For many years the tuning market has been driven primarily by an OBD solution which has had benefits and negatives. Benefits being that it’s convenient and fast and there is no requirement to remove the ecu etc a far cry from the early days. Negatives being that it cheapened the market and seen a crop of cheap alternatives ALL claiming to be the best!

Things are now about the change. Whilst Bosch EDC17 family of ecu has been around for a while it now sees the addition of the Tricore Processor which has brought an end to the OBD approach certainly for the foreseeable future and many new vehicles.

The solution however is at hand, and involves the removal of the ECU from the vehicle, accessing the ECU internals and then a “bench flash” process. These ecu,s are being fitted to many vehicle post July 2009 for example

EDC17CP06 HONDA
EDC17CP09 BMW (x30D)
EDC17CP02 BMW (120D/123D)
EDC17CP01 MERCEDES (G320 / E350)
EDC17CP10 MERCEDES (Sprinter)
MED17 MINI/PSA
EDC17CP11 LANDROVER/JAGUAR ( TDV6 )
EDC17CP14 VAG
EDC17CP20 VAG
EDC17CP24 VAG
EDC17U0x VAG
MED17.x VAG
EDC17CP22 VOLVO 
EDC17CP14 KIA/HYUNDAI ( Sorento )
EDC17C08 KIA/HYUNDAI ( Soul )
EDC17C19 OPEL ( Insignia )
EDC17CP07 TOYOTA ( IQ )
MED17 FIAT-ALFA-LANCIA

And the list is growing all the time.

We see this as a BIG positive. It re-established that this is a sophisticated and detailed process and will without doubt see the polarization of prestige customers to companies who are able cater for these vehicles.

This new development highlights that to be able to be there at the sharp end of the process you have to move with the times, make the appropriate investment and get the word out to customers.