I test drove a '19 Genesis 3.3T G70 today - Impressive!!

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Been awhile since I visited here regularly, but I thought you loved that car.

I had hoped it was the next coming of the DSM, Evo or SRT4; 2.0 turbo, 4b11 derived engine, RWD, 6spd manual. On paper it has everything going for it. In reality, you get stuck with two tuners (SFR or BTR) that you either have to physically send your ecu to them for canned tunes, or wait until they come near you if you want an actual dyno tune. Theres no end-user option as both years (BK1 for 10'-12' and BK2 for 13'-16') have different ECU's and each engine (2.0t or 3.8) have different ECU's so nobody is out there trying to figure out 4 separate ECUs. I wouldve sold it for a FoST/FiST already however this car also has ruined driving manuals for me with how incredibly finnickey it is, how crappy the shifter is, etc; so my next car will be automatic sadly which rules out just hopping into FiST/FoST.

The tuning options they have for the 3.3TT in the G70/Stinger will be limited too (see some people found Lap3/ProSS, which they couldnt figure out the gen coupe platform after years of hype they gave up). You're gonna max out quick with lack of good aftermarket support. Sure you can take the stock power up to mid 400's pretty easily but anything past that, youre going to be by yourself in unventured territory.
 

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