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.
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.
