Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Menu

Control unit cracked: Trifecta tunes the Chevrolet Corvette C8!

Reading time 3 Min.

Control unit cracked: Trifecta tunes the Chevrolet Corvette C8!

The Washington-based company Trifecta performance is the first company to have the encrypted engine control unit of the C8 Corvette Stingray cracked. That as "uncrackableThe control unit advertised uses the latest GM Global B electrical architecture and is encrypted to protect against cyber attacks, among other things. But the software experts have now cracked the well-protected control unit from GM. Trifecta is the first company to do this successfully. This allows Trifecta to retune the C8 Corvette Stingray's engine software and various engine upgrades such as converting to a turbocharger or compressors adjust much better. Although there have been such modifications to the C8 for some time, the software-based basis has so far been so-called "Piggyback variants (tuning box), which were connected in front of the system. Such a system "lies" to the engine control module (ECM) about what is going on with the engine. It fakes false values.

Trifecta cracked the controller

Control unit cracked: Trifecta tunes the Chevrolet Corvette C8!

In some cases, however, with such a box in front of the engine control unit, the air mass meter or the boost pressure sensor had to be installed be deactivatedto prevent the vehicle from displaying various error messages. Trifecta states that tuning the C8's OEM ECU prevents such problems as it does not bypass the OEM diagnostics and protection systems, but adapts them to the appropriate tuning. Of course, you can use other software to get one or two horsepower out of the 6,2-liter LT2-V8, but this is only really effective when you convert it to a turbocharger or compressor. And that's exactly what the way is now open for. If we receive more information in a timely manner, there will of course be an update for this report. You will be informed about this if you simply use our Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!

Control unit cracked: Trifecta tunes the Chevrolet Corvette C8!

Of course, that wasn't the end of it!

tuningblog has countless other articles on the subject of car and auto tuning in stock. Do you want to see them all? Just click HERE and look around. In part, we would like to provide you with news but also off the tuning. In our category Tips, products, information & Co We have reviews of car or accessories manufacturers, new ones Tuning Wiki Terms or one or the other Leak veröffentlicht. Just click on one of the following posts!

other related posts

That was the Tuning Trophy Germany!

Control unit cracked: Trifecta tunes the Chevrolet Corvette C8!

Finally: the Tuning World Bodensee 2022 will take place again!

Control unit cracked: Trifecta tunes the Chevrolet Corvette C8!

2022 Slimsport roof rack system

Control unit cracked: Trifecta tunes the Chevrolet Corvette C8!

Does the air conditioner smell? Here you will be helped

Control unit cracked: Trifecta tunes the Chevrolet Corvette C8!

"tuningblog.eu" - on the subject of autotuning and car styling, we keep you up to date with our tuning magazine and present you with the latest tuned vehicles from all over the world every day. It is best if you subscribe to our feed and will be informed automatically as soon as there is something new about this article from the Tips, Products, Info & Co. corner. And of course to all other contributions.

About Thomas Wachsmuth

Thomas Wachsmuth - He has been an integral part of tuningblog.eu since 2013. His passion for cars is so intense that he invests every available penny in them. While he dreams of a BMW E31 850CSI and a Hennessey 6x6 Ford F-150, he currently drives a rather inconspicuous BMW 540i (G31/LCI). His collection of books, magazines and brochures on the subject of car tuning has now reached such proportions that he himself has become a walking reference work for the tuning scene.  More about Thomas

Leave a Comment

Your e-mail address will not be published. Required fields are marked with * marked