To understand what remap is, the advantages and why reprogram electronic injection, you must first know what electronic injection is. It was created to replace an old vehicle component, the carburetor.
What is the difference between a carburetor and electronic injection?
Carburetor
Its main function was to create the air/fuel mixture and its dosage in internal combustion engines. This mixture was then sent to the engine in the right amount for the engine's conditions so that it had good performance and adequate consumption.
Electronic injection
It quickly became mandatory on all vehicles launched in Brazil. It is the electronic injection that controls several engine functions, such as air pressure, fuel intake, idle speed, ignition timing and valves. All this control is carried out by an electronic integrated circuit that takes into account how the engine is working and adjusts everything to achieve the best performance.
Unlike the carburetor, to control all this the electronic injection does not do it mechanically, it has sensors and actuators. To know everything about electronic injection, what its function is and how it works, click the link and find out.
What is electronic injection reprogramming (Remap)?
Remap is nothing more than a change in the software responsible for managing the vehicle's engine. It is an adjustment of the vehicle with the intention of allowing better performance for each need.
This service can be performed on different categories of vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, trucks, agricultural machinery and even watercraft. Every vehicle that has a part called an electronic injection control unit (ECU) can receive reprogramming. It is through this center that you have access to information that, when changed, will lead to optimization of the vehicle, increasing engine power and torque.
To change, there are basically 3 steps: the professional accesses the center, reads it, then a new software is created. In the stores Strike Brasil This new software is developed by a specialized team of engineers in Europe, and follows the same European quality standards. Finally, this new software is saved in your vehicle.
If the vehicle has to return to the original software, Strike has a backup of all the original software of the cars that have already been reprogrammed for electronic injection.
Why remap?
The original programming is done in the car factories and this programming is limited so that the vehicle operates in certain situations that are simulated during manufacturing.
Such programming does not always correspond to the engine's potential, hence the need to reprogram the electronic injection, freeing up horsepower and improving vehicle efficiency.
There is a power reserve in the vast majority of vehicles, but it is worth noting that there are rules and taxes in each country, which is why some identical models are sold in one country with one power and in others with another power.
Why doesn't a car come with Remap from the factory?
One of the questions we receive most is, why doesn't a car come with a factory remap. They keep thinking that this should come with the factory configuration already. So we wrote a complete text telling the story and the truth about programming and factory engines.
But in short, there are two main reasons, room for future increases, and uses on different platforms. Read the full text here and understand exactly why you need to have remapping done by a third-party company, other than the manufacturer of your vehicle.
Advantages of remap
To clarify the main advantages that electronic injection reprogramming can provide, the vehicles will be divided into 5 different groups:
- Light vehicles/trucks
- trucks
- Agricultural machinery
- Motorcycles
- Nautical
It is interesting to classify in this way not only because of the size and original characteristics of each vehicle, but it is also important because of the different results that each category supports.
The activity continues to be electronic injection reprogramming, but for each category and vehicle the objectives change and the service needs to be analyzed carefully before Remap is carried out.
Light vehicles
This is the group that promoted the reprogramming of electronic injection in the world, since the 90s. Here in Brazil, the first reprogrammed plants had the objective of fuel conversion. The demand for converting a car with an original gasoline engine to alcohol increased significantly after the drop in the value of ethanol, which cost around R$1,00 (one real) per liter.
With the arrival of Flex engines and the increase in the price of ethanol at gas stations, the reprogramming of electronic injection changed focus, the objective was now to obtain more power, torque, improve fuel economy and drivability.
In a reprogrammed vehicle, the response will be better, that is, it is not necessary to step as much for the vehicle to develop well, whether on a climb or when overtaking.
Other gains that stand out are an improvement of around 10% in power and torque in naturally aspirated cars. If the vehicle comes from the factory with a turbo engine, this average can be around 30% of power and torque proven on a dynamometer. These gains are variable, not everyone will have the same percentage of gain, as each car has its own specificity, but two advantages for all drivers are more power and safety.
Caminhão
With the popularization of electronic injection reprogramming, other categories began to seek these improvements and gains. It was then that heavy diesel vehicles began to gain space and be part of this scenario.
In addition to the improvement in engine power and torque gains, truck drivers noticed advantages in other areas such as, for example, better response and engine development. This, for those who live on the road, is a great benefit as it provides shorter trips, fewer gear changes, fuel savings and this at the end of a trip can even mean less wear and tear on the driver's physical health.
Agricultural machinery
With the advancement of technology also included in the agricultural machinery, this category can also reprogram electronic injection and the gains for rural producers are excellent.
Stronger engines working in less time and enabling greater performance in your production area are some of the gains in agricultural machinery.
An agricultural engine with more torque and more capacity, working in an area with a lower speed, also brings gains in consumption, which significantly increases the engine's useful life. It will take longer for the producer to need to carry out maintenance or change machines, which are not cheap, meaning, in the end, there is more profit in the rural producer's pocket.
To learn about the main advantages of agricultural remap, read our article “Remap on agricultural machinery: how to save fuel and increase productivity".
Motorcycles
For motorcyclists who love riding on two wheels, it is also possible to take advantage of electronic injection reprogramming. The motorcycles gain even more acceleration power in all speed ranges, it is the conviction of having a perfect balance between performance gains and more pleasure when riding at high or low speeds.
If you are wondering if remapping a motorcycle is the same thing as installing a power chip, we have this content “Power chip for motorcycles, does it work?“, which was written especially to answer this question.
Even though they are super machines, did you know that you can increase the power of your Harley Davidson even further? Access the text Harley Davidson: how to increase your motorcycle's power, and find out.
Nautical line
Group still unknown to many customers, but which has the potential to achieve great gains. The line of water vehicles can also undergo electronic injection reprogramming and improve responsiveness, torque and power, which will guarantee even more sporty and fun rides.
Discover this simulator and discover the potential gains of your vehicle with the software from Strike Brasil.
Cars with best remap results
With years of history, more than 10 thousand reprogrammed cars, we separate which are the 9 cars with the best results after a remap. As we are the biggest and best company in the high performance sector in Brazil, we bring real numbers from our database.
In total there are 5 trucks and 4 gasoline or flex-fuel cars with turbo engines. Among our favorites we have the UP TSI remap, a vehicle much sought after by our customers. After our remap on the UP TSI it can exceed 130 hp of power, with gains above 28% in relation to the initial reading with the original factory power.
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