My TUNED Tacoma... 6 Months Later | Everything you need to know about the Overland Torque Tune! 

Honestly, one of the best (if not the best) tacoma content pages on the internet. Very relatable and realistic content for the average owner than can't/won't dump 20k-50k into making a truck into a baja racer or overlander.

OTT is a great tune. So happy I did it. Thanks Chloe for your original video and update.

Great info on OTT tune chloe this was a good video I love learning more about trucks on your channel keep up the awesome work 💪😎

Great info on the OTT. The OTT community is great and the tuners are really great people

Hi, Chloe! I love the honesty and professionalism you always show in your videos. I have to say that this one was very helpful to me and came in the right time. I've been doing the research to qet the best tune for my 2022 TRD Sport and last night I was chating with the local OTT tuner. I was 90% convinced after that, but saw your video early this morning and now I'm 100% sure that OTT is the way to go. Thanks a lot and keep that good work. God bless you always.

Thank you for all of the information you give us, it's so helpful!

Got my truck tuned by Paul at the PNW expo in Redmond OR yesterday did 360 miles back home and dang what a difference, kept it in drive the whole time no need for s, back home on i5 almost 21.5 mpg on the flats. Very impressed wish I would of done it earlier.

Thank you for your video. I was totally stressed about getting this done today. Your input and details gave me the confidence to get it done and it is a big difference with the overall performance. Shifting was my main complaint but the power is great 👍 🙏

Meeting w/ Paul today for my 23'TRDOF tune. Pretty excited. Great info. Great Video. Thanks

I waited a year to get my 22 OR AC tuned, my truck is stock. The tune was amazing in throttle response and it sure really improved the gear hunting. 1 week after the tune my truck went I to the dealership for the factory oil change, etc and they never mentioned anything about it. I absolutely recommend if your thinking about the tune, don't hesitate

Chloe, thanks for the videos. You gave me confidence to get the OTT. It is simply a GAMECHANGER! Love it! Best $$$ I've ever spent! Paul from PNW Tuning is a rockstar...great guy!!!

I feel such honesty here. No fu*kery! You're here sharing your experience with your decisions and it makes so much easier for me and others to make our decisions. Thank you, great videos!

I love the passion you show in these vids.

I put the OT Tune on my 21 TRD OR. I couldn't be happier. My truck is still mostly stock and I have seen a small improvement to fuel economy. But the improved driveability is worth it alone.

Hi Chloe! Thank you for this Video. I had my truck tuned a week ago by Q and wow what a huge difference!! I love driving my truck! Thank you for the video of you getting your tune from Q, it really help me finally do the best thing I’ve done to my truck!

Just listening to you, I have learned more about the Overland Torque Tune than any place else. Thank you! Now I want this over the Pedal Monster!😈

Great video Chloe on the OTT. You gave an unbiased opinion based on the results of the tune for your truck. I just purchased a 2023 TRD Sport last week and will be getting my trucked tuned in the near future.

I love my OTT upgrade. 4 months now, and still loving it. Got the middle lower power programming setting/option, which makes the truck feel like it should have direct from Toyota. The transmission shifting is WAY better. The only super minor dislike is the jumpiness in parking lots and slow driving - the petal is much more sensitive and more difficult to not look like a jerk pumping the petal to get attention. :)

Q is awesome, super cool dude and couldn't be happier with the end result.

Good info & thanks for the 📽️ I'ma get the OTT soon on my '22 TRD off-road 6-speed manual. The truck needs to be tuned to help drive better imo, i can't wait!

I’ve tried multiple tunes (manual transmission) and ultimately decided I prefer stock. I do firmly believe a regear is a great choice even on stock tires. I would personally like to see this channel regear to 5.29s and share the results. It would drive great on 265/70R17s with the auto. I did 5.29s on the manual with both stock size and 255/75R17s and it’s been great. Revs high, performs well.

Thanks for your video. i recently bought a 22 Tacoma TRD Sport. Been watching your video and learned alot from you.

Very good information and greatly appreciated the map link for a tuner. Only found one in Raleigh,NC. Better than none for sure. Thanks !

Great video. I did this but a bit differently and it DID cost more. I purchased the software and the little orange OBD box so I could program it myself. OrangeVirus Tuning is what I purchased. Now I can program it for the tire size change, for premium fuel, and if I change my gears, I have a tune for that from OrangeVirus and can do it myself. And yes, I agree with all of Chloe's results, and the biggest improvement (for me) was the gear hunting. I LOVE it.

I love my OTT tune as well. Ive had it for about 4 months now. I recently had my truck supercharged and will be getting the OTT tune for that next week

Cody 🐕 kinda reminds me of Snoopy 😀. I'm glad that the tune worked out well 👍. Thank you for the update! Great video Chloe. ♥️🌮🐶🐾

Love your content, keep up the good work!

