Reflashed and lovin' it!

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ryallm
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Reflashed and lovin' it!

Post by ryallm » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:03 am

Took my car for a good long drive on dry roads yesterday for the first time with the ECU reflashed by Lotus Sport to lower the cam change over, and.......................it is the absolute nuts! :D Gone is that anoyinging drop in torque just before the second cam comes in, and it is so much easier to keep the engine in the action zone. You still hear the engine note change with the second cam, but the sensation is one of a rapidly building wall of thrust from 5500rpm rather than the off/on switch of the standard car at 6200. Far better on road, and I expect the improvement will be even more noticable on track (think of the annoying wait for the second cam in third gear just after the KH chicane, for example).

I had the reflash done by Hangar 111 - top notch service as they got the ECU back to me 8 days after I posted it to them. I know a lot of people quibble with the price of what is just a software upgrade, but on the other hand you would have to say the boys at Lotus Sport have done a pretty fine job considering Toyota, with all their gazillions of resources, apparently could not get their own engine to work effectively with the cam change below 6k . And the reflash is a similar price to a sports exhaust which adds zilch to the way the car drives save for some noise. So, as the official SE guinea pig on this one, my advice for anyone with a Yota car is go for it. For my money it is a really worthwhile improvement.

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Post by jj » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:21 am

The only problem I have is that my ECU is a type A which apparently is non-reflash friendly and means a new ecu is needed, making it a whole lot more £. Good that it works though....

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Post by ed » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:45 pm

Im glad you like it Mark. Looking forward to a cheeky pax next time you are on track! :thumbsup
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Post by SteveBanks » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:14 pm

I'd like to get this done but I also have the A type ECU and don't have £934 spare for a replacement :cry:

Agree with the fact that if you look at it as a similar price to a sports exhaust then it sounds like a satisfying improvement for the money...well for B owners at least!

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Post by LotusLee » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:22 am

Mark, Any idea if it affects the warrenty?
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Post by ed » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:45 pm

I believe it doesn't affect it at all as its an official lotus upgrade.
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Post by Gareth » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:00 pm

Mark, car "feel" quicker?

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