In the automotive world, engine performance is one of the most popular topics for drivers. That's why, nowadays, many motorists choose to increase the engine power of their machines via chip tuning. To perform this technique there are several options: the additional gearbox, the engine chip, and the engine chiptuning. Below, we’ll see what makes them different.
Different techniques for optimizing engine performance
Diesel engines in modern vehicles are equipped with an electronic control unit (ECU), also called a computer, which is used to manage several parameters and injection data, such as engine power, engine torque, fuel level injected, turbo pressure, etc.
To optimize the engine performance of your vehicle, it’s necessary to modify the parameters of the engine ECU, either in transparency with the aid of an additional gearbox, or in a less transparent manner by chiptuning the default settings of the engine ECU, or physically by replacing the motor chip soldered onto the circuit of the engine computer.
The calculator manages the injection system of your vehicle. It works through different engine sensors to control, air temperature, fuel temperature, and turbo or diesel pressure. In theory, these modifications make the vehicle more efficient.
The differences between these three techniques
These three techniques have the same goal, namely the increase in engine performance. That said, there are some differences between them. The engine chiptuning is performed electronically by permanently changing the entire engine computer software. As for replacing the engine chip, it’s done physically by removing the old chip from the engine computer and by welding a new one. These two methods make it possible to innovate the injection system by making it more efficient, but tend to leave traces of use.
On the other hand, the additional gearbox works in another way. Placed between the original ECU and the engine injection system, it improves engine performance by transmitting new data. This method is easier and faster to execute. Additionally it’s not visible at all, since the vehicle can recover its initial parameters by simply removing the additional box.