Empire Tuning

Land Rover tuning and ECU remapping from Colchester

Empire Tuning is a vehicle tuning business based in Colchester, in the county of Essex, that presents itself as a Land Rover tuning specialist and describes itself as the number one Land Rover tuning specialist in Colchester and the East of England. Its work centres on performance upgrades and electronic remapping, and the company states that it supplies tuning solutions both to the general public and to a range of other companies.

The operation combines workshop work at its Colchester headquarters with a mobile service: a technician can attend a customer's home or workplace, a visit the company notes carries extra charges. The business also maintains a dealer portal and an online shop alongside its workshop activity.

Remapping by model and custom map development

The core service is ECU remapping, with dedicated remap offerings listed for the Land Rover Defender, Discovery, Discovery Sport and Freelander, and for the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover Evoque. A separate remap option covers other vehicles, and the company also promotes a "Just Map It" route for customers who already know what they want.

Empire Tuning describes its maps as custom-built to suit the individual vehicle and its owner's requirements. In its own account of the results, a remap eliminates flat spots and smooths out the torque curve, and the company says the change in driveability becomes apparent once the work has been installed and tested.

Workshop services beyond remapping

Alongside remapping, the service list covers several areas of mechanical and electronic work:

• Car tuning, including standalone management systems such as Omex, DTA and Motech.
• Gearbox flushing and gearbox servicing.
• EGR diagnostics and EGR delete or solution work.
• DPF diagnostics and DPF delete or solution work.
• General vehicle diagnostics.
• Vehicle servicing, which the company presents as exceeding dealer-level servicing.
• Security and trackers, through a partnership with Scorpion alarms.
• Trade sales and vehicle sales.
• Parts, including Nanocom diagnostic equipment.

Finance, dealer supply and online sales

The business advertises finance options for customers and runs a dealer portal for trade accounts. Its online shop and dealer login sit alongside the workshop services, and the site also lists a dedicated ECU order form for customers sending units in by post.

Customer feedback

The material available at the time of writing includes several customer comments praising remaps carried out on Land Rover Discovery TD5 and Defender TD5 models, as well as a stage 2 job completed at the Kelmarsh Show. These are individual accounts rather than a measured rating, and no aggregate score is given.

Second address in Manningtree

In addition to the Colchester headquarters, the contact section lists an address at Unit 1 Clay Hall, Wix, Manningtree, Essex CO11 2RU, which is also given as the destination for customers posting ECUs to the company.