[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Lakitu

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.

The tune does not change when you have to shift. First gear can go to red line the same as any other gear so not sure why you would be shifting out of it at 3,000. The whole idea of first gear is to get the revs up fast at take off.