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submitted 2 months ago by Worx@lemmynsfw.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

If the remap is better in every way, why wasn't it just made like that in the factory? What am I missing?

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

By sacrificing emissions.
You can get more power per stroke if you don't care about emissions, and that can get you a better fuel economy, but you may fail your local e-check if it's tuned.

Volkswagen got in trouble for designing their cars to change the engine tuning when it detected it was connected to a testing rig.

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