I will post details next week when I am back to China.
Emira JB4 Tuning Now Available for I4 & V6 Cars!
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TurboTambo
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If this has actually now happened. I'm in. The Lotus Emira supercar would finally be here.
I'm gonna share my opinion on why people are getting inconsistent results with the JB4 piggyback. Now, I can already see the pitchforks coming out, but let me say this, I could be wrong here. This is just a thought that crossed my mind that makes sense to me.
From my understanding, the stock ECU has the capability to make small adjustments depending on a variety of variable factors. This is why, when we mod our cars, the performance seems to get better as the ECU begins to make small adjustments. However, it is not capable of big adjustments and it has it's limitations, and therefore, some modifications require or highly recommend tunes for optimal performance.
The JB4 piggyback seems to monitor these variable factors to a much greater degree or with different parameters for adjustments in real-time for 2 main purposes:
1) Add more power and
2) Keep the engine (not the whole powertrain/drivetrain) safe.
It's like having a tuner constantly monitor your engine information outputs and tune your car as you are driving it. Which is kind of cool and the reason why I have praised this product.
With that being said, it has an inconsistency built-in to it. It's less consistent than your typical tune in both a good and bad way. In other words, on any particular day, when conditions are great, it will provide excellent results, while on a poor condition day, it may result in less stellar results. To be more specific, when conditions are prime, the piggyback really steps on the gas, but when conditions are less stellar, because the engine is not actually modified for that level of power and safety, it dials way back to prevent potential negative outcomes.
If this is true, it could explain why people are getting different results on the dyno. The same people getting a dyno with 40-60 hp gains may see 90 hp gains on a better day at the dyno and the people getting 90hp may see 50hp on a day with poorer conditions all on the same map.
Thoughts?
From my understanding, the stock ECU has the capability to make small adjustments depending on a variety of variable factors. This is why, when we mod our cars, the performance seems to get better as the ECU begins to make small adjustments. However, it is not capable of big adjustments and it has it's limitations, and therefore, some modifications require or highly recommend tunes for optimal performance.
The JB4 piggyback seems to monitor these variable factors to a much greater degree or with different parameters for adjustments in real-time for 2 main purposes:
1) Add more power and
2) Keep the engine (not the whole powertrain/drivetrain) safe.
It's like having a tuner constantly monitor your engine information outputs and tune your car as you are driving it. Which is kind of cool and the reason why I have praised this product.
With that being said, it has an inconsistency built-in to it. It's less consistent than your typical tune in both a good and bad way. In other words, on any particular day, when conditions are great, it will provide excellent results, while on a poor condition day, it may result in less stellar results. To be more specific, when conditions are prime, the piggyback really steps on the gas, but when conditions are less stellar, because the engine is not actually modified for that level of power and safety, it dials way back to prevent potential negative outcomes.
If this is true, it could explain why people are getting different results on the dyno. The same people getting a dyno with 40-60 hp gains may see 90 hp gains on a better day at the dyno and the people getting 90hp may see 50hp on a day with poorer conditions all on the same map.
Thoughts?
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This is another reason why I stated multiple times that cooling products are probably going to be awesome with the JB4 piggyback. There would be less reason and occasion to dial back the power leading to greater consistency and power.
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