ECU tuning modifies the factory programming of your car’s engine control unit to adjust fuel, air, and ignition settings for targeted performance or efficiency. With correct calibration, drivers can ...

If you’ve never heard the term flashing an ECU before, no, it’s not showing a form of identification or using a photo flash—or any other type of flashing for that matter. Flashing an ECU is tuning or ...

Engine Control Unit (ECU) remapping is the ultimate way of increasing the performance and fuel economy of your car. Read on to find out more Back in the era of carburettors it was fairly easy to ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

The absence of industry-wide standards for Stage 1, 2, and 3 engine tuning is creating challenges for diagnosing and repairing powertrain and engine control modules. Without uniform definitions, ...

Some of us have been there. Others never have. For those who have seen the inside, we realize it's a scary and confusing place. We slowly found our way around the "safer areas," then ventured further ...

C8 fans have a new reason to be happy as the folks at HP Tuners have cracked yet another Corvette engine control module. On this occasion, the company has gained access to the ZR1's electronic brain.

With the ever-increasing popularity of stuffing late-model powertrain components between early model framerails, things can become tricky. Either you love the idea or are totally against it. Many are ...

The modern internal combustion engine is an engineering marvel. We’re light-years ahead of simple big blocks and carburetors, and now there are very fast, very capable computers sensing adjusting the ...

An electronic control unit is a device responsible for overseeing, regulating and altering the operation of a car's electronic systems. Each of a car's electronic features, such as an anti-lock ...