nice review. exactly what i had experience with

Can this be detected by the dealer after returning back to stock. I was leaning towards the Unichip for the lack of detection.

No dealer cannot detect after flashing back to stock. First time you use it, you will dl and save the original flash for this very reason.
I've used stg 1 on a stock car and now 2 with mods. Its a must have for either application.

Love my OFT! Cant wait for the Phantom ESC E85 tune :) We love you shiv

Are the tunes out of box tuned for 93 Octane or 91? Will be running with a drop in filter and catback exhaust. Most likely would use the Stage 1 tune.

91 only right now.. but Shiv will have 93 ready when 2.0 hits.
You will be stg 1 with the mods you mentioned.

Would the tunes on the OFT work for high altitude areas like Colorado? Given the elevation here, how safe would the stage 2 map be? I have the Perrin header back exhaust and will have the FT86 headers in a week or two.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61294

Totally safe


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Thanks!

Do you think it will be safe to run 93 gas? Most gas stations around me don't offer 91.

For sure. Its safe to go higher in octane. Just don't go lower than 91.

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I'm still "grey" on the notion of the OFT auto-loading compatible OTS files when it's connected to the car and reads the OEM and after-market configurations.

My understanding is that the OTS files are pre-set configuration files based on a certain and specific setup. Like one file is for cars with a EL Header and using 91 gas, another would be for a UEL Header and using e85, and so on.

So then I imagine for folks, such as myself, that have a combination of items (I have TRD Exhaust and Intake and Crawford BPB and use 93 octane.), the OFT would detect the items, hunt through the OTS files available and return the list of files that are most relevant.

BUT...I would NOT expect there to be a specific OTS file with my EXACT set of configurations, so maybe the OFT offers up a list of several, close but not exact tunes???....Like; One OTS file has a tune for cars with TRD Exhaust, another for TRD Intake and then a 3rd file is for Crawford BPB. So then it's up to me to do some trial-n-error and test the different tunes until I find the one I think works best (if not exactly perfectly tuned for the configuration I have).??

Do I have the gist of it?

If so, how much of a learning curve am I looking at in order to hone an OTS file to my specific configuration?

Thanks!

Where did you hear that it detects your mods? These are off the shelf maps. The ECU does make adjustments post flash depending on what the sensors are telling it. But that is not the same as the OFT detecting your mods and dynamically changing the tables during the flash.

The OFT as delivered from Vishnu will auto detect your ECU CalID and load up the various stages available. As far as I know the crawford BPM map is still in beta and is NOT part of the maps that are auto generated.

Once you have done your initial scan of your ECU you will need to choose the appropriate map from the list of options to load on to your ECU. The OFT wont automatically choose the right one for you as it has no way of knowing what you have done to your car.