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Got the OFT in today, hooked it up, made a backup of stock tune and it told me to email their sales team an ID for my specific car. They sent me the tune files in less than 5 min. I uploaded them to the device and flashed Stage 1 tune to the car. I'm currently running 93 oct with stock header and intake (with K&N drop-in filter).
First impressions: Car feels weird... It doesn't feel faster, but it does feel like gear 1 is an actual usable driving gear that you can steadily take to 3K RPMs, not just a temporary gear that you need to quickly get out of. It definitely makes it harder to drive like an ass in the first few gears, and more like a sensible being. It's more consistent.
But the drawback is I have to be more aggressive on the throttle than I did before on 1st gear to get going. It feels like the car is under-revved and underpowered, whereas before the car felt over-revved and underpowered, which is what I got used to. I've noticed my downshifting habits also need to change. Seems I now need to downshift at a bit higher than my normal 2K-2.5K or I end up too low in RPMs and start lugging.
Honestly, I don't think I like it. Maybe it will grow on me with time? It's almost like driving a different car, not the one I have been driving for 9 months that I've become well-acquainted with how it performs. I am just thinking of cases where I really need to get the car moving quick. I am accustomed to being able to burn past 1st and 2nd gear, getting high up in RPMs (while possibly sounding like an asshole) for making quick maneuvers, such as going from a dead stop to merging into high-paced traffic. Kind of worried that 1st gear has gotten a lot of its aggressiveness toned down.
It's late (1:30am) and I need to get a second or third look at this before I make a final call to reset the tune to stock. I'll drive it around some more this weekend. I'm hoping it grows on me. Maybe the evenly-spaced power bands is how most manual cars are meant to be driven, and is how most people expect to drive a manual.
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