LAP3 ECU Tune Review

[Landboat G80]

I've been following all KDM tuners closely, and there is no "Big Turbo kit designed specifically for the G80" by Lozic. They haven't even done a single big turbo 3.3T build, let alone successfully tuning one. Not sure who was smoking what to think that Lozic was offering a big turbo kit, and somehow believing and claiming so to justify one's basic tune purchase.

I've actually seen LAP3 tuning a big turbo G80 3.3T build on a forum(Picture below). If you were to make a one off custom turbo upgrade kit by a local reputable company, it will cost you ~20-25K for the build. This is where you can put your money where your mouth is. Hardware isn't the hardest part of it, and it is completely separate from one's tuning capability as well. You can get it done by any reputable company near you, really. That's how much one guy spent in the states to get his stinger build done, and $7000 on Motec ECU+custom tuning sessions. What's sad is that the Motec custom tuned Big Turbo Stinger is slower than LAP3 tuned stock turbo guys on Dragy. There's so many reasons why I went with LAP3 on my big turbo build & tuning.

I would personally stay away from Lozic seeing how they can't even fix the overboost issues with stock turbos when the car is heavily modded. I've seen a several guys with this issue, and one guy blew motor headgaskets from it. Several revisions after, it's still overboosting over 30PSI. So far I'm not really impressed with their tune. Speaking of big turbos, I sure wouldn't trust their tuning for my big turbo build, seeing how they are still struggling with stock turbo tuning and have no experience tuning big turbos to this day.

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My information about the kit came directly from talking to Lozic, which is why I believed that they had one. As far as the tuning issues I've read through a **lot** of posts and everyone seems completely happy with their tune, that's not to say that there aren't problems, and at the end of the day if I'm not happy with the Tune I'll switch to LAP3 or just chill out with my JB4 for awhile.

I haven't done a lot of the research on going Big Turbo on this platform yet, I've simply reached out to companies on costs and compatibility. It's not something that I'm going to be looking to do until the end of the year. The MoTeC is the same reason I was power limited on my Genesis Coupe setup (BK2 3.8 Single Turbo), as I couldn't justify the price-tag on the ECU when other reputable setups are so much cheaper (although didn't work on the platform).

Was a MoTeC system used on your build through LAP3? I would have loved to work with them on my build, they're the first company I reached out to regarding the setup. I'm just doing the best I can with the information I'm being given, there doesn't seem to be a lot of big-turbo information available currently, but it could be that I'm not very good with a forum.

I'm not very mechanically inclined, and I'm not rich by any means, I have a decent amount every month I can put towards whatever I want and that typically ends up going into my cars. I'm just trying to do all of my research and picking the best stuff that I can based on the information that I'm getting on the forums and from limited contact with companies.

EDIT: I'm not sure if true (or still true), but I had also read that the Stage 2.5 tune from LAP3 couldn't make use of the JB4 for WMI increasing the price by a pretty penny (For the protuner, or whatever it's called) over what I already had, although that being said if I'm unhappy with the Lozic tune I'll probably pull the trigger on the whole batch.

EDIT2: I requested a staff edit on my original post to clear the info about lap3, as it was worded very poorly

 

[AIK 3.3 life]

Thinking of trade in my 2019 gt2 for a 2022 gt2 can I just install my current Lap 3 ecu and tcu if I want everything to stay the same.

 

[Russell Buzz Buzz]

Lap3 Stage 2.5 ECU and Stage 2 TCU review updates.

After 2 months of recovering from surgery, I took the car out for some testing. Set the Dragy record for #1 1/4 mile time at 10.93. Also improved my 0-60, 60-130 and 0-130 times.

Two days later, I took the car to the track to see if the dragy was correct.

I had multiple 10.9x slips with the best being 10.958, taking spot for the quickest stinger AWD stinger.

What’s interesting is that if you look at the quickest cars, I’m the fastest daily driver stinger that has not experienced a major issue after hitting a 10 second run nor am I a shop car or a sponsored driver. Just a normal guy that knows little of tuning, slapped in the ECU, TCU and WMI and pressed the gas!

If you are looking for a reliable tune that you can install and not need to worry about overboosting, new revisions, or blowing your head gasket, this is the tuning solution for you!