I have not kept up, I know there are some shared platforms, but I thought Sienna had a dedicated one, being much heavier. I could see Highlander and Camry, maybe. Although I think it's Highlander and Sienna share, while Camry and Avalon share, and Corolla and RAV4 share? don't feel like looking, since I'm not shopping.
I thoroughly enjoyed that extra power on my commute. Today, I would love to have that again, my current Camry is as boring as it gets--yet again, its cornering is just fine for my needs (braking, that is lacking, but probably not worth addressing). Just underpowered in getting up to speed.The earlier 2.5 wasn't bad, although the 6MT was a total joke. The current 2.5 holds its own, the hybrid setup is nice, albeit coarse, and with the worst brakes I've had the displeasure of using*. They really don't want you using the brakes! stupid grabby.
I kinda shudder when I take it out to 5k, mostly out of fear of what abuse the poor transmission is taking, when it decides to shift. You know, when I do let it hit 5k, it actually accelerates on the upshift? the mass in the crank actually gives it a bit of forward jolt, it's making so little power at 5k, lol.
There are a lot of vehicles built on the Toyota K platform. There's a whole Wiki on it:I have not kept up, I know there are some shared platforms, but I thought Sienna had a dedicated one, being much heavier. I could see Highlander and Camry, maybe. Although I think it's Highlander and Sienna share, while Camry and Avalon share, and Corolla and RAV4 share? don't feel like looking, since I'm not shopping.
No disagreement about dropping $15k into a Camry being a waste of money. OP wanted to drop $500 or less. IMO it's not worth that either, but it's not same order of magnitude. And he just wanted more power in the hills, did not ask anything about carving canyons or repeated 60-0 stops.
When I souped up my VW I was already happy with its handling--and that was on 195/65R15's. I had no illusions about its cornering abilities--nor did I ever test them out. Same for braking (hey I got over 100k, nearly 200k out of the OEM brake pads). But the 100hp PD, while "nice", was way nicer after 40 more hp.
So do plenty of other vehicles, but people aren't tripping over themselves to fawn over them like we see with Toyota fanbois
No way. On Camry? If that was THAT simple, we wouldn’t need Porsche 911, M3 etc.
Somebody here is really afraid of a tuner Camry blowing his doors off. LOL.
You schmoes really hijacked ol' Shel's thread with the biggest bunch of nonsense and rambling I've read on here in quite a while. Like since ... yesterday! Get a grip!
For $500 you can get some difference in programming. That is it.I have not kept up, I know there are some shared platforms, but I thought Sienna had a dedicated one, being much heavier. I could see Highlander and Camry, maybe. Although I think it's Highlander and Sienna share, while Camry and Avalon share, and Corolla and RAV4 share? don't feel like looking, since I'm not shopping.
No disagreement about dropping $15k into a Camry being a waste of money. OP wanted to drop $500 or less. IMO it's not worth that either, but it's not same order of magnitude. And he just wanted more power in the hills, did not ask anything about carving canyons or repeated 60-0 stops.
When I souped up my VW I was already happy with its handling--and that was on 195/65R15's. I had no illusions about its cornering abilities--nor did I ever test them out. Same for braking (hey I got over 100k, nearly 200k out of the OEM brake pads). But the 100hp PD, while "nice", was way nicer after 40 more hp.
The thing is that I would be really scared to put something that is $89 from some vendor to OBD.“……If anyone has experience with these, or similar, chips, I'd like to hear from you.”
Wow! This thread went off the rails REAL quick……
It will probably fail smog, since CARB is cracking down on ECU tuning.
Quite possible the chip maps to a different timing scheme to make a bit more power, but Plano using premium which given the cost delta and gains you’ll likely see, won’t be worth it.
Yeah but they’re designed for the level of performance they’re claiming. Not juicing up a couch and expecting it to last as long….
More like, no one would be sad when the vehicle turns into a casualty… I mean, whoever shed a tear when their Toyonda died?
I used them when I worked for NATO. It is far different concept. They are cheap, and rugged. There are better vehicles, like Puch G etc. but more expensive.
The 1997-2001 was the time when TRD offered a Roots supercharger for the 1MZ-FE. Combine that with the 5-speed manual, it's surprisingly fun. Also available was TRD suspension with Eibach springs and Bilstein monotube struts/shocks
