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Originally Posted by funbeatsfast
Really? The Kool Aid must taste great here. He showed Fit and FJ vids, then said that it had nothing to do with the FR-S/BRZ. Great, thanks for the commercial.
I ask if UniChip can raise the rev limit on an FR-S. The answer was - "That's silly, why would you?"
Stop by your region's next autocross event (Really, you'll have a great time). If you're lucky and live down south, it should be soon. Most of the 40-60 second course will be spent in second gear, first just through the first corner or two. Some of it will be bouncing off the rev limiter at 60ish MPH. A shift to third takes half a second, and another half a second to shift back to second. Most just keep it in second gear. An extra 400+ RPM can make a huge difference in times. Changing ignition timing and injector duty cycle isn't the only way to go fast.
The question is still being addressed in a condescending and less than transparent way. I've worked in sales for a long time and would never be this vague concerning my product.
UniChip's pricing is realistically half of what EcuTek is charging (Cable, license, tune) so it's a great deal for a lot of you. Just not for me. Troll? Yeah, I'll wear that hat.
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Dude. Simmer down. He's showing us that yes in fact, unichip systems can raise the rev limiter, and on Toyota vehicles no less! It's no less applicable than the Mini example YOU brought up.
This car just came out. Don't begrudge a company for wanting to do just a bit of R&D before they release a capability that has the potential to totally fubar the valvetrain. We all know that for AutoX a bit of extra time in gear is very useful. But just trusting that that extra RPM boost is safe because company X has done it on their car for 5k miles (Which is nothing...) is foolish. A larger company like Unichip is not going to want to risk that liability without some serious research.
Jack answered the question, "Can Unichip raise the rev limiter." He has also made it clear that they haven't decided if they want to pursue providing this functionality for the 86. What more do you want?
Geesh.
Nathan