1.4 EcoTSI arriving tomorrow - DTUK box?

[philhoward]

With less than 24 hours to go until my ST arrives, idle browsing found me on DTUK's website which reckoned I can have a plug-in box that gives me 183PS and 297Nm for £429.

Should I banish such thoughts from my head?

On the other end of the scale, I'm also looking for rubber floor mats...

 

[GrahamFR]

id rather have more power than than pools of muddy water in my footwell personally

 

[DrewCole]

I wouldn't touch plug and play tuning boxes, it should be specific to your car.
You have no idea what it's actually doing to your ECU to get any gains in power.


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[GrahamFR]

I wouldn't touch plug and play tuning boxes, it should be specific to your car.
You have no idea what it's actually doing to your ECU to get any gains in power.


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You mean you might be giving your ecu bad cholesterol...? The tuning box is doing nothing to the ecu, it intercepts the signal after the ecu...

I think in this day and age, tuning boxes are tested pretty well and are very specific to the model of the car.

 

[DrewCole]

Do they take into account age, mileage etc then, like a rolling remap would do?

Although, I know this thread is in regards to a new car.


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[GrahamFR]

Do they take into account age, mileage etc then, like a rolling remap would do?

Although, I know this thread is in regards to a new car.


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Look, I like a remap more than a box more than the next guy, but dont go believing that 95% of the mappers out there actually care how many miles on your car you have or the condition. Most just upload a previous file to your ecu.

And with everyone running around crying about TD1, a box is an understandable choice.

 

[GrahamFR]

more understandable than horrible rubber mats anyway! which was my original point

 

[kazand]

more understandable than horrible rubber mats anyway! which was my original point

MMM. Rubber.

 

[GrahamFR]

Lol I fear this thread is about to be corrupted

 

[AlistairS]

I bought a DTUK Tuning Box for my FR 184. DTUK said to put 500-600 miles on the car without the tuning box first. Since then I have had the box on the car no problems.

Rubber Mats - I am sure these were the ones I got & they are fine