Very cool...am totally looking at getting the OTT on my truck now. Thanks

Thanks chloe for your time and your down to earth authentic experience , your video and others i found sold me on it so i Just got my 23 tacoma trd 7 k miles done today with OTT hear in alabama . Everything you mention is exactly what my results where withcthe medium spicy with spicy being ECT engaged . I feel ya on the being a little paranoid about costly changes to our gems but thats life for ya , i cant trust my toyota dealer service since i know they lied to me the other day to get my 10k service done at 7k while i had rear axle recall looked at and adking to look into whinning sound coming from possibly rear or trans when letting off acceleration at road speeds . And general driving . After 2 days i eas told its aggressive tires and normal sounds when i know the difference and its obvious its not the tires , so i consider that being bummed off push me out the door , since they rold me that today before went to get tune if i cant trust that response i checked my oil dip stick and my heart sank when i seen easy visually sized metal shavings on the stick from tip to oil level , wiped on paper towel and put back in pull out and even more . I dipped it in on a cold engine atleastc10 times and everytime had shavings of different sizes . I was so over whelmed i started to shed a tear . I checked oil before dropped it off it was just oil now they change it and im getting this on my stick makes me have to believe it was done on purpose , how else can it happen no acceptable excuse . Not sure how to approach but wish me luck i ts destroying my engine everytime i crank i know that much so a 48k financed with service techs lying and putting metal in my engine hear we go , its like a twilight zone of a black hole i just feel threw its so unbelievable but true . Im gonna watch more your videis just to cheer me up czuse thats what its doing for me atm . . Peace and taco love .

Awesome video! I got my OTT tune because of you LOL

Thanks for the Review. You answered a lot of my questions.

Another awesome video!! Thanks I drive with my Tacoma transmission in S and shift when I need.. maybe its not good for it but so far so good.. Health and Happiness to you.

Thank you Chloe for this excellent video review. Hello from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

You're the greatest. Keep on trucking!

Great video Chloe!

Just had mine tuned by OTT / Noah in Wisconsin. Couldn’t be happier as it does exactly what was promised. Can’t wait to tow my Intech Sol Horizon in a couple of weeks.

I had my 23 TRD OR turned last week. So far, it's a gane changer, a huge improvement.

As awesome as you are with all of this, i think its safe to say, You have one of the greatest and most caring sets of parents anyone could ask for, Cherish it. Please. For the ones that don't. You grew up with INSANE skills.

Thank you again for all you do.

Yep, KD Max tune for me two years ago on a 2016 Tacoma TRD sport 4wd double cab. Makes it drive as it should from the factory.

Car lover and dog lover here- Can we get more Cody content too? He is great on camera!

Just got this done at Westcott Design here in Phoenix AZ. I want to punch myself for not doing it earlier. I should have had it done when I put the 5.29 gears in, but the other shop I went to didn't suggest it. The gear change caused the transmission to not shift in time before the fuel cut off happened. This tune fixed this. Cannot tell you how awesome this is. Also, it's like I have a completely different truck. It has great low-end torque now. I have to get used to it, keep spinning my tires. I can totally light them up now, even with larger tires. Ive noticed much better gas mileage too. I have a 3 inch lift with 33's, but not much more. Just some steps, light bars and ditch lights. But I'm getting easy 20 mpgs all around, both highway and city. Simply the best $450 I've ever spent. If you're in Phoenix, go to Westcott. Fantastic experience with those guys. They also fab many items that, to be honest, is going to get me in trouble with my wife 😮😂. My new candy store

I have the KD Maxx tune on my truck and put 8,000 miles on it since getting tuned in November. I was going to trade in my truck before the tune because the driving experience was frustrating on 285s. After the tune the driving experience is much better and now I’m averaging 15-16mpg combined as opposed to 11-12mpg. I had a great experience with the tune.

I love my Peddle Commander. It is one of my first and favorite mods. Super easy install. No changes, for me, in MPG. Win win in mu book. Ymmv. Cheers.

Got a modified version of the Orange Virus 1.5 93 octane tune w a 3.5” hps cold air intake, 76mm tundra throttle body, and a plenum spacer. Neck and neck w my buddies bolt on Ram 5.7. Took it to the track ran mid 14s w it. Considering precat deletes and e85 next to try and get closer to 13s. still on stock gears. tune is night and day on these trucks. had my truck tuned for almost 100k now NO ISSUES! And i get 21-22mpg average when babying it

Just got the OTT tune, and I love it so far, might need to get used to it for a little bit first but everything‘s been pretty smooth

I always enjoy your videos…great infos…Aloha from Hawaii.. Where we travel on lava roads to get to our fishing spots…where a lift is needed and strong sidewalls…and the fishing is awesome!

