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Rouge Tuners

Cowboy engine re-mappers (Rogue Tuners) wreck vehicles and cost owners in repair bills by using fake cloned tuning tools.

Cloned tuning tools are becoming more and more accessible. These tuning tools are very cheap but cause very expensive issues for vehicle owners.

Many rouge tuners see it as a quick way to make a quick buck on unsuspecting drivers. Fake tuning tools are causing real problems for drivers looking to modify their car.

While cloned or fake tuning tools can look identical to genuine tools, under the surface there can be a considerable difference. Below is an example of a cloned Kessv2 Tuning Tool compared to a genuine one.

Identifying Cloned Tools
Cloned ECU programming tools and Rogue Tuners
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Cloned tools often run on very old, out of date or hacked software. This causes instability or incompatibility issues for the user. However, perhaps more importantly this can result in the tool crashing (or ‘bricking’). It locks up during the tuning process and the car simply will not start again.

Sadly when things go wrong, it’s not unusual for rogue tuners to vanish and not take responsibility for sorting the driver out.   This really is the sort of thing that gives our industry a very bad name.

In some instances it is possible to recover an ECU that has lost communication. However if the ECU has been bricked it is often not possible. In many cases like this, the only option is to take the vehicle to a garage or main dealer.  A replacement ECU will probably be recommended as the most economical solution. Trying to identify specific software issues can take a considerable amount of time leaving the vehicle unusable in the meantime.

Responsible engine remapping is a fantastic way for drivers to modify the performance of their vehicle. Which can lower their fuel costs, reduce their emissions or enhance its driveability.

By taking just a few careful precautions and asking some simple questions it’s actually quite easy to avoid this potentially costly mistake and safely get the modified performance you were hoping for.”

Drivers wishing to get more genuine advice on how to avoid rogue operators. To know more about its remapping services can contact Kelly’s Garage on 087-7907168/087-6924819 or visit https://www.kellymotors.ie

Car Performance Tuning
ECU Remapping

ECU Remapping/DPF/EGR Solutions/Remapping Ireland

Performance Remapping – Release the true performance and hidden power from your engine. Increase PHP and Fuel Economy

Driving to Dublin for work?

Fleet of vans on the road?

Want to save fuel? Saving money?

Save fuel and money, increasing power and drivability with Kelly’s Garage products and services, available for most production cars, 4x4s, jeeps and vans. 

  1. Up to 20% savings on cost of fuel
  2. Up to 20% reduction on emissions
  3. No mechanical modifications
  4. Minimal downtime for busy vehicles – installation in less than 1 hour
  5. One-off installation fee
  6. Possible return on investment within 6 months or less
  7. No on-going maintenance fees – only fuel save monitoring
  8. Reset vehicle to standard at any time

Vehicle manufacturers all have to limit the power and therefore the fuel economy and MPG of their vehicles. This is done for a number of reasons – different markets, fuel grades, vehicle model ranges, marketing, insurance and affordability.

So your vehicle may be underperforming from its possible design intent in both power and for fuel economy.

Kelly’s Garages fuel economy tuning and ECU remapping can release your vehicle’s real potential for both fuel economy (MPG), and we can reduce your emissions and C02 at the same time. 

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ECU Remapping
Performance Remapping

Modern car and van engines have an electronic management system. This system controls the parameters of the engine. The ECU (Engine Control Unit) the brain of the engine runs this system. When you put your foot down, the ECU decides how much fuel and air to mix, input into the cylinder and ignite. The ECU also controls the boost of the turbo (if you have one) and how long the injectors remain open.

Remapping your engine changes the ECU parameters, giving more performance— more economy and improving emissions.

The most common is to connect to the vehicle diagnostic port. Then down load a copy of the software complete the modification and re-flash the software on the ECU. This does need special equipment.

Custom Remap

The second way, which will get you better results but costs more, is to have a custom remap for your vehicle.

By modifying the car or van fitting a bigger turbo, bigger injectors, modified air intake and exhaust.

Modifying the ECU parameters using a dynamometer, tweaking the parameters.

It is also possible a piggyback device that attaches to the ECU with some vehicles. There are lots of devices on the market. A lot of them are very cheap and you can often fit them yourself. Usually they just make the vehicle run richer and aren’t really any use.

The best option is to have your car or van remapped by someone who knows what they are doing.

If It’s That Easy, Why Don’t the Manufacturers Do It?

This is a common question. There are several reasons that manufacturers don’t supply the car or van already maximised as far as performance and economy go.

The first is that manufacturers focus mainly on reliability. Some people look after their cars, regularly servicing them and taking good care of them. Some don’t do anything other than put fuel in. There are also different grades of fuel, depending where you are.

In an ideal world, everybody would look after their car and fuel would be good quality everywhere you go. Since this isn’t the world we live in, then if manufacturers err on the side of safety and supply their vehicle at a less than optimal tune, then there’s a higher chance of it lasting longer. This means that the manufacturer gets a reputation for reliability as their cars are less likely to break down.

If you service your car, use good fuel, remapping the engine will be a benefit.

The other issue is that manufacturers often have a range of vehicles, and the most powerful vehicles in the range are usually the most expensive. Manufacturers often stifle the performance of engines to make sure there is a clear difference in power as you step up the range. In some cases, you can buy a cheaper version of the car or van and then remap it to equal or beat the next model in the range. This is an very inexpensive way to own a more powerful model.

Extra Performance? But I’m Not a Boy / Girl Racer…

While there is extra performance available from the engine, this isn’t the only benefit. As long as you’re willing to drive normally, then you can also get an increase in MPG. It depends on the vehicle, but some people report up to 5 MPG more after remapping, so if you do enough miles then you can recoup the money that the remap costs. Remember a heavy right foot will use fuel.

The other thing is that if you have a van and carry heavy loads, then sometimes a remap can really help the drive ability of the vehicle, giving you more oomph so you can zoom rather than crawl up hills.

So Should I Get My Car or Van Remapped?

There are several things you need to bear in mind when thinking about getting your car or van remapped.

The first thing is to think about what sort of an engine you have in there. The best gains can usually be had from turbocharged vehicles, both petrol or diesel. Remapping these can lead to big performance gains as the boost from the turbo can be increased. Naturally aspirated (NA) engines will not give you the same performance gains. If you are running a small NA engine, then remapping may increase the drive ability and give you a small performance boost, but you’ll have to weigh up the cost and think about whether a small increase in performance will be worth the money. The larger and more powerful the engine is in the first place, the more gains you’ll get from remapping.

Economy Remapping

Extra performance is not the only thing you can get from a remap. The economy of the car can often be increased as well, but this depends on how the car is driven. In an ideal world, you won’t drive any faster than before and you’ll see better fuel economy. Of course what tends to happen is that you have more performance from the remap, so you use the extra performance and end up using more fuel than before. Once you get used to the power and start driving normally again, you’ll see better economy. It is also possible to get a remap that is specifically designed to increase economy. Performance is compromised at the cost of economy with these sort of maps, but this is something some people, cab drivers for example, are happy since they don’t care about performance and just want more MPG.

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