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Engine Control Unit (ECU) Magic

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles, Engine Control Unit (ECU) Magic

Engine Control Unit (ECU) Magic. The engine control unit (ECU) or engine management system (EMS) is certainly a revolutionary innovation. It was only an idea in someone’s mind’s eye back in the 1970s and 1980s. Indeed, electronic controls for automotive applications...

Car Engine Optimisation In The 21st Century

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles, Car Engine Optimisation In The 21st Century

Car Engine Optimisation in the 21st Century. Let us for a moment think about car engine optimisation. Were cars really all that simple twenty to thirty years ago? One might say that it indeed was. Consider that a competent home mechanic could fix mechanical components...

Fake News And Your Car

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles

Fake News and Your Car. “Fake news” is the bread and the butter of the internet. Indeed, fake news has become a buzz term and for a very good reason. If you think about it, it’s nowadays very difficult to differentiate between what is the truth and what is not. It is...

Finding The Truth Behind The Claims

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles, Finding The Truth Behind The Claims

FINDING THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CLAIMS. Claims, so many claims. Who should you believe when it comes to your car’s supposed performance and fuel economy? The manufacturer makes certain claims, and as creators of the cars, we tend to believe them, right? So you believe...

Fuel Injection – A Science In Itself

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles, Fuel Injection – A Science In Itself

Fuel injection – A science in itself. You may think that an engine and its fuel injection is a simple thing, right? You simply add fuel, set it on fire, and the magic starts to happen. The wheels turn and off you go! It sounds simple enough if you oversimplify it like...

Engine Wear

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles, Engine Wear

Engine Wear. One thing is for sure, and that is engine wear. Can we extend engine life and reduce engine wear? Another certainty. You don’t just pop open a modern car’s bonnet and restore it to its working order when something goes crooked. Yes, some faults are...

Far-Fetched Claims Can Cost You Dearly

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles, Far-Fetched Claims Can Cost You Dearly

Far-fetched claims can cost you dearly. At Unichip, we believe that there is a big difference between modifying and tuning/optimising. In fact, to remove all doubt, at Unichip we tune and optimise, we do not modify. You may think that optimising, tuning and modifying...