I was speaking to UNICHIP today and they said there are no plans to do anything specific for the 10th gen Corolla.
However, they also said that they would consider working with me if there were enough interest to do the job.
The first thing they want to do is see if the ECU is the same as on previous units. The big issue is the connectors and harness. As long as it uses the same connectors as on other Corollas they have done, they don't believe there will be too much of an issue in making a plug and play version for it.
They said, because of the design of the engine itself, do not expect more than about 15-20 HP increase if you've done the intake and exhust mods. They have already done 2 previous 1.8 applications, and think it would be relatively easy to adapt to the new engine.
The price for the plug and play UNICHIP is around $700, but they would also consider doing a group buy price with us if they could get 20-30 guys interested. The unit would come with 5 selectable maps that would work with it, and it would be custom tunable by a UNICHIP shop if you ever went forced induction or some other major mod later.
So the question is, how many of you guys would be willing to spend $700 (or less for a group buy) to gain 15-20 HP for your 1.8 engine?
Let me know. If enough of you guys are interested, I'll pursue it with them. I know personally I'd like to do it, but then again I like doing these kinds of things.
If anyone already has a photo of the ECU showing the connectors, please put it on this post so I can forward it to the person I am working with. I'd do it myself, but I can'y get to it for a couple or weeks..... too much going on right now.
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lol you should have just bought the xrs
bigger engine
better auto trany
betterbrakes
all you guys with the 1.8 seem to want to make better
sure its more expencive to buy the xrs but its a better platform in the long run
if u are goin to mod your car for performance
know what i sayin
im not knocking anybody
just makes more sence to go with the top
cheers
Last-gen Corollas had 4 connectors, the new Corolla has 2 connectors (one 60 pin, one 126 pin).
That being said, the connectors look an awful lot like the Land Cruiser and Tundra ECU's, which they do make plug 'n play kits for. They both use one 60 pin and one 126 pin connector like the Corolla does.
Last-gen Corollas had 4 connectors, the new Corolla has 2 connectors (one 60 pin, one 126 pin).
That being said, the connectors look an awful lot like the Land Cruiser and Tundra ECU's, which they do make plug 'n play kits for. They both use one 60 pin and one 126 pin connector like the Corolla does.
Jeff
That's a good thing. It was mentioned that those ECU's might be the same.
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I checked further, and the Scion xB actually has the same part numbers on the connectors as the Corolla 1.8L and 2.4L, the diagrams for the LC and Tundra are the same, but with different part numbers. The xB has the same part numbers as well.
lol you should have just bought the xrs
bigger engine
better auto trany
betterbrakes
all you guys with the 1.8 seem to want to make better
sure its more expencive to buy the xrs but its a better platform in the long run
if u are goin to mod your car for performance
know what i sayin
im not knocking anybody
just makes more sence to go with the top
cheers
Well that's mostly true, but i like the 1.8. It craps on the 2.4's fuel economy so if I can get close to the same power at 90 lbs lighter, and better mileage then it looks like a winner to me. Besides, what us 1.8 owners "should" have done doesn't help us much now, does it.
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I checked further, and the Scion xB actually has the same part numbers on the connectors as the Corolla 1.8L and 2.4L, the diagrams for the LC and Tundra are the same, but with different part numbers. The xB has the same part numbers as well.
Jeff
Thanks for the additional info. This will all get forwarded.
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Well that's mostly true, but i like the 1.8. It craps on the 2.4's fuel economy so if I can get close to the same power at 200 lbs lighter, and better mileage then it looks like a winner to me. Besides, what us 1.8 owners "should" have done doesn't help us much now, does it.
this is true
i went from a truck that drank between 13 and 14l/100klm
so my 7.5 is great
but w/e floats ur boat enjoy
ask them if they have any intent on making one for the xrs please and thanks
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