The milestone may imply that 300 whp GR Corollas are simply across the nook
by Stephen Rivers
January 16, 2023 at 11:35
by Stephen Rivers
Korean firm VF Tuner has simply introduced that it’s cracked the Toyota GR Corolla’s ECU. This milestone ought to present house owners with the possibility to completely discover their GR Corolla’s efficiency potential. It may even enhance engine longevity in the correct circumstances.
The GR Corolla is already a strong little automotive. Toyota says that from the manufacturing unit, it develops 300 hp (223 kW). That’s quite a bit for a three-cylinder engine and a minimum of one impartial take a look at means that it’d make as a lot as 344 hp (256 kW). Opening up the ECU for additional tuning may make for cramming extra ponies underneath its bugling hood fairly shortly.
In accordance with VF Tuner, it’s planning to start beta tuning assist this week now that it’s cracked the ECU code. The crew shared the information on the GR Corolla Fb group. The chances aren’t fully infinite however the sky is lots larger than it was solely a day or two in the past.
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With the power to alter settings within the ECU, the crew at VF Tuner can do all types of issues. For instance, it could actually commerce a little bit of gasoline financial system within the quest for extra horsepower by including gasoline, enhance, and applicable timing to match. It may go the opposite manner too and make a extra fuel-efficient map that loses a little bit of horsepower too.
With an unlocked ECU, VF Tuner also can substitute E85 for pump fuel. This might assist to guard the engine whereas operating on an even bigger enhance strain.
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It’s secure to anticipate that house owners will quickly have the possibility to flip between completely different ECU maps whereas driving. On its Fb web page, VF Tuner particularly says that it’s engaged on such customized options for each the GR Corolla and the GR Yaris.
On-the-fly ECU map swapping is an superior characteristic that may enable the automotive to go from a performance-focused map to a gasoline economy-focused one with out having to cease and carry out a guide ECU flash. In actual fact, it’s not dissimilar from what occurs in a automotive with a number of drive modes that go from Sport to Eco for instance. We are able to’t wait to see what they provide you with.
