FLASHING VAG. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. SGO AND .FRF FILES
Ever since I can remember we have had the ability to reprogram VAG modules. It appears that I have been taking this function for granted because at least 20 people I spoke to during the Automechanika Frankfurt...
NEXT BIG THING EVOLUTION (NBT EVO). THERE IS ALWAYS A BIGGER FISH
I. A bit of History. There is always a bigger fish. No matter how hard you try – there is always someone bigger than you. Let’s take the gym for example – no...
ALL INCLUSIVE. ABRITES EQUIPMENT FOR MERCEDES-BENZ CARS (COMPLETE SET)
Autumn, or fall as our American friends would have you believe it is called is that time of year where without us really sensing it the leaves begin to change, the days become shorter, and the nights get...
YOU ARE THE ILLUMINATI? BE THE ILLUMINATI
For as long as you can imagine there has always been talk of the Illuminati, the enlightened ones, deciding the fate of our planet. Frankfurt has always been regarded as an illuminati hotspot. Could it...
THE DARK ART OF TURBOCHARGING. PART 1
As part of our internal combustion engine series, we just had to add one more topic. Of course, I know that the series is just scratching the surface but what I needed to do to lay the foundation for a...
MULTI POINT INJECTION (MPI) VS. DIRECT INJECTION (DI)
I. What is the difference? Advancements in fuel injection have led us in developing multiple directions of injecting fuel into the combustion chambers. When it comes to the difference...
WHAT DOES POWER CONTROL MODULE DO?
Ever since the carburetor gave out its last breath the Power Control Module has been developing. For the purposes of this blog post I will be referring to Charles White’s Automotive Engine Management...
WHAT IS EFI (ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION) TUNING?
There have been so many articles, thousands of YouTube videos that attempt to explain how to tune an internal combustion engine and they go into so many details that it is easy to get lost in the sea of...
DIAGNOSING MODERN FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS IN FOUR SIMPLE STEPS. SUCK, SQUISH, BANG, BLOW!
In the last few blog posts, we discussed the structure of modern fuel injection systems. It is now time to delve deeper into the diagnostic part of the vehicles. There used to be a time that service...
ABRITES SUMMER JAM 2024
Ella Fitzgerald said it best, “Summertime and the livin' is easy”. Now is the perfect time to make your business life easier as well. We are here to help. This year, for the second...
AVDI VS. fvdi - What is the difference?
There has been talks for the better part of 12 years now, about a company called FLYOBD and as much as I don’t want to give them credit for anything I feel like the time has come for us to discuss...