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TL;DR -- I worked with Visconti Tuning to unlock my ECU, and it went beautifully, details below if you're interested.
Time for a story!
I purchased a 2022 Supra at the end of December, while already having a 2021 Supra which I sold after taking delivery. I knew that I wanted to unlock and tune the car after becoming familiar with the 2021 the season prior, knowingly voiding the warranty forever more. Based on the information in the forum here, I knew the only option to do that, was to send the ECU to Russia (at the time, but now Finland) **big thanks to @zrk**. There was enough content on the forum that I understood how the process went, after a couple days of searching.
Below is a timeline of events and outcomes:
February 28, 2022 - I contacted FEMTO directly via Instagram, ask what the processes is, and am told that they service EU customers only.
February 28, 2022 - The same night, I reached out to Visconti Tuning here on the forums via private message, Visconti responds that they can do it, and gave me a price for the basic unlock service.
March 1, 2022 - Visconti Tuning and I get on the phone, we agree to the service (unlock original, no clone, and MHD), they send me an invoice and I pay.
March 5, 2022 - Overnight label is received, and ECU is sent out that same day.
March 16-20, 2022 - Visconti and his team are at TX2k22, but are still in contact with me keeping me updated on where I am at in the process.
March 17, 2022 - Femto has received the ECU, and there are spare *cloneable* ECUs in stock, Visconti calls and I agree that I actually want a cloned ECU to be able to use ECUTek rather than MHD.
March 23, 2022 - Visconti receives the ECU back from Femto in Finland, calls me, and verifies the details, sends over an invoice to cover the difference between the MHD non-clone unlock and the ECUTek clone unlock, and I pay.
March 24th, 2022 - Visconti ships the ECU back to me with an overnight label, it gets stuck in Nashville.
March 28th, 2022 - 2 ECUs Arrive, the original and now unlocked ECU, as well as the cloned and unlocked ECU.
March 29th, 2022 - Install the cloned ECU, install the ECUTek app, and receive the OTS 93 tune file from Visconti.
April 1st, 2022 - Drove the car, with the cloned and unlocked ECU, across the country from Wisconsin to Nashville, TN (without the original ECU as backup). The car performs flawlessly for the 1,600+ mile / 22 hour drive.
April 15th, 2022 - Purchased the flex fuel kit, and ordered an E50 / Stage 2 (sorry @zrk, it's just what they call it), tune from Visconti, sends over an invoice, and I pay.
April 22nd, 2022 - Flex fuel kit installed, E85 flex tune flashed. The car is an absolute animal, tune works great.
May 2nd, 2022 (Tomorrow) - Dyno Day!
Total Time: 22 days
Total Cost: $5,570
(Before the flex fuel kit and e85 flex tune)
Notable kills after the tune:
Porsche 911 GT3 (991.1)
Tesla P100D
Porsche Cayman GT4
C7 Zo6
And a picture to show the level of detail and care that Visconti Tuning took in all of this process. Thank you to the team at @visconti Tuning, you know who you are specifically but I wont name anyone in particular.
In summary, I would do this again, and I think the price is worthy of the value. It took less than 25 days, start to finish, with TX2k22 going on and Visconti being sick.
Time for a story!
I purchased a 2022 Supra at the end of December, while already having a 2021 Supra which I sold after taking delivery. I knew that I wanted to unlock and tune the car after becoming familiar with the 2021 the season prior, knowingly voiding the warranty forever more. Based on the information in the forum here, I knew the only option to do that, was to send the ECU to Russia (at the time, but now Finland) **big thanks to @zrk**. There was enough content on the forum that I understood how the process went, after a couple days of searching.
Below is a timeline of events and outcomes:
February 28, 2022 - I contacted FEMTO directly via Instagram, ask what the processes is, and am told that they service EU customers only.
February 28, 2022 - The same night, I reached out to Visconti Tuning here on the forums via private message, Visconti responds that they can do it, and gave me a price for the basic unlock service.
March 1, 2022 - Visconti Tuning and I get on the phone, we agree to the service (unlock original, no clone, and MHD), they send me an invoice and I pay.
March 5, 2022 - Overnight label is received, and ECU is sent out that same day.
March 16-20, 2022 - Visconti and his team are at TX2k22, but are still in contact with me keeping me updated on where I am at in the process.
March 17, 2022 - Femto has received the ECU, and there are spare *cloneable* ECUs in stock, Visconti calls and I agree that I actually want a cloned ECU to be able to use ECUTek rather than MHD.
March 23, 2022 - Visconti receives the ECU back from Femto in Finland, calls me, and verifies the details, sends over an invoice to cover the difference between the MHD non-clone unlock and the ECUTek clone unlock, and I pay.
March 24th, 2022 - Visconti ships the ECU back to me with an overnight label, it gets stuck in Nashville.
March 28th, 2022 - 2 ECUs Arrive, the original and now unlocked ECU, as well as the cloned and unlocked ECU.
March 29th, 2022 - Install the cloned ECU, install the ECUTek app, and receive the OTS 93 tune file from Visconti.
April 1st, 2022 - Drove the car, with the cloned and unlocked ECU, across the country from Wisconsin to Nashville, TN (without the original ECU as backup). The car performs flawlessly for the 1,600+ mile / 22 hour drive.
April 15th, 2022 - Purchased the flex fuel kit, and ordered an E50 / Stage 2 (sorry @zrk, it's just what they call it), tune from Visconti, sends over an invoice, and I pay.
April 22nd, 2022 - Flex fuel kit installed, E85 flex tune flashed. The car is an absolute animal, tune works great.
May 2nd, 2022 (Tomorrow) - Dyno Day!
Total Time: 22 days
Total Cost: $5,570
(Before the flex fuel kit and e85 flex tune)
Notable kills after the tune:
Porsche 911 GT3 (991.1)
Tesla P100D
Porsche Cayman GT4
C7 Zo6
And a picture to show the level of detail and care that Visconti Tuning took in all of this process. Thank you to the team at @visconti Tuning, you know who you are specifically but I wont name anyone in particular.
In summary, I would do this again, and I think the price is worthy of the value. It took less than 25 days, start to finish, with TX2k22 going on and Visconti being sick.
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