Best tuning platform for tracking?

[imkochan]

Hi, I am new to tracking/time trials with my car and have enjoyed it. I am looking to add some more power as I did already upgrade tires, brake pads, brake fluid. I am looking to tune my car. I have a stock 2020 Supra and am going to bench-unlock it. I was wondering which one between MHD (possibly using the OTS stage 1 tune) or Ecutek (custom) tune would be better for my car and keeping the reliability aspect to it. I only have access to 91 pump gas. I am not looking to be the fastest Supra out there, just wanting 30-40 more whp. I also know using the MHD OTS tunes would be the cheaper/easier way to go compared to Ecutek. Thank you!

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[Extreme Power House]

if you only want 30-40 whp more, i would not spend money on flashing. you can easily achieve that with the JB4 and you can customize the power curve to best suit your tracking goals.

 

[MisterSkiz]

ECUTek for an unlocked 2020 model - you will be able to get way more than 30-40.

 

[Phantomx]

I find ECUTEK to be quite expensive and the ECUTEK dealers want you to do everything with them all together and it usually runs around $1500 to $1800 or more because they want to custom tune and dyno time and won’t do it unless you do all that. I went to a very very prominent tuner store here in Tampa and that was there mantra.

First Step probably should be:

I agree your first step into more power with really no mods would be JB4 probably map 1 or 2 at most. This will give you control over the important things and you can dial it in at the track without waiting for someone to send flash tunes and do updates. If you want a little more just switch it in the app, to easy, little less, same… Also easily removed like it was never there. Logging is very very good with guages you can display on the phone to monitor stuff that isn’t in the dash like real water temps and real oil temps and boost and such.

Another good option would be:

MHD personally (some like BM3) and run a stage 1 OTS map for your fuel (91 or 93) it’ll make good power, be super safe and most importantly for track use it’ll be smooth. You can turn on sport cooling as well to help with temps and control pops and bangs and burbles if you want it to chill out a bit on the track. Multi Map switching and you can with some effort do some logging on it. JB4 logging though is way better.

If your mental like many of us then…

JB4 + MHD with Backend Flash from Burger Motorsports with some supporting mods and a bit of ethanol and holy smokes batman its a monster… *note not responsible for big smokey drifts and soon to be bald tires*

 

[bushido]

the platform shouldn't be your main concern.. the correct answer is finding which tuner will work with ACN91 and is willing to put the work to fulfill your needs, not leave you hanging, not wait months between revisions, etc.

 

[razorlab]

Running a JB4 for track use is a horrible idea. You can't control timing or fueling and the trans really starts hating life because you are lying to it the whole time.

If you are looking for a custom tune, not just a OTS tune, then find a good tuner and use what they prefer if you haven't already bought into a tuning solution.

Your idea of just 30-40whp more is a great idea as most of the OTS maps out there get power pull pretty quickly as they run too much boost for track use. The OEM intake manifold can't keep up.

The BM3 OTS maps have some pretty over-amped throttle tuning that I also wouldn't recommend for track use. The good news is you can dampen the throttle response in the mobile app yourself if you wish.

 

[Axix23]

Since you got a 2020. Ecutek all the way. Spend alittle more money and do it right the first time! And don’t look back!

 

[Twisted Tuning]

Hi, I am new to tracking/time trials with my car and have enjoyed it. I am looking to add some more power as I did already upgrade tires, brake pads, brake fluid. I am looking to tune my car. I have a stock 2020 Supra and am going to bench-unlock it. I was wondering which one between MHD (possibly using the OTS stage 1 tune) or Ecutek (custom) tune would be better for my car and keeping the reliability aspect to it. I only have access to 91 pump gas. I am not looking to be the fastest Supra out there, just wanting 30-40 more whp. I also know using the MHD OTS tunes would be the cheaper/easier way to go compared to Ecutek. Thank you!

If you are seriously tracking and trying to be competitive at it. You will absolutely want to go the custom tune route regardless of the flashing platform you use. The OTS maps on MHD are fine. But tracking with 91ACN i would recommend a more tailored approach based on how crap that fuel is to guarantee a safe and reliable track oriented map.

The OTS maps i dont believe are catered to circuit style racing. Mainly for straigh line quic hits not sustained high effort racing. Thats not to say OTS wont do ok, but they werent designed for that i dont think. They are conservative though, so maybe you could try and see how it does on the OTS before searching out a custom tune.

Dont hesitate to reach out if you have anymore questions: [email protected]

 

[Kennith82]

MHD custom tune seems like what you're looking for. Albeit if you try finding bargains, you can get an EcuTek setup minus tune for around $600-$700 if you look hard enough.

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