{"id":5070,"date":"2021-07-12T06:32:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corvettenewsforum.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/tadge-juechter-says-no-c8-aftermarket-tune-for-you\/"},"modified":"2021-07-12T06:32:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:32:46","slug":"tadge-juechter-says-no-c8-aftermarket-tune-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corvettenewsforum.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/tadge-juechter-says-no-c8-aftermarket-tune-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Tadge Juechter Says No C8 Aftermarket Tune For You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Corvette Executive Chief Engineer, Tadge Juechter, Says GM will not allow aftermarket tuners access to the C8 onboard computers<\/p>\n

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Corvette has always been a car aftermarket tuners love to extract more horsepower out of, but the C8 is making this much harder. When the C8 specs were announced stating that it would have the General Motors\u2019 Global B architecture as the backbone electronic package, aftermarket tuners knew there would be issues modifying the car. The reason for this is that the Global B architecture system lets the computers control almost every part of the car. This means if somebody could hack into the car, they could start, stop the engine, apply brakes or more gas, and even apply turning force to the steering wheel on some cars.<\/p>\n

Since the computers could control so much of the cars operation, GM has locked this system down as much as they could and are not so keen to open it up to 3rd party tuners. According to Juechter in an interview with MC&T, \u201cThe aftermarket crew is very talented and resourceful, and have been for years. So our business model doesn\u2019t really cater to the aftermarket, we have to do all the things internally between Corvette just like any other General Motors product. Our desire is to make the car as hack proof as possible to protect our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some tuners have been able to install turbos on the C8, but only with relatively small amounts of boost. To get the most out of the turbos, tuners have been forced to install a separate computer to manage the motor, a process called piggybacking. This process adds a lot of complexity and issues that are normally not good for
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Juecther did note that due to their long-standing relationship with GM, Callaway will get a little assistance from the automaker with the C8 Corvette situation. This has to do with the customer and warranty data that Callaway supplies GM with from their buyers, but we\u2019ve yet to hear any specifics from either company.<\/p>\n

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