Tuning Tech

Generally speaking, when you think of performance-oriented Mazdas, you think of the Miata, RX7, RX8, MS3, MS6, etc. Unfortunately, the modern Mazda 6 is not something that is often modified. What Mazda was able to do with the Skyactiv-G engine is quite impressive. While pretty much production car naturally aspirated gas engines have a compression […]

When it comes to small EcoBoost engines, Ford does a pretty good job at squeezing tons of power out of them, but when it comes to the larger EcoBoost engines, Ford leaves a massive amount of performance on the table. This is especially true with the 3.5L EcoBoost found under the hood of the current […]

As time goes on, more and more cars are using automatic transmissions. Manual transmissions might be fun and engaging, but they comically slow compared to modern dual-clutch style transmissions. It might anger a lot of people, but the manual transmission is on its way out. Interestingly enough, many of these dual-clutch transmissions can be tuned […]

So how much horsepower does the ECU flash make on the Can-Am Defender HD10 engine? We here at Vivid Racing and VR Tuned love testing others products to show how they really perform and how we can improve them. This particular Can-Am Defender was just tuned with a competitors flash. With 72HP stock on the […]