JF Automotive presents our latest plug & play development with custom software. With an ever growing list of new vehicles that simply can’t be tuned direct to the ECU, JF Automotive have invested in alternative solutions. This Adaptive Tuning Module can be installed and running in less than 45 minutes and removed easily leaving no trace.
There are two main methods of tuning modern diesel engines , one is by chip tuning or re-mapping , this involves using a special interface to read out the program from the cars computer or ECU and then writing in a new program to increase performance
The second method is to use an external plug in Tuning Box or as some people refer to them ‘Piggyback ECU’ , these units connect into the existing wiring of the vehicle generally using original manufacturers connectors , a control unit (Tuning Box) is then attached which can over-ride the signals coming from the engines sensors to the cars ECU and alter them to allow the injectors or common rail to inject more fuel at certain times and increase turbo pressure to keep the air/fuel ratio correct.
There are many good tuning kits available from various companies , but also many very bad ones which may cause serious damage to your engine leaving you out of pocket for hundreds or even thousands of pounds ! The biggest difference between our tuning kits compared to most others on the market is that we use multi-channel technology.
The advantage of this is most noticeable on newer cars from 2007 onwards especially diesels fitted with Diesel Particulate Filters, a DPF is basically a collector of carbon/soot and is designed to capture most of the polluting carbon coming from your engine whilst you drive on short town journeys then when you use the motorway/highway at a maintained speed the vehicles ECU (computer) puts the DPF in to regenerate mode and uses extra fuel to superheat and dispose of the carbon away from the populated areas. Where problems arise is if you tune these engines just by increasing fuelling as you would have on older diesels, this creates more carbon/soot and the DPF can become blocked and if the dealer cannot manually re-generate it you may need to replace it and these are very expensive (in excess of £1000).
JF Automotive can guarantee that our digital tuning modules are of the highest standards available. Most units carry the highly regarded German T.U.V certification/approval and are rigorously tested and guaranteed for 3 years. We can adjust some of our units with four different settings by the customer depending on the level of power required , it is also possible to fit a switch inside the car to disable the unit if you don’t need the extra power.
Our units are also safe to run on all vehicles fitted with diesel particulate filters.
Our guarantee is to offer excellent customer service and offer installation at our approved workshops or help for anyone wishing to self fit . We offer these units for almost all of the modern range of diesel cars and vans. There are also units for a specific range of petrol turbo cars too!
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