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StephenO
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 1652
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Just saw this on Fleabay,
anybody used it, any comments, is it any good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tuningbox-Chiptuning...5d2cd16cf5 2016 RR Sport Autobiography
 2005 D3 Zambezi Silver
1995 Defender 90 300Tdi Coniston Green
1968 Series 2a SWB Bronze Green
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 11th Jan 2011 8:53 pm |
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The Transformer
Member Since: 22 Jan 2010
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 1791
  
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Wouldn't fancy putting that on our D3 TBH
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| 11th Jan 2011 8:59 pm |
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StephenO
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 1652
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I wouldn't expect it to be a patch on a remap from Bell Autos, but I just thought I'd ask if anyones tried it?
I'm saving hard for my remap  2016 RR Sport Autobiography
2005 D3 Zambezi Silver
1995 Defender 90 300Tdi Coniston Green
1968 Series 2a SWB Bronze Green
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| 11th Jan 2011 9:02 pm |
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mik
Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
Location: Skoatland
Posts: 912
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No, but as a general rule when approaching Tuning Boxes, for
"Selection of different MAPs from ECO-Modus (Program 0) to Power-Modus (Program 4)"
I would read
"Selection of 4 different £0.05 resistors from GeneralGuesswork(prog1) through to SurelyThisOneWillDoSomethingGood?(prog4)"
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| 11th Jan 2011 9:03 pm |
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The Transformer
Member Since: 22 Jan 2010
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 1791
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Sorry wasn't knocking 
Carry on with the saving, well worth it
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| 11th Jan 2011 9:04 pm |
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dtest
Member Since: 02 Jan 2011
Location: Weybridge
Posts: 140
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There are people who swear by and people who swear at.... diesel tuning boxes 
I have had both remaps and 'plug in' boxes on all sorts of cars and to be honest very little difference in performance.....I found the boxes gave a bigger improvement from a standing start whereas the remaps seemed to be more progressive.
As for a £89 box.....may not be as cheap as it sounds given that most of the diesel boxes on the market probably cost less than this to produce and it's just the 'mark up' that changes a box from cheap to expensive.....
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| 11th Jan 2011 10:02 pm |
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Martin
Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18563
 
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Quote:The ... tuningbox has to be installed between the common rail pressure sensor and the ECU
Ooh I wonder what signal this is modifying to fool the ECU into increasing the power then?
It's a cheap (as you can see) and extremely crude way to increase power output. It doesn't take into account any of the other engine operating parameters, just fakes a rail pressure signal.
Interestingly a German product but not TÃœV approved... 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 12th Jan 2011 8:36 am |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
Posts: 19689
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If you want to lay smoke like a Challenger 2 then this is the product for you
All it will do is sling more fuel in for any given throttle setting. Not a great idea I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 12th Jan 2011 10:38 am |
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JF Lux
Member Since: 08 Sep 2007
Location: A little country in Europe
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Martin wrote:Interestingly a German product but not TÃœV approved...
and exactly the type of ECU tuning that the new UK MOT regs are looking to catch The next American ex-pat that calls it a "truck" is going to find out what 2.7 tons feels like on their foot...
Club "yes, I too have had the EGR's replaced..."
Club "yes, I too have had the compressor replaced..."
Club "yes, I too once had the car at the dealer for a couple of weeks nearly 4 weeks over 4 weeks...5 weeks"
Club "yes, I too have had EPB failure..."
Club "yes, I too get mysterious bings and bongs..."
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| 12th Jan 2011 10:41 am |
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dtest
Member Since: 02 Jan 2011
Location: Weybridge
Posts: 140
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The new MOT 'standard' is still up for discussion.
To test diesel engines under 'true load' conditions will require a 'rolling road' dynometer to be fitted in every test station.
The government wont pay for it and neither will the owners of the test centre!!
It aint going to happen 
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| 12th Jan 2011 3:07 pm |
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