Last Call: The best computer for a new tune in 2020

Colby Buchanan

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Whoever said ECU tunes have to be expensive is a liar. As you can see, all you need is a Tote & Go Laptop which you can get used for only $23! Now I haven’t personally used Tote & Go, but quarantine is making me so bored you might catch me adding a flame map to the Z with this bad boy. Plus, the photo shows it working on a BMW and you know they only buy the nicest parts so it has to be good right? So what are you still doing here reading this and not putting one in your shopping cart?

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Colby Buchanan

Colby Buchanan

My name is Colby Buchanan and I love all things car-related all the way from rusted 240sx’s to McLaren Senna’s and of course I have a soft spot for American Muscle. You can spot me in my bone stock ’06 350z named MackenZ.

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13 responses to “Last Call: The best computer for a new tune in 2020”

  1. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    I was with you up until “ECU tunes”, then I became befuddled. “Flame map” was just a dash of quicklime on the corpse of my understanding.

    This who does a what where? Is it an Apple product? Those always throw me.

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e0867eec6dd05e0ddb7bfaea6b2dd2021376953a991eba5f2614fea6d156d6b6.jpg

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    1. smalleyxb122 Avatar
      smalleyxb122

      That GMT400 is from the “added a chip” era of aftermarket EFI performance.

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  2. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    Low concentration levels at work and I am trying to counter give in to that by rummaging for cars online.

    How bad could this be? A 1966 Minx which needs tech inspection, a stone’s throw from my MIL’s house, 3400 $:

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/4/vertical-0/23/0/176/638/930_2086724338.jpg

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/4/vertical-0/23/0/176/638/930_668901034.jpg

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/4/vertical-0/23/0/176/638/930_324458975.jpg

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/4/vertical-0/23/0/176/638/930_1028721224.jpg

    Or, to soothe my botched Century-purchase, a 1997 Honda Legend that looks perfect and comes with outstanding maintenance records. This would be a hard sell as a replacement for our rusting 2002 Camry in the house council, and it sits waaaaaay up North for 6700$. But…just look at this gorgeous East Asian seriousness!

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/3/vertical-0/18/4/173/035/934_1822441643.jpg

    Comes with an automatic, but Legends are ultra rare in Norway and my big-reliable-business-car-craving is not about performance.

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  3. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    Low concentration levels at work and I am trying to counter give in to that by rummaging for cars online.

    How bad could this be? A 1966 Minx which needs tech inspection, a stone’s throw from my MIL’s house, 3400 $:

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/4/vertical-0/23/0/176/638/930_2086724338.jpg

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/4/vertical-0/23/0/176/638/930_668901034.jpg

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/4/vertical-0/23/0/176/638/930_324458975.jpg

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/4/vertical-0/23/0/176/638/930_1028721224.jpg

    Or, to soothe my botched Century-purchase, a 1997 Honda Legend that looks perfect and comes with outstanding maintenance records. This would be a hard sell as a replacement for our rusting 2002 Camry in the house council, and it sits waaaaaay up North for 6700$. But…just look at this gorgeous East Asian seriousness!

    https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1600w/2020/3/vertical-0/18/4/173/035/934_1822441643.jpg

    Comes with an automatic, but Legends are ultra rare in Norway and my big-reliable-business-car-craving is not about performance.

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    1. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      What the…2003 Hyundai Centennial, the only one in Norway:

      https://www.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=177102039

      https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1280w/2020/4/vertical-3/27/9/177/102/039_1893390950.jpg

      https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1280w/2020/4/vertical-3/27/9/177/102/039_809173485.jpg

      https://images.finncdn.no/dynamic/1280w/2020/4/vertical-3/27/9/177/102/039_2056426329.jpg

      This was the first Equus, or Mitsubishi Proudia (not making this up). The car was imported by shipping company Wilhelmsen after they landed a contract with Hyundai. It has the Sigma V6 engine that was also available in the Kia Sedona…I know only one guy who owns such a van. 😛

      edit Dæng, I just called on the Centennial. Needs a belt service, but otherwise…might buy it on friday.

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      1. Batshitbox Avatar
        Batshitbox

        Does the Esso (Exxon) gas station attendant’s hat come with the Centennial? You can’t include something like that in your advertisement and then be all, “What, this old thing? Now how did that get in there?”

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        1. Sjalabais Avatar
          Sjalabais

          If it’s gone? Dealbreaker!

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    2. outback_ute Avatar
      outback_ute

      Back in the pre virus days the last historic races I went to had 2 1960s race cars with supercharged Rootes engines, they are tough.

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    3. 0A5599 Avatar
      0A5599

      Ooh, beautiful Minx. What’s involved in the inspection, and how certain is it to pass?

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      1. Sjalabais Avatar
        Sjalabais

        It’s a pretty comprehensive safety inspection, basically. Rust and brakes tend to be the issues that are hard to pass.

        But…turns out I am getting the Centennial. Just waiting for additional photos of the underside, as nothing here kills cars as fast as rust. I am as excited as a small kid!

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  4. crank_case Avatar
    crank_case

    vtech just kicked in yo! (c’mon, someone else must have spotted it)

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    1. smalleyxb122 Avatar
      smalleyxb122

      How did I miss that?

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  5. Ken Kane Avatar
    Ken Kane

    This is actually my car and picture lmao

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