Chip-tuning "Skoda Octavia" - features and price
Surely, many car owners are convinced,that "Skoda" by right can be proud of the technical characteristics and design of their cars. But if you want to increase this data by an order of magnitude, the most successful solution will be a chip-tuning.
What can you do with the car before that?
Naturally, "chipovka" is not the only kind of tuning. Before that, many motorists recommend installing such items:
1. Alternative optics.
2. New spoilers.
3. "Cilia" for the headlights.
4. Deflectors of windows and hood.
5. Tint film on the side windows.
6. Cast wheels of larger diameter.
7. Alternative bumpers and thresholds for the body.
After that, you can start to "chip" the car.
Features of the work
The main feature of this tuning isIncrease of traction-operational characteristics of the car without mechanical interventions in its podkapotnoe space. In other words, this is reprogramming the factory settings of the electronic control unit, which is carried out with the help of special equipment.
The ECU is a kind of brainThe car, which is responsible for the control and management of all the most important machine systems. Like any other computer, the electronic control unit has its own chip with memory, in which the factory program with all the settings and parameters of the motor control is recorded.
Process of reflashing
Chip-tuning is carried out ("Skoda Octavia" 1.8 is not an exception) using special controllers. The master changes all the settings set by the manufacturer in order to improve the characteristics of the internal combustion engine.
What is most interesting, in most SRT thisThe program is not editable, but is sent to firms that are good at this moment. From how much the expert understands in the machine, whether it will reveal in it weak places, the whole result of reprogramming depends.
Make changes to the chip data with your own handsit is simply impossible - all this is done using special software that allows you to find and show in a graphical form a table of calibration data. So, what does the chip-tuning give?
"Skoda Octavia": how the changes will affect the operation of systems and units of this model
It should be noted that not only powerengine can be changed during reprogramming of the computer. Very often, motorists seek help to reduce the level of toxic substances in the exhaust gases or to reduce the average fuel consumption. In addition, you can make adjustments to the fuel supply system and the speed limiter, thereby increasing the car's power by 5-10 percent. If it is a turbocharged engine, the difference in output parameters can make up 30 percent of the initial level.
Thus, after just a couple of manipulations, you canradically change the operation of machine systems. And all this thanks to such a process as chip tuning. "Skoda Octavia Tour" in this case, begins to behave more confidently on the road, and the driver feels a significant supply of power, which allows you to rarely switch the transmission and not be distracted by the engine.
Does this affect fuel consumption?
It should be noted that the flashingThe electronic control unit is not displayed in any way on the total fuel consumption. And this is not magic - the motor just becomes easier to break up the car, so the promotion of turns to the maximum it is no longer required. Accordingly, the engine is not so tight, and the fuel consumption level remains at the same factory level.
By the way, one of the frequent reasons whymotorists ask for help on the SRT, is an increase in the resource ICE. Whatever it may seem strange, but with the help of reprogramming the ECU really prolong the life of the engine. As a result, the motor gets the opportunity to accelerate the car to the required speed without unnecessary loads, respectively, the details of the KShM do not wear out so much.
Why does not the automaker supply the required ECU parameters?
After the foregoing,as if the world manufacturer "Skoda" specifically lets out its machines unfinished from the assembly line. But in reality it is not so. And for that there are objective reasons. The fact is that the cars of the brand "Skoda" are produced for a wide range of consumers, who naturally live in different climatic conditions with different temperatures and quality of fuel sold at the gas station. That's why the Czechs leave about 20-30 percent of the real potential of the machine in stock. That is, the market "Skoda" comes out with averaged parameters of the computer, and even make a decision about whether it is worth it to reflash, takes for themselves every motorist separately.
By the way, very often chip-tuning ("Skoda Octavia"1.8 TSI including) motorists produce when switching to another type of fuel - gas. Of course, with a standard firmware designed to use 95th gasoline, a gas-powered car is unlikely to go well - it will certainly lose power and dynamics in that case. In this regard, after the installation of HBO, chip tuning is becoming more relevant for our motorists.
How much does it cost?
Earlier we already noted that reprogrammingThe ECU requires specialized equipment. So, the cost of such equipment begins with a mark of 5-6 thousand euros. Therefore, to acquire it for personal purposes is simply inexpedient. But the cost of the reflash is about 100-500 dollars, depending on the year of production of the car and the type of engine installed on it.
