Recently, the most popular way to fine-tune the car has become chip tuning. In Italy, Germany and other European countries, people have been doing this type of tuning for decades. In many big cities of the countries
In Europe there is at least one studio, the main specialization of which is to carry out this procedure.
But as for domestic open spaces, do-it-yourself chip tuning is more common here. True, there are attempts to reach a more or less professional level. The main task pursued by chip tuning of the VAZ engine and other brands of cars is to change the characteristics of the internal combustion engine.
Such conversions relate to power, torque, maximum speed, maximum revolutions of the crankshaft, and so on. And the refinement process itself is carried out without mechanical intervention. Do-it-yourself chip tuning specialists only affect the firmware of a special unit that controls the engine. This block is practically
a full-fledged computer with a microprocessor and memory, which ensure the execution of the algorithms of the uploaded firmware.
But sooner or later, for drivers with "brains" such a procedure as
DIY engine tuning becomes a necessity, as a person gets used to everything and wants something new. The term tuning itself implies improvement, while chip-tuning, made by one's own hands, implies improvement of the program written in the computer. The machine will not suffer from such changes, and if something goes wrong, you can always return the standard firmware back.
This procedure has many advantages, including:
- fuel economy, but the car doesn’t start to burn gasoline less, it’s just that the engine has a power reserve that allows the driver, without changing the driving style, to depress the accelerator pedal less;
- chip tuning of the VAZ engine and other cars with a computer is the fastest and easiest way to “pump” the engine, compared with forcing;
- this procedure makes it possible to make driving around the city more comfortable,
as the car receives new traction and speed characteristics;
- engine tuning, made by oneself or carried out in special workshops with the help of chiping, increases the possibility of overtaking on tracks on which heavy traffic is observed;
- The car has the ability to move smoothly and easily even when fully loaded.
It is worth noting that on the Internet, there are many articles on how to make chip tuning with your own hands. Most of the drivers who conducted this kind of operation with their cars and their power units claimed that they took this step because of several reasons: low car power, low acceleration, and low vehicle agility.