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ECU TUNING
Even if your car has a powerful engine from the factory, the manufacturers will still have built in a lot of reserves to allow for different climates, fuel and legal restrictions around the world. By modifying the software in the car’s engine control unit (ECU) we can optimise the characteristics of your car. By paying close attention to Air fuel ratios, Turbo boost pressure, Exhaust gas temperatures, Injector duty cycles etc this will give you more power, greater torque, faster acceleration and quicker throttle response.
At Kraken Racing we work on all types and ages of ECU. From EDC's requiring chip tuning up to the more modern MEDC17 locked Tricore processor with tuner protection. The different types of ECU´s require different set of tools and skillset. From a simple OBD II tune to a more complex operation by removing and opening the ECU and solder directly on to the circuit board. All of this require a special attention to details and we have special checklists to make sure we carry out the work perfectly and with zero tolerance for mistakes.
Benefits & Features
- Up to 40% increase in horse power
- Up to 25% savings in fuel consumption
- Higher top speeds
- More responsive engine
- Enhanced driving experience
- 14-day money back guarantee
- 1 year motor insurance
- Life time guarantee on software
- No mechanical alterations and fully reversible to stock
- Safe tuning maps well within the safety limits of the engine
Other options
- Pops & bangs from the exhaust
- Rev limiter adjustment
- Remove MAX speed limiter
- DPF & EGR removals
- Kick down feature
- Launch control
- Gearbox tune, shift faster
- Exhaust valve control
How does it work?
All of our software is dyno developed and logged to ensure engine parameters are accurately monitored for the following:
Air Fuel Ratios (AFR’s)
We have to make sure optimum AFR is achieved in order to ensure that stoichiometric mixture.
This means that the engine isn’t running lean or rich fuel mixture. Not to forget, this is also important in order to pass the vehicle inspection, ITV/MOT.
Turbo Boost Pressure
It is very important that correct boost pressure control is achieved to ensure that no spikes or dips occur to ensure the life of the turbo charger is maintained. A spike in the boost delivery can cause over-boosting which pressurises the compressor to levels beyond its tolerance margin.
Exhaust Gas Temperatures (EGT)
With increased fuel and boost pressure, the engine naturally increases the EGT. It is important to monitor the EGT of an engine. In order to maintain the longevity of the engine there is a crucial limit which shouldn’t be surpassed. By upgrading the intercoolers, the efficiency can be monitored by this tool.
Injector Duty Cycles (IDC)
This is crucial to know the fuelling limitation of the injector. On some modern cars we can see injectors with 100% IDC already from the factory. This means there is no room for modifications and we have to upgrade the injectors in order to make further power increase. (Luckily, this is rare). If the engine had a turbo fitted and the turbo boost pressure was raised, due to there being no additional fuel available, it would cause the engine to run lean and potentially melt the pistons.
As a result of very close monitoring and fine adjustment to our software file, we are able to provide safe and reliable tuning solutions to our customers. We will not operate outside of the engines capabilities on standard components as your vehicles reliability is as important to us as it is to you.
All of our ECU tuning software files are developed on Dyno Jets in the company headquarters in the UK with the help of two state of the art 4 wheel drive linked dynamometer with full engine analysis capabilities to ensure our developments are providing you with the best power increases on the market whilst maintaining optimum reliability for your engine.
Heavy investments into dyno facilities means that our development programmes can work side by side allowing us to constantly adjust the parameters while the car is on the DynoJet. Making sure all tuning files have been engineered specifically to your specific car and car model and within the safety margins of the car’s engine. After each successful engine optimization our highly skilled technicians take the cars for a specially designed test drive program to make sure the tune is in line with the expectations and that the “In Real Life” drivability is also optimized.
Categories
Car Tuning
Kraken Racing are specialists in performance and economy tuning on mainstream cars.
We are able to provide all stages of tuning all the way from economy tuning right up to Stage 3 full custom builds.
Van Tuning
Kraken Racing are specialists in performance and also economy ECU tune on light commercial vans. Normally vans are using engine variants straight from normal mainstream cars, so the tuning potential on these is the same as for cars. We are able to offer the full range of services including mapping for heavier towing, installation of speed and rev limiters, full custom upgrades etc.
4X4 Tuning
Kraken Racing are also specialists in tuning 4x4's. We are able to offer the full range of services which includes economy and performance tuning, mapping for better towing abilities, installation of speed and rev limiters, full custom upgrades etc.
HGV Tuning
Kraken Racing can also work on commercial fleet vehicles. With increasing cost of fuel, we can offer solutions that help to substantially reduce running costs. With economy tuning, installation of limiters and the use of telematics, we are able to help companies lower the costs of their fleet running costs.
Tractor Tuning
Kraken Racing can also work on agricultural vehicles. Increasing power and torque, agricultural machinery becomes much more effective decreasing work times and increasing productivity. With an increase in tractability and reduction in fuel consumption it is an upgrade which saves time and cost of fuel. Our power upgrade could also prevent the need to purchase new more expensive machinery just to replace machinery with insufficient power.
Track/Race Cars
Kraken Racing are specialists in performance tuning and bespoke setup of custom race cars. With full dynamometer facilities and the expertise in house, we are able to help deliver full custom setups for both fast road and race uses. As you can see from our project cars this is where our passion is.
Marine Tuning
Kraken Racing are also specialists in tuning marine engines. The last 15 years of diesel development has not excluded marine applications, with our extensive knowledge and in-house development programs we are able to provide tuning solutions for both petrol and diesel marine applications. We are able to tune jet skis right up to super yachts as most of them are running electronic injections.
EGR removal / delete
Having your EGR (Exhaust Gas Recycling) Delete software can save you money in repairs and in fuel costs. Kraken racing can correctly remove the functionality from the software of most ECU types. Other companies will just delete the codes associated with it being unplugged but this is not the correct way. The EGR valve needs properly disabling to ensure it is not trying to recirculate exhausts gases whilst still physically working in the engine.
Benefits of EGR removal/delete
• Restored Engine Power
• Restored MPG
• Cleaner emissions as faulty EGR’s create much higher soot deposits
• Can prevent DPF failure as the soot is caught in the DPF trap
• Can prevent EGR replacement which can cost hundreds of pounds
DPF removal / delete
A DPF (Diesel Particular filter) has a life time of around 120,000 kilometre but this figure depending on vehicle use and engine condition. Every time the ECU forces a regeneration cycle it burns the particulate matter down to a much smaller amount of finer soot, they are not completely removed from the filter. This means that over time, the fine soot content builds up to a point where a regeneration cycle is no longer effective. At this point the filter either needs emptying or replacing.
Benefits of DPF removal/delete
• No expensive DPF replacement costs.
• No more limp modes when the vehicle decides to do a forced regeneration.
• Improved fuel consumption due to the removal of an air restriction allowing the engine to breath better.
• Increased horse power. We have tested many vehicle’s on our dynamometer before and after DPF removal and all of them have provided a gain in performance.
• After DPF removal it is possible to use bio fuels as they can no longer cause issue to the DPF filter.
