History of COBB Tuning Cobb Tuning is an American Product that provides aftermarket automobile tuning services. Trey Cobb is the CEO and Founder of COBB Tuning, which was created on 1999 in Austin,Texas. Cobb History. (n.d.). Retrieved February 13, 2018, from https://www.cobbtuning.com/company/cobb-history/
Aftermarket Products of COBB Tuning Provide COBB Tuning provide a variety of different aftermarket automobile parts,which are the following:
Access-port
Air Induction (short ram intakes, drop in panel filters, air boxes, turbo inlet hoses, intake hoses, block off plates, air filter cleaning kit and hardware/accessories)
Stage Package (depending on your vehicle and what stage you want to modify your vehicle, different parts will go to different stages. There are 1,2,3 and 4 stages. 4 stage is being the most modified to put out performance)
Exhaust ( turbo-backs, cat-backs, down pipes/y-pipes, high flow cat pipes, up pipe heat shields and hangers/accessories)
Cooling (radiator shrouds, inter coolers/inter cooler piping kits, cooling kits, radiator caps, coolant overflow tanks, radiators, radiator hoses and hardware/accessories)
Fuel System ( fuel system tools, fuel lines/rails, fuel injectors, fuel pump/injector kits and flex fuel)
Turbo (turbo, boost control solenoids, blow off valves, oil feed lines, sensor brackets, waste gate brackets and hardware/accessories)
Drive Train ( clutches, motor mounts, shift knobs, shift bushings and short throw shifters)
Suspension ( sway bars, suspension bushings, arms/linkages and lowering springs)
Vehicles’ that use Cobb Tuning COBB Tuning products focus on European vehicles ( BMW and Porsche), Japanese vehicles (Subaru, Mitsubishi, Mazda, and Nissan) and they just started doing American vehicles (Ford).
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Cobb Tuning Access-port (most common Tuning device) One product that is very popular in the COBB community is the COBB Access-port. It is a device connected to your OBD-ll port on your car. It is known as “jailbreak” on your car computer system which involves a tuning on your car's engine and turbo modification which enhances more boost and horsepower to the wheel. Once you have “jailbreak” your car its modifications from there on.
cobbtuning. “COBB Tuning - The COBB Way Part 1: What Is an Accessport?” YouTube, YouTube, 19 May 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6CWwxgp0c0.
COBB Tuning Maps Tuning Maps will be one of the most important and efficient way to to have everything (all aftermarket parts) to be working properly. A map tuning or “Chip tuning” means a changing or modifying an erasable programmable read only memory chip that is connected to the car ECU to achieve high/better performance (more power on engine and turbo), cleaner emissions and possibly better fuel efficiency. You can download maps on COBB website or you can go to a local car shop where they tune vehicles.
Price Putting aftermarket parts on your vehicle are definitely not very cheap. It takes a lot of commitment and money. The price will vary on the model/make and the year of your vehicle. European vehicles tended to be more expensive than Japanese vehicle. Prices start to around $100 and above. The more you advance with the parts the higher the price it will be. Most people may think you are crazy on spending thousands of dollars on car parts but the outcome tend to be very rewarding and much fun. Everyone has a different taste on how they tend spend their money. COBB has monthly payments set up and they have special offers on their parts when it is holiday season.
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Pros and Cons using COBB Tuning
Pros: If you like speed and want your vehicle to make some REAL power I recommend using COBB Tuning, it is used all across the country. If this is your first time of modifying an engine or turbo. COBB Tuning has partnership with local car mechanic shop that uses COBB Tuning product in their shop. You can search online on the COBB Tuning website and search what car shop carries COBB Tuning products and ask them if you have any concerns.
Cons: It is pricey. You also must understand that once you start modifying you will need to change other parts of the vehicle in order for the performance to work well. Can you blow your engine? If you do not follow step of modifying your vehicle it could cost the life of your engine. So there are shops located near close to your location that uses the COBB Tuning products and you can ask questions about any step of modifying your vehicle.
Citation
cobbtuning. “COBB Tuning - The COBB Way Part 1: What Is an Accessport?” YouTube, YouTube, 19 May 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6CWwxgp0c0.
History of COBB Tuning
Cobb Tuning is an American Product that provides aftermarket automobile tuning services. Trey Cobb is the CEO and Founder of COBB Tuning, which was created on 1999 in Austin,Texas.
Cobb History. (n.d.). Retrieved February 13, 2018, from https://www.cobbtuning.com/company/cobb-history/
Aftermarket Products of COBB Tuning Provide
COBB Tuning provide a variety of different aftermarket automobile parts,which are the following:
R. (2017, October 14). The Most Popular Modifications for Cars -. Retrieved March 22, 2018, from https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/most-popular-modifications-for-cars-lbkr/
Vehicles’ that use Cobb Tuning
COBB Tuning products focus on European vehicles ( BMW and Porsche), Japanese vehicles (Subaru, Mitsubishi, Mazda, and Nissan) and they just started doing American vehicles (Ford).
Cobb Tuning Access-port (most common Tuning device)
One product that is very popular in the COBB community is the COBB Access-port. It is a device connected to your OBD-ll port on your car. It is known as “jailbreak” on your car computer system which involves a tuning on your car's engine and turbo modification which enhances more boost and horsepower to the wheel. Once you have “jailbreak” your car its modifications from there on.
cobbtuning. “COBB Tuning - The COBB Way Part 1: What Is an Accessport?” YouTube, YouTube, 19 May 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6CWwxgp0c0.
COBB Tuning Maps
Tuning Maps will be one of the most important and efficient way to to have everything (all aftermarket parts) to be working properly. A map tuning or “Chip tuning” means a changing or modifying an erasable programmable read only memory chip that is connected to the car ECU to achieve high/better performance (more power on engine and turbo), cleaner emissions and possibly better fuel efficiency. You can download maps on COBB website or you can go to a local car shop where they tune vehicles.
Engineering Explained: How Chip Tuning Works. (2015, November 06). Retrieved March 22, 2018, from https://www.carthrottle.com/post/engineering-explained-how-chip-tuning-works/
Price
Putting aftermarket parts on your vehicle are definitely not very cheap. It takes a lot of commitment and money. The price will vary on the model/make and the year of your vehicle. European vehicles tended to be more expensive than Japanese vehicle. Prices start to around $100 and above. The more you advance with the parts the higher the price it will be. Most people may think you are crazy on spending thousands of dollars on car parts but the outcome tend to be very rewarding and much fun. Everyone has a different taste on how they tend spend their money. COBB has monthly payments set up and they have special offers on their parts when it is holiday season.
Pros and Cons using COBB Tuning
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