TUNING
Engine and Transmission Tuning & Optimization
Worldwide, less than 2% of the tuners develop their own software. Most of them, including some famous names in the industry buy the tunes from the elite 2% tuners who are developing the tuning files themselves. They do this because of 3 reasons:
- Only 2% of all tuners possess the necessary knowledge to write software themself and to fine tune an engine perfectly.
- Lack of necessary tools, because for development much more is needed than a dyno, think of diagnostic equipment, exhaust gas analyzer, management software and models, can-bus analyzers, microprocessor debuggers, etc.
- Nowadays the price plays a major role and tuners choose more and more to buy a program and sell it as often as possible, they also save time and money because they do not develop themselves.
There aren’t two vehicles can be tuned the same:
- Engine & transmission internals & supporting components such as turbochargers condition due to KM on the clock, quality of oil used..etc.
- Driving conditions such as temperature, altitude from sea level, humidity, dust… etc.
- Fuel quality, what we mean with fuel quality is the real octane %; not what it says on the pump such as 95 or 98 … etc.
Our tuning files are developed by our partner; an AMG only software engineer, based in Stuttgart-Germany.
Our tuning files are stand alone files; not copies of copies of copies as the case in 99% of what tuners are offering in the market.
Our tuning optimization cover three devices:
I ECU (Engine Control Unit) Remapping & optimization
The general term “Chip-tuning” or “ECU tuning” means the increase in engine performance through subsequent changes to the original maps in the engine control unit.
The original data is read from engine control unit and individually adapted to vehicle performance upgrade level.
II TCU (Transmission Control Unit) remapping & optimization
The transmission software is remapped & optimized to engine increase performance output.
Torque thresholds, switching times, switching pressures and holding pressures are adapted to the new performance parameters. This enables a sportier driving style.
Thanks to the optimization, the full potential can be exploited even with extreme engine modifications.
III CPC (Central Powertrain Controller) remapping & optimization
In all current Mercedes models, the Vmax and the torque control have been relocated to an external control unit.
This controller is known as a CPC.
We remap this control unit as follow:
- Removal of the Vmax limitation
- Cancel the torque limiter
- Adjust of the performance display
- Adapt of the exhaust flap control