 

What are they doing exactly? Simply unlocking the ECU for tuning and how would that work for folks in California come smog time...? I guess those would be my concerns really....support and if you needed to flash back and forth between stock tune and upgrade.

 

They are cloning the ECU and putting it into an unlocked version. You get your old ECU back as well so "technically" it's still okay to use for smoggy time. I don't live in California anymore so I don't have to stress about that crap anymore. :P

 

If you get two ECUs, then nothing to worry about. That does sound nice. Pricey.... but nice. But now I also see why it's so expensive. I'm sure them ECUs ain't cheap. Add to that, being the only game in town....

 

good used ecus can be had from $600-800. Not the cheapest thing. But the 3k gets you all the cloning work done, clone ecu provided by them, full ecutek license with tuning cable and shipping. In reality, you are paying around $700-800 to do the actual unlock.

 

Cheaper than an e85 tune

 

I 100% would have bought this over a GT350 if it had been available at the time. Sigh.

Of course, 100% if I were to sell the GT350 and buy this, Toyota would then decide to import the GR Yaris to the States.

 

What are your thoughts on the GT350? From what I gather Kaj isn't the biggest fan of his so I'm interested to hear your thoughts. If you were to take one for the team to get the GR Yaris to the states I'd buy you a beer.

 

@Lumpy Sticks Supra transmission tune released today....

https://shop.rbttuning.com/products/...42740852654304

 

I just prefer tracking the Evo over the 350R. Had I never built the Evo, I'm sure I'd be completely elated with the R.
P.S.
Track day insurance for Evo = $200
Track day insurance for 350R = $475

 

Oh nice! Thats not a bad price either.

 

I'm going to let others do it first. I actually can't really see how it could get any better in manual sport mode. It shifts instantly and very hard already.

I'm thinking it tweaks more around auto mode in comfort and sport, which I have literally never used so far in the Supra. lol

 

when I auto-x, it doesn't downshift to 2nd when I want it to while in auto. If I could change that, I would love it. One less thing to think about while dodging cones if it does exactly what I want by itself. But like you said, I'll let other people be the test victims first.

 

You guys get into third gear? That's awesome. I'd probably AX more often, if I got to do that.

 

Yep, that we do. Most of the courses see 85-90mph. We get a big lot to run in. The series I run in is just awesome.