Atherton & the Tablelands

ECU tuning & remapping

A remap changes how the engine actually behaves: where the power comes on, how it tows, and how much fuel it drinks doing it. Done properly it makes a vehicle nicer to drive and cheaper to run. Done badly it costs you an engine.

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What a remap actually does

The factory tune is a compromise written for every market the vehicle sells into, every fuel quality and every climate. Up here, towing a van up the range in the wet season, that compromise is rarely the best it could be. A remap adjusts fuelling, boost and timing for how the vehicle is actually used.

ECU remapping and custom tunes
Diesel 4WDs and utes
Towing and touring tunes
Economy focused tunes
Trucks and farm machinery
Diagnostics and fault code work

Towing and touring

Most of the tuning work out here is towing related. A van or a boat behind a diesel ute changes what you want from the engine: torque lower down, less hunting between gears on a climb, and better throttle response when you are already loaded. That is a different tune to one chasing a peak power figure.

Done properly, or not at all

Tuning sits close to a lot of expensive parts. We would rather talk through what you actually want out of the vehicle and be straight about whether a tune is the right answer, than sell you one because you asked. If the honest answer is that a tune will not fix what is annoying you, we will say so.

Common questions

ECU tuning & remapping, answered

Do you do ECU tuning and remapping?

Yes. Give us a ring and tell us what the vehicle is, what you tow and what you want out of it, and we will tell you honestly what a tune will and will not do for it.

Will a remap use less fuel?

It can, particularly on a diesel that spends its life towing. But it depends on the vehicle and on how it is driven afterwards. Anyone who promises you a fixed percentage before looking at the vehicle is guessing.

Can you tune farm machinery and trucks?

Talk to us about it. We work on trucks and farm machinery across the Tablelands, so tell us the make and model and what it is doing, and we will tell you what is possible.

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What else we do

Farm machinery auto electrics

A machine that will not start in the middle of a job does not cost you a repair bill, it costs you the day. And on the Tablelands the alternative is a float and a tow into town, which costs more again. So we bring the workshop to the paddock.

Auto air conditioning

This is Far North Queensland. Air conditioning is not a luxury item, and a car with no air con in February is close to unusable. We fix the reason it stopped rather than just filling it back up with gas.

Dual battery & 12V setups

A 12V setup either holds together on corrugated roads or it does not, and you find out which a long way from town. The difference is almost always in the fusing, the cable size and how the joins were made.

Auto electrical repairs

Something has stopped working, the dash is lit up, or the car will not start, and nobody has been able to tell you why. Electrical faults get expensive when they are guessed at, because you end up paying for parts that were never the problem.

Mechanical repairs

Being an auto electrician and a mechanic in the one van is the whole point. Out here the alternative is often a tow into Mareeba and two separate bookings, and a fault that crosses the line between electrical and mechanical is exactly the sort that gets passed back and forth while nobody fixes it.

Based in Atherton and mobile across the Tablelands, including Tolga, Yungaburra, Kairi, Herberton, Walkamin, Malanda and out to Mareeba, Millaa Millaa, Ravenshoe. See the full service area.

Get in touch

Tell us what
it is doing

Send through a few details and we will get back to you with what it is likely to involve. If it is urgent or the vehicle will not start, ring us. That is always faster.

Call the workshop 0439 064 720