Chip - tuning "Skoda Octavia" - features and price

Certainly, many car owners were 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 another order, the most successful decision will be the chip-tuning. "Skoda Octavia" 1.8 after such a modernization can boast even higher characteristics of dynamics. What is chip-tuning and how much does it cost? About this later in our article.

What can you do with the car before that?

Naturally, "chipovka" is not the only kind of tuning. Before this, 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 proceed with the "chip" of the car.

Features of the work

The main feature of this tuning is to increase the traction and performance characteristics of the car without mechanical interventions in its underfoot space. In other words, it 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 car brain that is responsible for monitoring and controlling all of 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 - not an exception) using special controllers. The master changes all the settings set by the manufacturer to improve the characteristics of the internal combustion engine.

What is most interesting, in most SRTs this program is not edited, but sent to the firms that are well-versed in this moment. On how much the expert understands in the machine, whether it will reveal in it weak places, the whole result of reprogramming depends.

It's simply impossible to make changes to the chip data with your own hands - all this is done using special software that allows you to find and display a table of calibration data graphically. So, what does the chip-tuning give?

"Skoda Octavia": how changes will affect the operation of systems and aggregates of this model

It should be noted that not only the engine power 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 delivery 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 be 30 percent of the initial level.

Thus, after a couple of manipulations, you can drastically change the operation of the machine's 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 flashing of the electronic control unit is not displayed in any way at the total fuel consumption. And it's not magic - the motor just becomes easier to break up the car, so the promotion of the revolutions 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 why motorists turn for help to SRT is an increase in the ICE resource. 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 itself display the required parameters of the computer?

After the above, the impression is created that 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 filling stations. That's why the Czechs leave about 20-30 percent of the real potential of the car in reserve. That is, the market "Skoda" comes out with averaged parameters of the computer, and it's up to each car enthusiast to make a decision on whether to reflash it.

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 the reprogramming of the ECU requires the availability of 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 impractical. 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.