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FC TECH: HP TUNERS
REMAPPING
REVOLUTIONISED
HP Tuners, dominating ECU tuning Stateside The mission statement for the company
since 2003, have become a really big when it began was simple: offer the most
deal across the pond. Anyone who has visited complete, cost-effective tuning and data
SEMA or the Autosport Show for the last acquisition remedy for dealerships, enthusiasts
couple of years will be fully aware of the ECU and professional workshops. Thanks to the
tweaking specialists. ability to connect, read, edit, write and then
From the relatively humble beginnings of a drive, it’s no coincidence HP Tuners have
group of binary and hexadecimal savvy chaps democratised, if not revolutionised, remapping.
clubbing together to remap their own vehicles, Why is that, we hear you ask? Well, thanks
HP Tuners has grown exponentially to become to a series of products that allow you to tweak
one of the USA’s largest tuning and diagnostic and alter your very own map, the latest MPVI2
solutions for a vast range of vehicles equipped dongle and VCM Editor software suite allow
with OBD-2 ports. anyone to code and write their own tune,
Since 2003 HP has offered an almost endless whether that’s intended for economy purposes,
array of digital adjustments, seamless live-data or to eke every last drop of horsepower from a
logging, diagnostic and tuning capabilities, highly modii ed vehicle. It gives you, the owner,
thanks to a range of clever software and the chance to alter every conceivable element
hardware solutions. And now they’re set to bring of boost pressure, fuelling and ignition tables to
all those years of expertise and experience to get the most from any setup. No longer do you
the UK to ensure a competitive advantage that have to be constrained by the factory settings
sees them forge ahead of the competition with (which in many cases can hold back a vehicle
a unique approach to offering ECU remapping slightly, due to emissions, warranty, economy
to the masses. and high mileage considerations).
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