Ebay kills time....

[Pringle]

Hi people,

Am killing time at work and thought I'd make my first post!
Stumbled across this on ebay, haven't seen anything like it before, anyone shed some light on what exactly it is? 90bhp to 125bhp...?? erm...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TDI-Chip-Tuning-Box-for-Seat-Alhambra-Cordoba-Ibiza_W0QQitemZ130143523877QQihZ003QQcategoryZ32094QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[WeeJase]

you need to add the link my friend

 

[MarkW]

hahaha

yeah Links are usually good!!

What is it.. a power valve or super resistor?

 

[Jamin Berry]

Welcome to the Internet

 

[ramnation]

LOL, yeah man link would be good right about now.

 

[Pringle]

lol yeh i see how a link might help! have put it in now...

 

[Jamin Berry]

never used one. But looks like it could work from the seller feedback. Id save up for a "proper" re map though.

 

[Electro Ted]

Avoid.... Those are resistors in small black boxes that jame your cold start on. Quality!

With diesel tuning you get what you pay for. Spend a reasonable amount and you'll get a fully digital plug in system that adjust injection pulse signals in real time.

The company I work for are specialists in diesel tuning, drop me a PM and I can give you a quote on a quality unit that will give relaible increases, obviously I'll sort some sort of discount off the retail!
Can also quote you on some uprated injector nozzles that will give further gains.

Oh, welcome to the site!

Cheers

Sean

 

[Pringle]

Ah yeh, I've seen those resistors around plenty for a fiver or so, just wondered if anyone could shed some light on what this does, looks a bit hefty for just a resistor!

 

[Guinness]

put the car into cold start mode as said before. It also makes the engine have more soot etc I believe I was told

 

[sssstew]

Ah yeh, I've seen those resistors around plenty for a fiver or so, just wondered if anyone could shed some light on what this does, looks a bit hefty for just a resistor!

Its just a resistor in a box, on the old non PD engines it plugs into the connector for the fuel pump. It essentially makes the fuel pump put in more than the ECU is requesting, this is a rough method to get more power out of a TDI. It does work to a degree, i had one in the past but got rid of it as it put my fuel consumption up and made the engine rough and lumpy. They will make it soot more too as your essentially overfuelling thus the unburnt fuel comes out the back as soot.

Not recommended personally.

 

[Pringle]

Yeh i thought it'd stick more fuel in but with all the downsides to this I figured there must be more to it. Ah well, I wasn't considering getting one, was just curious about it really. Still saving the pennies for either a decent tuning box or a remap!

 

[sssstew]

unless the tuning box interfaces with the ECU then they are all going to be doing the same, which is just make it fuel more, many of these so called digital ones still only plug into the fuel pump so hence can only do one thing.

Saving for a proper remap by Upsolute (who are best for the non PDs) is your best bet, and only about £300.

 

[Pringle]

£300 is just about affordable, cheers for the pointer! You had it done on yours after you got rid the box?

 

[Electro Ted]

Saving for a proper remap by Upsolute (who are best for the non PDs) is your best bet, and only about £300.

By proper "remap" I take it you mean uploading a different fuel map to the ECU?

A proper remap is where the vehicle is mapped live on a rolling road, can take several days and cost a fortune.

Unfortunately too many people say their product is a custom remap when it's just a different file loaded onto the ECU.

Plus a remap has no resale value. A plug in box allows you to sell it on once you change the car to recoup some of the original cost.

I know I sell the things but a plug-in box is the way forward!

 

[sssstew]

£300 is just about affordable, cheers for the pointer! You had it done on yours after you got rid the box?

i went back to standard after removing, something else always comes up to spend the money on before a remap.