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Dec
29

Range Rover Supercharged V8

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Supercharged Range Rover Sport remap.

4.2 V8 plus 25 bhp and 40 nm torque. K&N filter, supercharger pulley, now at 410 plus bhp.

Jul
22

Fuel economy and CO2 emissions technology

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Blue Optimize Economy Tuning

Blue Optimize tuning is unique to Viezu, it is the result of many hundreds of hours of research and development in the specific study of vehicle fuel economy and C02 reduction tuning.

Viezu’s Blue Optimize economy tuning has already been internationally recognised as world class leading technology and has achieved Viezu a place as a finalist in the UK Chamber of commerce  “Innovation In Technology awards 2011”

All Viezu economy tuning is developed in house on our 3000bhp rolling road and at our Euro 5 emission certified research and development centre, no other tuning company carries out research and development of this nature and guarantees their results like Viezu

Save fuel and money with Viezu’s Blue Optimize Economy tuning, available for most production cars, 4×4’s and vans.

  • Up to 20% improved fuel economy
  • Improved MPG- Reduced emissions (subject to Vehicle type)
  • Enhanced sharper throttle response
  • Smoother more progressive power delivery
  • Power and Torque improvements
  • Undetectable

The Viezu technicians have developed a unique range of tuning services which can deliver the very best in economy tuning. The tuning provides significant gains in fuel efficiency whilst improving the feel and drive of the Car, Van or Truck. Blue Optimize fuel economy tuning released your vehicles true potential for both Fuel economy and C02 reduction.

The most important benefit you will see is the significant fuel cost savings from Viezu’s Blue Optimize fuel economy Tuning. And it doesn’t matter whatever the price of fuel is once your car is properly tuned the more you drive with an Economy Tune, the more you SAVE!

Always be sure to ask for Blue Optimize Fuel Economy Tuning from Free-Force, Viezu agent in the North East.

 

Apr
19

Power Beauty Soul-Aston Martin V8

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Today Free-Force successfully remapped an Aston Martin Vantage 4.3 V8.

Using the expertise and research and development of Viezu Technologies, this vehicle was transformed via the on board diagnostic (OBD) port. Viezu are currently one of the only companies in the UK that can achieve this via OBD. The vehicle is more responsive, offers between 22 and 25 bhp gain across the whole range, making it 405 bhp now. In fact, at the peak, around 4800 RPM, the gain is close to plus 50 bhp. What a great vehicle, in the words of Aston Martin themselves, POWER, BEAUTY, SOUL.

Apr
08

May issue of Performance French Cars magazine

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Take a look at the May issue of PFC mag out this next week. Free-Force, along with some other specialised dealers throughout the UK are advertising as part of a VIezu Tuning article. Buy at local newsagents or see it online here

Free Force advert in PFC May 2011

We are also advertising in the north east Journal, executive motoring section, this weekend

Motoring in the North East Journal

Free-Force Advert and Flyer

Mar
18

A car that had already been tuned (badly)

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Here we start a new category about the pitfalls of remapping. As a high quality remapping organisation, Free-Force are very proud to be a Viezu approved dealer and so have the ability of recovery. What this means is that if an error occurs, which is extremely rare, we can recover your vehicle to the original without any adverse affect on the ECU. We have full insurance cover on software upgrades of all ECUs, underwritten by The Royal Sun Alliance. You will also get a 7 day money back guarantee for piece of mind.

Below is an example from today. Our customer wanted better economy from his Mercedes E320 CDi. After discussing the vehicle before any work was done, we were alerted to the fact that he said the performance was good but economy not as good as he had expected. Free-Force booked him in for a best economy remap.

After a diagnostic test with no problems, we read the file (see tutorials in this blog for explanation) and sent it along to Viezu HQ to tune. Simon at Viezu sent us a message saying that it had already been tuned, but very badly, so set about reversing this and tuning it again, how it should have been done in the first place! This took him much more time than usual because of the errors that had been made.

Once we wrote the new properly tuned file to the ECU is came up with an error. This means that the previous poor tuning had corrupted the software and encrypted data meant that we could not overwrite it. Due to the recovery function available to us, Simon sent us back the original file and it was set back to before we started. The whole process took 3 hours but with no cost to the customer because we could not complete what we had promised. He was disappointed but had his vehicle back as it was, badly tuned!

This article will hopefully give the reader piece of mind regarding our very best customer service guarantee and if you don’t get what you asked for you will not pay us anything! We have the ability to recover errors and so your vehicle is not affected.

Mar
18

V-Box plug in for 2010 Audi A4

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Some vehicles, VAG group post summer 2009, have anti tuning software on the ECU. This means we cannot remap some of these vehicles through the OBD (on board diagnostic port). Alternatives are to take the ECU out of the vehicle and tune on the bench, or for even more flexibility fit a digital tuning box. Free-Force distribute and fit these Viezu V-Boxes and the results are comparable with a remap. They also have the advantage of being able to be removed and reused or sold on. The disadvantage is that they are visible. The boxes can be adjusted for best economy or best performance.

Please note that the V-Box is only fitted to diesel common rail engines, so the list is more limited. For more detail take a look at the specific page on our website here

Below is an example of one fitted to an Audi A4 2.0 TDi. The customer was keen on fuel economy improvement and reported a boost from 39 to 48 mpg in the first week. On average the V-Box gives a car like this an extra 100 miles on a full fuel tank!

Free-Force will either send you a V-Box through mail order, available to buy on our website page above, or come to you and fit it for a small installation fee.

Mar
12

Customer cars 3

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Audi Q7 3.0 litre TDi Quattro, with original bhp of 233. We can add up to 50 bhp and 110 NM torque to this vehicle. Again, John the owners face after his test drive was quite a sight! John was a returning customer who recommends our services and receives discounts for being a valued client and also for passing us other business. You can make money easily by referring us to others. See our main site for details.

Mar
01

Customer cars 2

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Very nice example of a rare ‘glass roof’ Mercedes E 320 CDi. Original BHP of 204. Remap boosted to 244 BHP and around 100 NM extra torque. The customers face when he came back from his test drive said it all.

Feb
26

Performance and Economy Trials Mercedes CLK No.5

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The last post in this series. Just to show you that this CLK has just got better and better and due to the miles that Steve drives in it, he has decided to keep it. The mpg on a run is always more than 50 for a 2.7 litre engine! This is an example of a good, but not abnormal run over 150 miles on the motorway. mpg figure of 58 plus!

CLK mpg of 58.3 after economy remap by Free-Force

Phone us at Free-Force to get an ECONOMY remap booked in this week!

0844 504 6574 or email enquiries@free-force.co.uk

If you are a follower of this blog and hence quote BLOG12.5 in your call, then answer a simple question about the content of this blog, we will give you a 12.5% discount on the full remap price. For price scale see our web site here

Feb
08

Customer cars 1

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Just a few customer cars this week. Great results as always! See more details on Steve’s facebook pages: HERE