The diesel version of the European market Subaru Impreza has caught the tuning attention of Unichip, a firm that as its name implies, fiddles around with ECUs. The company claims that thanks to some subtle electronic tweaks to the 2.0-liter turbo diesel engine's fuelling and boost settings, output is raised by 18HP and torque by 33 lb-ft for a total of 168-horsepower and 291lb.ft of torque.
No performance or economy figures were released, but Unichip vaguely states that "drivers reported a 5-10% consumption improvement compared to standard".
In the UK, the Unichip U-Connect upgrade is priced at £465.30 including 17.5% VAT.
3 Comments:
What is consumption improvement? It consumes less or more?
Well, if it is about consumption of something, and the less the better, my guess is the improvement would be for it to consume less.....
5-10% consumption improvement ... UNREALISTIC!
If this was possible then the manufacturer 'd have implemented it.
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