DTUK tuning box
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Its been said many times before, single trip readings off the dash are irrelevant. What matters is your average over a few thousand miles calculated using the distance covered and the fuel used.
The dash said my 1.4 TSi did 58.1 pg on my commute to work yesterday. Over the past 6 1/2 months I have owned the car it has averaged a true 45 mpg. Spot the difference.
The dash said my 1.4 TSi did 58.1 pg on my commute to work yesterday. Over the past 6 1/2 months I have owned the car it has averaged a true 45 mpg. Spot the difference.
Yes as expected but I would not say 'Massively'. I always knew the things you read online would be bollox as people would not test it as I am by brimming it each trip. I need to do a few more tests but it looks like just shy of 15% when taking it easy up to 18% when giving it the beans everywhere. Standard was ~5%.
You can correct it via VCDS
Put it up if it's over reading: http://translate.googleusercontent....en.php&usg=ALkJrhiwC_Khouhsu4dv9cPYfO4huDo49g
gotcha, thanks this will be something i look into when i get one of the shark dtuk boxes next month, but hopefully it wont throw a petrol out too much
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It certainly won't be as bad as it will just adjust the boost profile. Diesel's are out because it ups the fuel pressure without the ecu knowing.
thought as much, makes my life easier. You got any plans of boring out your dpf for more power? I know Andrew @ DTUK is getting a new upgradable box signed off at the Autosport Show this weekend. Its likely going to cost more but as im having a exhaust system being put on I want to take advantage of that and with remaps looking a long way off still it looks like the only real option.
Forget these tuning boxes graham, just wait till the proper remaps come out, there not gonna be that far away now.
£500 for something that tricks your ecu... no thanks!
£500 for something that tricks your ecu... no thanks!
i know what your saying Rob but DTUK have at least teamed up with a decent tuner to make them, its not like theyre just turning up the boost and from what i gather it will still be months before the ecu is cracked. However that said maybe I could just be happy with only an additional bhp from the exhaust alone...it is a lot of money for something I will replace in a matter of months, im just so impatient lol
supposedly APR can and Revo is coming soon but that could just be hear say. I did fancy popping into the NEC this weekend just to quiz them all but the mrs has other plans lol
There is another thread on the box vs remap debate.
I believe it's nieve to think a remap which adjusts boost and fueling via applying different values to the lookup tables on the ecu is much different to a tuning box which adjusts the readings going into the ecu from various sensors to make it take a different value from the lookup table. It's £360 too btw.
No more plans other than the spoiler and a few little changes. It's a company car. I'm happy with the extra 50 or so bhp and 100 odd nm's.
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