By Andrius Kontrimas, Motorsport Engineer — Race Engineer in GT3, LMP3 and 24H Series. Founder of XTRA Motorsport. A “Bosch ECU” in a motorsport context almost always means one specific thing: a unit from the Bosch Motorsport engine control unit…
By Andrius Kontrimas, Motorsport Engineer — Race Engineer in GT3, LMP3 and 24H Series. Founder of XTRA Motorsport. After close to 25 BMW S54 builds — every one on an XTRA Motorsport loom, most of them tuned by me —…
Knock destroys pistons, ring lands, and bearing shells. The ECU’s knock control system detects it in real time and pulls ignition timing before structural damage occurs. Here is how the system works and how to calibrate it correctly. The Bottom…
By Andrius Kontrimas, Motorsport Engineer — Race Engineer in GT3, LMP3 and 24H Series. Founder of XTRA Motorsport. There is one question that comes up at every build discussion, every tuner meeting, and every motorsport electronics conversation: which standalone ECU…