I'm wondering if I should do my tundra ,glad to see your results. Twin Turbos, Lag is an issue I feel, not like raw power.

Awesome vid thanks for the follow up! I see you put in 87. Any other 94 lovers out there or am I just throwin money away 😂

In terms of gear ratios one possible reason to want to change is not just the sort of performance that a tune would help with but also to lower them for more control off road. The Tacoma comes with fairly high gears from the factory and this makes it nice for the road but off road lower gears might help. All the usual caveats about your specific situation still apply.

Nice review. I'd be more curious about the more long term effects of any tune. Of course, not enough time has passed for anyone to report. But I will say, when weighing the more likelihood of issues impacting the reliability of a vehicle, electronic alterations I'd suspect more over mechanical alterations, tune versus re gearing. There are historical results searchable with Jeeps and negative long term results. Then again, we're talking Toyota here. Overall, the answers I'm hearing are the same: Does it accelerate better? A: Yes. Does it tow better? A: Yes. Does it still gear hunt? A: YES. And being a 5.29 re gearee, I can confirm these answers.

I got the KDmax tune. The throttle response was aggressive but I tried to get used to it. After 7 months, I started to hate it. I reached out to my tuner guy again. He turned down the throttle response and also installed the latest version of the tune. Now I love it!

I'm glad you did this Chloe. Your video on using additives was a bit underwhelming... as additives don't really do anything other than maybe help keep the engine clean, maybe help with knocking on older engines, and any performance is extremely negligible, and should be seen right away, not after several tanks. Quoc Pham is a good guy, have chatted with him a couple of times, looking forward to working with him when I get my 4th gen.

Which level of spicy did you go with? Love my OTT, i'm in the 3rd tank of gas and absolutely love it. I've ran 91 with stock tires just to see how it runs. Id say the mpg is much better since the rpms are more stable, but not by much. The ECT is like 2 tunes in one at the push of a button... Q is the man! Great review CK!

Run a tank of premium & see what it does for you. I definitely see a difference from regular to premium. If you run 285 (33s) & up you definitely need to regear. Even a tune will not compensate needing gears. The setup your running is pretty spot on for a everyday driver thats not going to do hard offroading, best all round setup.

Chloe, Im seriously thinking about doing this tune also, so thanks for your time making this video. Do you have a list of what settings you ended up using?

You make great vids Chloe. Just a word of advice, I don't think you should use the pedal Commander, I've heard from a few friends that it will give you a check engine light. I've been using Sprint booster for quite some time, no problems with it. Just my 2¢. Good luck trying young lady!

Great video! Thank you. I have a question kinda off topic. How many miles do you pit on your KO2’s before you replace them?

Loved the videos about the OTT tune I’m getting a tune today and I’m mainly doing the tune because I got bigger wheels and tires and also for towing my show car. I didn’t see you mention anything about towing do you know if there is any improvements in that aspect?

Getting a tune was great for me. I got a kdmax 10.0 Pick a tune your truck will love it!!!

Hmmmm, looking forward to the Pedal Commander comparison. Whenever I watch your content I end up spending money... : )

I used to be an engine calibrator for an OEM manufacturer. The OEM vs Tuned calibration file might look similar in name (via PN)…but if a dealer really wanted to dig, they would just do a cal compare to the L&G released software for your model year and what’s on your vehicle. If they see variable differences they might ask questions…I’ve never experienced this myself but I’m assuming this would be the process.

Hi Chloe, love your channel, I have a question about the needle bearings, have you had any problems with them with the lift and tires and changed them out with ECGS bushings

You are the bomb, Chloe! Thank you very much for doing a video on this. I bought my ‘23 SR5 2WD back in February after years of wanting one. And honestly, I’ve been full of buyers remorse since, mostly because of the gear hunting. It has annoyed me to the point of nearly being a dealbreaker. I drive in mountainous terrain frequently, and the constant shifting has driven me nuts at times. But this video and a few others like it have given me some renewed hope. I may be making an appointment soon, assuming the installer in Albuquerque is still here. Thanks again, and keep up the great work. Peace and blessings.

