i have an 07 5speed tc and i know what your talking about. one night i would take off the line in 1st, redline to second(no problems all smooth) then redline to 3rd...the car make a sort of *THUMP* noise and the car jerks forward a little and feels like it just stopped making power. its weird tho i did this a few more times to make sure it wasnt just a one time deal sort of thing. i tried about 5 more times and it only did it one other time so.... and it only seemed to do it when i hit the rev limmiter in second. I'm not one that normally beats on their car but this one time inparticular that i did, i noticed this problem

 

if u do it right, when u shift the rpm can hit 7k. whats the point of trying to stay at redline, thiers only so far you can get, unless im in 5th gear i dont worry about how long i can hold it there when i got higher gears to visit

 

06 tc i never said i put it in neutral and stomp on the gas. you really don't seem to understand what i mean.

bspptc27 see i think you understand me. i spooke to technichians yesterday from toyota and they said that they never heard that, they said they were going to get in another 07 and try it out to compare. if the case is that its the ecu then they will change it, but if the case is that toyota program there ecu and the 07 that way then i'm stuck and will have to deal with it. but if thats the case then i will try find a ecu to an 05 cause i know the 05 doesn't do that cause i had an 05

ESEMRFOZZ13 you don't understand. i don't want to hold it at redline and its not about how far you can get on the redline its the fact that the car hits redline and doesn't bounce back and when you burn out and it hits redline it stops and cuts off power completely. my 05 would hit redline and bounce back and would never cut off power.

 

i think my IQ just dropped from reading this thread...

 

tc re3 176, why do you say that?

 

He has another one of these threads, asking if the tC has traction control because the fuel cuts off at 6700+ rpms... it's truly amazing

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=166851

 

omg wheres a mod when u need one lock both his threads cuz this is nuts

 

06tC , i'm telling you i never added one to it. and i know what i'm talking about cause i drove that car for 2 years but thats irelivant to the point.

 

WOW, you got the super-special Type-R tC, the only one in production that comes from the factory with a LSD!

 

So you took it to the dealer complaining about what happens at the rev limiter? So dont expect much help when you have internal engine issues and they read that note on the ticket.

You should NEVER be trying to hit redline when shifting. You shift just before that point. Out of all the cars I have had I have hit a rev limiter ONCE and that was due to a mistake. And switch to an 05 ECU??? No. No reason for that.

Another point of advice: Burning out is pointless.. and if you are running on street tires, it does nothing but waste tread. You are upset because you cant sit there burning out bouncing off the rev limiter, when doing that is STUPID. What other reason would you have to be upset about how the limiter works???

 

Here's the test. Pull E-brake. Give 3/4 throttle. Dump the clutch and floor it. Watch for fluctuations of tac needle above redline. Wait for loud bang and engine sieze. Cry. Then let the dealer laugh at you while tring to get it fixed under warantee. Seriously though, you should never hit readline since peak power comes before you get there. Also remember, it's a tC, not a race car.

 

thats not exactly what i'm talking about either but what i'm saying is mine had lsd. i dunno how or why but it did. thats my old one. i dunno bout my new one.

i haven't tooken it to any dealer yet. what internal problems are you talking about? i'm not upset cause of anything. i don't burn out on street tires. so theats going to default me some cause i can't do that at the track. and i didn't mean that i was going to switch technically. i just want to correct the proble and if thats what i have to do to correct the problem then by all means lets do so.

 

Too bad there was no lsd availabe when your last tc came out. And when burning out, it is possible for one tire to grab and the other start spinning, so skid marks dont always tell the tale. But I love that everything involving you and a car has something to do with burning out. There is a guy on here that apparently is a pro street ebrake slider/racer.. you guys should get together and you could waste a car in no time !

But if you want to go on believing that you had an lsd... then go right on ahead

 

i never said i hit the redline you guys need to read more. and i don't want to get anything fixed under warranty unless its a manufacture defect not something i did. i'm trying to take care of what i have. i only brought this issue up to see how many 07 tc out there had the same problem to see if it was just a defect on my car or a toyota saftey program

 

Read more??? You talk constantly about how it acts at the rev limiter and being concerned that it doesnt stay under power while hitting the limiter. And how it acts while burning out... AND how your last tC acted while burning out. Yet now you say you dont hit redline or burn out? If you didnt ever hit redline, you wouldnt be concerned about this to start with. Sorry, but you dont make any sense at all. If you want us to "read more" then post a coherent post that explains this from start to finish.

 

its not i believ its what i know. i wasn't the only one to tell. i work at a honda dealer and i had a ase certified tech tell me the same that he didn't know how but my car acted as if it had an lsd.

ok where do you want me to start? are you ready to listen or are you going to stop critisizing?

 

BACK TO THE TOPIC PEOPLE


damn.


anyways, does anyone else have an issue with the motor "bog" during a hard shift? its like the engine pauses, feels electrical not mechanical. not like something is wrong, either, just different from what i am used to. i am curious if it affects all years of scions since i am not familiar with them. and no, this has nothing to do with the damn rev limiter!

 

so if it has nothing to do with the rev limiter what does it have to do with? cause the same thing happens to me. i spoke some scion techs they said they were going to test drive soem 07 when they get a hold of them and let me know if it was standard. i also spoke to someone in the parts department and they told me that the ecu chanages part# every year so it might have something to do with the ecu and a saftey feature.

 

I believe the whole point of this thread originally was you asking if it's normal for an 07 tC to cut off power when the revs go too high. The answer is yes, that's what is supposed to happen.

Another thing that seems to bother people is that the flywheel is somewhat heavy in this car. NO, it's not "drive-by-wire lag", it's inertia. It makes the car easier to drive in traffic and most other non-race applications. It also makes the car feel like it "bogs", because it takes power to spin up the heavy flywheel.

 

ok so what monkeysauce is saying that they change the 07 a little and mad it normal for it to have a fuel cut off when you shift hard and or hit the rev limitter?