BMW M3 Gets Tuning Box, Hits the Highway to Check for Improvement
24 May 2022, 20:15 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / We will let you be the judge of the question in the title. Many will say yes, while others will stick to other tuning optiions when this model is concerned
ECU Remapping: What Are the Benefits and Can It Damage Your Car’s Engine?
17 Feb 2021, 08:11 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / If you want more power out of your car but you can't afford upgrading the engine's internals, your best bet is to remap the ECU
Eco Tuning - What Is It and Should You Want It?
29 Feb 2016, 17:50 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Normally, tuning is reserved for performance enhancing applications. However, some owners have turned to eco tuning for their cars
VW Golf GTE Engine Tuned to 231 HP, Proving Plug-in Hybrids Can Be Modded
6 Oct 2015, 17:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Golf GTE is powered by a 1.4-liter turbo engine and an electric motor. However, only the turbo bits cold be tuned by the ECU wizards
2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Tuned to 740 HP and 671 Lb-Ft
19 Mar 2015, 14:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 33 horsepower and 21 lb-ft (28 Nm) is what this Hellcat owner could squeeze out of that 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI motor. Not bad, eh?
Ford Racing to Offer EcoBoost Chip Tuning Without Voiding the Warranty of the Vehicle
23 Dec 2014, 19:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Factory tuning programs are not that rare in this day and age, especially when you’re referring to premium or luxury automakers. Prime examples come in the form of BMW M Performance Parts, Mer...
Skoda Octavia vRS TDI Chip-Tuned to Over 220 HP by Digiservices
5 Dec 2014, 17:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 2.0 TDI turbo engine with 184 horsepower from VW Group is very interesting from an application point of you. You see, it's available across a wide selection of models. While on the Audi TT ...
Renault Megane GT 220 Estate Tuned to 300 HP
9 Apr 2014, 14:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Because hardly anybody ever bought one , we have to start this story by explaining what the Renault Megane GT 220 Estate is. You see, even before VW started testing the Golf R Estate, the French at ...
This Might be The World's Fastest Chip-Tuned A 45 AMG
1 Apr 2014, 13:58 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Some of you might remember the rebellious Brits from Rebellion Automotive from their bonkers 435 hp Stage II Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG or, better yet, what is arguably the fastest Mercedes-Benz C 350 C...
Maserati Ghibli Diesel Chip-Tuned to 311 HP
21 Mar 2014, 09:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With affordability, compact proportions and sexy design on its side, the new Ghibli sedan has a good chance of revitalizing the Maserati brand in the coming years. Available with a number of powerfu...
E 350 CDI S212 Wagon Gets 313 hp Via Chip Tuning
13 Mar 2014, 17:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Ye olde Mercedes-Benz E 350 CDI Wagon (S212), known in layman's terms as the pre-facelift E-Class, used to have both the torquiest and the most powerful single-turbocharged diesel engine in its...
117 hp For The smart fortwo Brabus 102
20 Feb 2014, 12:55 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / At way under 1000 kg (2200 pounds), the Brabus variant of the lilliputian smart fortwo doesn't need a lot of engine, so the nutters from Bottrop (read: Brabus engineers) only squeezed 102 hp fr...
Skoda Yeti 1.2 TSI Chip Tuning: 131 HP by BRP
13 Feb 2014, 12:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I'm not sure anybody has ever written about a Skoda Yeti on a dyno. That's about as crazy as racing camels or eating tree bar and about as interesting as well. But the Yeti is one of Sk...
VW Polo R WRC Tuned to 309 HP by BR-Performance
12 Feb 2014, 13:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We take a short brake from thinking about the Audi S1 to show you what you can have if you buy a 2-liter Polo from your local Volkswagen dealerships. Launched last year to celebrate their rally s...
BMW 123d Chip Tuning: 268 HP by Digiservices
9 Feb 2014, 20:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I will be honest with you guys: the BMW 123d still sounds like the kind of car I’d like to own, and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone on this one. Yes, the first-generation 1 Series...
Audi A6 3.0 V6 BiTDI Chip Tuning: 405 HP by DP-Race
2 Feb 2014, 12:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve said this time and time again, but you really can’t buy the Audi A6 Avant without the BiTDI engine. Well… you can, but you shouldn’t, because this is the only blend of...
Audi A5 3.0 TDI Chip Tuning: Over 300 HP by Digiservices
29 Jan 2014, 15:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This next video shows what can happen if you take your Audi A5 coupe, four-door or convertible to be chip tuned. The subject of this trial by dyno is of course the popular 3.0 TDI engine, which make...
Citroen 208 1.6 e-HDI Chip-Tuned to 140 HP
4 Jun 2013, 16:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We don't know if you've noticed this already, but there's a distinct lack of tuning projects for the Peugeot 208 supermini, this despite it being very popular with customers. Part ...
BMW M5 ECU Remap by PP-Performance
27 Jan 2012, 14:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When BMW introduced the new M5, letting the world know that the vehicle has adopted forced induction, the happiest people in the world to find this out were tuners, who knew that the twin-turbo setu...