Girl i just love that you go hard wit it big ole ass fan. Literally.😂😂😂😂

Getting OTT tune soon but If you use the ECT button, it holds the gears longer without a tune.

cant wait to get my 4 runner tuned on the 21 cant wait to see how it runs

I also had that one minute of severe anxiety when flashing my truck with a tune 😂

I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE TUNE YET: (2018 Tacoma 4x4 Off-road) I am/was one of those people. Huge skeptic! I was afraid of my warranty being voided. I was also paranoid of the dealership updating my factory tune when taking it in for service and “undoing” what I paid to have done. I recently hit 50k, took it in for its 50k service…the trucks shifting & response is more horrible than ever. I drive it with the ECT activated all the time which I don’t feel like I should have to do. When trying to accelerate I feel like I’m always having to dog my truck out to get it to go! I’m over it….I WILL be getting the OTT soon. I’ve been following this topic for quite some time. Thank you for making this vid, just solidifies my decision to get it done.

I MET HIM LAST NIGHT HE TUNED MY 2005 4RUNNER V8 4WD AND I SHOWED HIM YOUR VIDEO

When will you release the Pedal Commander vs the OTT tune Video? I am debating this currently

Great video. Thanks for the information. Can I ask what size lift you are running on your Taco?

I had Paul install the mild medium OTT tune on my 21 TRD OR a few months ago after driving it stock for the first 30k miles. This is hands down the best $500 I have spent on this truck. Its so much more fun to drive. The off the line throttle response, passing capability and hill climbing power are all seriously improved.

Chloe, thanks for the great video! Do you know if the OTT tune affects the longevity of the trucks transmission and engine?

After your initial vtdeo on the OTT, I did my research and got their local rep to tune mine Mild/Medium and it made my truck feel like it should.

I did a YotaWerx tune when my '23 had about 500 miles on it. Today, 10K miles later, no regrets. While it did not solve all the gen3 issues, it definitely improved throttle response and reduced but did not eliminate the dreaded gear hunting. MPG did not change, still poor.

I am curious about the infotainment system on your Tacoma. Is that stock or aftermarket? My 2019 doesn't have Apple Car Play and I want it!

Goddamn you're getting excellent at this.

What seat covers do you have chloe?.. they look great!

Hey Chloe. Sorry if this is too personal. What did the OTT cost? I’m sure it varies from tuner to tuner. But was curious about cost vs. the Pedal Commander. I have a 23 TRD Pro and trying to decide between them. Thanks!

Overall I like you're videos. On this one, I really wished that you had documented the fuel MPG better before and after the tune - that would have been useful.

I enjoy my OTT tune . It should have came factory like that.

Hi Chloe, love watching your informative videos. I'm wondering why you chose the OTT versus getting a throttle enhancer like the ones out there---Banks Pedal Monster Throttle Enhancer, or Bully Dog thruster throttle and others etc? Instrument over cluster? Or it was less OEM for you?

I wish I new about this before purchasing the pedal commander, the commander does what it suppose to do and really happy with it, but it doesn't solve the issue of shifting.

When he tunes it, does he have you do a pull on the road and make adjustments? Or is it just him flashing the ECU with a map?

Does anyone have experience with the OTT with a 6-Speed? Thinking about getting the mild tune on my 22'.

I’m curious how this tune effects the life of the engine and transmission I want it so bad cuz the shifting is really bugging me but I bought it brand new and I want as many miles out of it as possibl

What do you think of the new 2024 Tacoma Sport with the manual transmission should make for a nice street truck with a big turbo upgrade 🥵

Helpful video. Did you notice any changes in the gas mileage at all?

Great video Chole. Very informative. I know price will probably very depending on location. What does something like this run?

Hmmm...I am usually skeptical about TUNING...but..do they offer anything for my 22 trd sport..manual?🕺

After getting the OTT do you still use the pedal commander???

oh man, when you mentioned your truck is gear hunting in cruise control, that hit a nerve because I have a Tundra and it does the same thing and that kills my gas millage hard. I would love to see if your guy has a tune for the Tundra's, I would be very interested in it for my truck.

Newb Tacoma owner here. Is there any benefit to be gained using The Pedal Commander with something like the Overland Taylor Tune. I own the Commander, and have loved it so far, but was wondering if it will be rendered useless if I eventually opt for a tune. Thanks!

Is CARB-compliance any concern? I don't live in CA, nor do I have a Tacoma. It seems *everything* is "taboo" in CA. I am just a curious resident of another state.

I feel like the Tacoma came from the factory on eco-mode. Definitely going to check this out. How does this affect ECT button and the crawl control ?

I have a 6inch lift on my 3rd gen, also have 20’s wrapped around in 35’s Toyo’s at, have a trip to Colorado to visit family, and then to Texas. Don’t care about mpg, but will probably get one done to see if it’ll help with mpg for the travel, but also with the mountains.

Hi have you had any issues after your tune ?

I'll be honest around town it was alright but on any interstate I absolutely hated my Tacoma. Had OTT for a year now and it's worth every penny.

How will the tune be impacted by altitude? Denver vs the coast…