Ebay....

[JTD-ED]

i was looking on eBay yesterday and saw this (TDI PD Diesel Tuning Chip) for a 1.9 TDI seat ibiza?
Is it just bs?
or will it do as it says??
This is the description...
Biggest increase in BHP & TORQUE for your money!!
Upto a 35bhp proven increase and 70nm torque
Improved fuel economy (up to an extra 17mpg proven)
Protective functions of the engine remain
Easy to fit within 10 minutes (fitting instuctions supplied with colour photos)
Uses genuine VW/Audi main dealer vehicle plugs (VAG):
Faster 0-60, 1/4 mile times, smoother drive
Just plug in and drive!

 

[dionbee93]

sounds too good to be true to me though.
How much is it?
I bet its only about a tenner!
If it was me I'd Steer Clear and save up for a propper remap and a rolling road session.

Dion.

 

[JTD-ED]

aha...

its £25 quid plus postage i just thought, OMG so i have brought it just for the interest to see how things go but like you said to goo to be true, i am planing on getting my chipped and remapped next month anyway!

 

[dionbee93]

Ok, good lad, if its good, can we have ome feedback?
But watch out that it doesn't react with the ECU in any way.

(Any photos of your car? As i have one in the same colour and i want inspiration for modding it!)

Regards,

Dion!

 

[JTD-ED]

Working on it...

i am working on those pics cannot do that untill 15 post or somthing
Damn...

 

[dionbee93]

ok, no worries, can you email me some pics please?
Because i'm having my car back from the bodyshop on friday and really want to buy something for it before it comes home!
My email is:

[email protected]

THanks,

Dion!

 

[Jim H]

I bet it is a 10p resistor in a plastic connector box that you connect to the fuel temp sensor that fools the ECU into cold fuel and therefore adds more fuel giving more power. I wouldn't bother, it will produce lots of black smoke and error codes.

I would either get a proper Digital Tuning Box eg Dragon, or a Remap from a reputable company.

 

[Damoegan]

Stay well clear from it, they are just a bunch of resostors in a box....

 

[Jim H]

See also see here for a good review of them reviews.ebay.co.uk - BHP Tuning Chips - The TRUTH

 

[flegz16]

stay well away from them boxes mate there nothing but crap. if the boxes do what they say it does then everyone would have one

 

[Neo]

See also see here for a good review of them reviews.ebay.co.uk - BHP Tuning Chips - The TRUTH

That is wrong in this case.

 

[markthommo_84]

yeah as people have said they're absoute crap.

£25 is about £24 too expensive

my dad bought one for his Bora a few years back, for a tenner. had it in a week, apparently made a little difference to torque, but caused error codes and lots of black smoke. fooled the computer into thinking it was doing 70mpg but on manual calculation it had made economy worse.

 

[ScottHmk4]

dont buy......aload of crap, as damien said, just resistors which end up wrekin ur car

 

[JTD-ED]

Thank you!

Thanks everyone for the feedback i am pretty dam scared of the *blackbox* i have fitted it stupidly had ago in it for half hour read what everyone posted on here thought to myself TW*T took it out and tooma hammer to it...
And yes it makes little different waste of time thought i would *give it ago*
fun times,
Re-map next
Thanks
Ed