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I just hope Lexus/Toyota allow tuners to tune those engines. We all know how uncrackable their ECU is. One of the fun things about the German boosted engines if you can tune them very VERY cheaply with a chip/software.
Its great to see Lexus really awaken, offering more for enthusiasts. I am sure the market will respond nicely to these coupes!
you can tune FRS on purpose... but i doubt you will be able to tune Lexus... however you can easily add piggyback to it.
When the GS came out it was called the BEAST busted out of a cage/box. They should have a similar approach with this and call it BEAUTY. This car seems to just flow, the design is incredible! Lexus is really setting the bar high!
I just hope Lexus/Toyota allow tuners to tune those engines. We all know how uncrackable their ECU is. One of the fun things about the German boosted engines if you can tune them very VERY cheaply with a chip/software.
Its great to see Lexus really awaken, offering more for enthusiasts. I am sure the market will respond nicely to these coupes!
I think it being "uncrackable" is due to the lack of tuners focusing on the IS, overall Lexus brand on a whole. I'm sure BMW has its best security patches on their ecu's to avoid those taking advantage of the car, but due to the mass following of BMW and BMW specific tuners, more hands will surely find a way to crack them.
As the F brand gets more popular and widespread, we'll see ECU hacks more frequently and opening up these motors true identities
people need to be realistic... if competition offers 300hp and more torque then they will probably offer similar numbers... good thing about turbo's is that there is an easy way to offer sports versions with more hp.