Worx@lemmynsfw.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHow can a car engine remap increase both power and economy?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareHow can a car engine remap increase both power and economy?Worx@lemmynsfw.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
If the remap is better in every way, why wasn’t it just made like that in the factory? What am I missing?
minus-squareMontaggelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·3 months agoIf something promises to increase power and economy at the same time I assume it’s bullshit. With that said you can increase one or the other with remapping depending on your focus.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoHigher cylinder temperatures will give you more power and better efficiency. It will also produce a lot more nitrous oxides. the engine won’t last as long but that won’t show up for many miles.
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThat is my uneducated assumption too, but I’ve heard multiple people (some online, some IRL) who have said that about their remaps
If something promises to increase power and economy at the same time I assume it’s bullshit.
With that said you can increase one or the other with remapping depending on your focus.
Higher cylinder temperatures will give you more power and better efficiency. It will also produce a lot more nitrous oxides. the engine won’t last as long but that won’t show up for many miles.
That is my uneducated assumption too, but I’ve heard multiple people (some online, some IRL) who have said that about their remaps