What it all About then?
WHO ARE DATEK?
DASTEK is a company established 28 years ago. The owner has had a passion for tuning formore than 20 years. Some years ago he became more and more frustrated as more and more cars became electronically controlled and he couldn't tune them anymore. DASTEK set out to to crack the codes on some vehicles only to find that some manufacturers change these every few months. Very soon it was realised that this is not a feasible way of doing things. He then set out to develop a universal system which will enableone to re-map vehicles dynamically. The key to the success of the Unichip is that it is done in real time. Whilst tuning at any given point we are not concerned what the actual values are, we just want to see whether it gets worse or better. This is what makes the stability and sensitivity of the dynamometre so critical. This then is also why DASTEK developed their own dynamometres. In this way we can tune vehicles to within 0,1 horsepower thougout all the RPM and load ranges.
In the last four years more than 80% of all cars that won a champoinship in the South African production car championships used DASTEK technology. More than 85% of all the trophies won in the annual economy run also used DASTEK systems. DASTEK have helped win championships and economy runs on BMWs, Toyotas, Opels, Fords, Mazdas, VWs, Hondas, Renault and Nissans. DASTEK tune all the fatory teams' cars except one. They have been approached by this team to do their cars as well, but had to turn it down because of ties withtheir direct competition.
WHAT IS THE UNICHIP?
Welcome to the new age of tuning computerised vehicles. Over the years the coming of the computer did marvels for the automotive industry. Unfortunately workshops lost all control over the tuning of these vehicles. Even the slightest idling problem cannot be cured by the non franchised workshop. In most cases even the authorised agents cannaot cure these problems. In, short the tuning of computerised vehicles became nearly impossible.
The UNICHIP gives the properly trained technician full control over the timing and mixture functions of most electronically controlled vehicles. Not only can mixtures and timing be set, but also it can be set under various load and RPM conditions. This gives one the ability to optimise the the vehicle for economy underlight load conditions and set it up for optimum performance under full-throttle conditions.
The UNICHIP is much more than just a "chip". In actual fact it is a fully functioning computer which is added to the vehicle's existing ECU. Apart from controlling general timing and mixtures it can do idling control, drive extra injectors, take full control over timing functions, eliminate road speed governors etc. It can acurately be described as a "Piggyback" computer.
The UNICHIP gets wired into the existing ECU harness. If it is removed the vehicle is back to standard. Unlike other aftermarket units if the UNICHIP is programmed with zeros the vehicle will be standard. Only areas where the vehicle isn'r perfect need to be altered.
The main difference between other after-market "chips" and the UNICHIP is that with the UNICHIP every individual vehicle is optimised. It is not just a chip that was made for one particular vehicle and then gets used on similar vehicles.
The DASTEK UNICHIP current success rate is 399 out of 400.
CONTACTS
UK DISTRIBUTOR = STROM ENGINEERING 01383 411511
A RECOMMENDED DEALER = OWEN DEVELOPMENTS 01865 820580
Click here for details on how the Unichip compared in a ECU shootout on an Impreza WRX