MoTeC Pty Ltd
MoTeC Pty Ltd (MoTeC Group; part of Bosch Motorsport / Bosch Engineering since 2022)
MoTeC is a Melbourne-based maker of motorsport ECUs, data loggers, displays and analysis software, used across series such as Le Mans, Supercars, NASCAR and the Dakar. It is known for the M1 ECU platform with M1 Tune/M1 Build, i2 data analysis, and its distinctive gold ECUs; Bosch bought it in 2022.
History
- 1987Late 1980s: started as a home workshop producing a screwdriver-adjusted ECU (Race Engine Technology; MoTeC says 'over 35 years'); exact year unconfirmed
- 2012M1 Tune User Manual dated June 2012 (M1 ECU platform in market by then)
- 2022Bosch signed contracts in June 2022 to acquire the MoTeC Group (54 staff, HQ Melbourne, UK office in Banbury); MoTeC kept its brand and legal entity
- 2022GoAuto reported MoTeC was then headquartered in Croydon, Victoria, and would join Bosch Motorsport (Abstatt, Germany)
- 2024M1 Tune 1.5 released (user guide dated December 2024)
Contact
- Address
- 1555 Centre Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
- Phone
- +61 3 9761 5050
- admin@motec.com.au (support: support@motec.com.au)
- Website
- www.motec.com.au
- Contact
- Contact page ↗
Tuning software
- Current
- M1 Tune 1.5 (M1 ECUs); also M1 Build, i2 Standard/Pro data analysis
- Cost
- M1 Tune is free. M1 Build is free to download but only builds packages with an M1 Build Key and an M1 Development ECU. i2 Standard is free to anyone logging with a MoTeC device; i2 Pro needs a Pro Analysis upgrade or a Feature Licence.
- Download
- Official download page ↗
- Old versions
- No public archive found
Software history
- 2012M1 Tune (original) · User manual dated June 2012
- 2024M1 Tune 1.5 · New sidebar/workspace UI, export to i2 .ld files, import i2 logs for offline tuning, table slice view, map trace and touch support
Links go to the maker's own download pages. Installers are not hosted here.
MoTeC ECUs
8 current, 2 discontinued · 30 model-specific plug-in fitments. Cheapest first.
MoTeC
MotorsportWire-in
M181 / M182
On requestListed by MoTeC (current M1); no US price found
18INJ
12IGN
2DBW
0λ WB
12MAX CYL
4KNOCK
3CAN
✓LOG
FlexTractionLaunchBoostGearboxEthernet
MoTeC
MotorsportWire-inDiscontinued
M800 / M880
On requestObsolete per motec.com.au; Race Spec still lists M880 at USD 4,870 (contact-only, not web-orderable)
8INJ
6IGN
–DBW
2λ WB
12MAX CYL
–KNOCK
1CAN
–LOG
FlexTractionLaunchBoostGearboxEthernet
Cars with a MoTeC plug-in
17 model families. Pick yours to compare every brand's plug-in for it.
Latest MoTeC news
Sources for this page
- www.motec.com.au/contact
- www.motec.com.au/site/what-we-do
- www.motec.com.au/products/M1%20Tune
- www.motec.com.au/site/M1_Tune_1.5
- www.motec.com.au/products/M1%20Build
- www.motec.com.au/products/i2
- help.motec.com.au/m1/tune/1.5/Topics/Whats_new_1.5.html
- bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/en/bosch-plans-acquisition-of-the-motec-group-242496.html
- www.goauto.com.au/amp/88177/bosch-acquires-motec-for-undisclosed-amount.html
- www.raceenginetechnology.com/Suppliers/motec