Ebay TDi box

[dex130]

Hi all,

Just got my tdi sport on friday and got 2 say its a big step up from my rover 211 .

Was just looking on ebay and have noticed some TDi tuning boxes, has anyone got 1, i presume there shite but would love to be proved wrong.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TDI-PD-Diesel...8QQihZ009QQcategoryZ32094QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Cheers Dex

 

[depresion]

That looks like an extremely expensive resistor to me.

Do resistors work?: Yes sort of.
Do resistors bugger things up?: Yes quite a bit.

 

[dex130]

Yeah thought it was a **** resistor thingy.

Cheers

 

[Nath.]

If you open up one of those boxes I doubt you will find a "chip", just a resistor that costs a few pence

the resistor fools the ecu into over fueling and will probably make your car smoke a bit and may reduce the life of your cat

25 bhp more like 5-7 bhp

IMHO don't bother, get a proper remap done

 

[sssstew]

yes, just a resistor in a box, makes the engine think the fuel is wamer than it is thus injects more. A very rough method of increasing performance on a TDI. Theres been tons of chat before about them so have a look/search back through.

But the general concensous is to not bother.