It is clear that from the all-electronic area, it is easy to modify engine management at will. The problem we all know: an engine tuned for the economy is not efficient, while a vigorous engine is necessarily greedy. Look at the slogans of auto ads, today there are DCI or TDI, call them what you want, which make 150 horsepower or more ... I do not think that in this case it is the fuel economy that is sought during the development of the specifications.
Manufacturers have been cheating, and for a long time. Just on a motorcycle it's amazing ...
An example, 15 years ago, when noise standards became more stringent for us bikers, the manufacturers all looked for a solution so as not to have to suffer a drop in performance due to the suffocation of the silencers. And it was very easy ... the noise measurements are made in 2 and 3, gas in large. It is therefore enough for the box to recognize these 2 conditions to delay the ignition, reduce the noise emissions, just enough to pass the homologation, keeping a silencer guaranteeing correct performance on the other reports.
On injection motorcycles, it is even easier, the box is constantly informed about the gear engaged, and has different ignition and injection curves, depending on whether you are in 1, 2, etc ... .... A resistor well placed in the electrical harness, and your 1000 GSXR accelerates "as it should" in 1, 2 and 3
Of course consumption is affected.
The next standards will be more complicated to circumvent, they will include a heating cycle, then several measurements of gas emissions on all reports and up to maximum speed. Let us not doubt that a parade will be (and must) be found.
Imagine The 1 R2010 5 horsepower less powerful than the 2009, inconceivable for the press, bikers ...
Consumption dictates progress in terms of power, power goes against saving our planet ... How to do it
