Denim Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 Hi Guys New boy "Denim" here Just bought myself a B6 A4 1.9 TDI Sport 130 Been reading about tuning boxes and wondered. Have any of you Oil Burners out there got a PSI Tuning box ? If so,any good ? Opinions on power Increase and fuel consumption ! Anybody using any other Tuning box opinions welcome ! Great Forum by the Way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 Tuning boxes for TDI's are excellent, but keep clear of the cheap ones! All they tend to be is a resistor that increases fuelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted July 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Tuning boxes for TDI's are excellent, but keep clear of the cheap ones! All they tend to be is a resistor that increases fuelling [/ QUOTE ] PSI one Is £388 Need some user opinions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkyjohn Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I would recomend http://www.mrhoot.com and go with the digital box. I put one on my PD150 with impresive results.You can bid direct from mrhoot on e-bay i got mine for £210 brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted July 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Umm Mr Hoot Special offer on at the mo List Price: £399.00 Price: £289.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiSwAs Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Whats the crack with these boxes.... I've read that a dealer can detect/count the amount of re-maps done if they hook it up to their DIAG equipment, is this true? or do these boxes sit inbetween something so they are undectable? Can someone clear this up for me please? I'm getting A4 1.9TDi QS 130ps Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapsuds Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Most tuning boxes can be removed quickly and easily - for example, if you are sending it in for a service, or need to get Audi Assist out. The only way the dealer can detect a tuning box is if its fitted i suppose! It will alter the setting to the air/fuel ratio. However, when removed, there is NO way to tell if the box has been fitted, UNLESS a fault code has kicked up (ask UBM!). Even then, it cant really be proved...... Dont know about re-maps.... hopefully someone else will help you out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiSwAs Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Ordered a Green cotton air filter (3 week delivery time) Is It worth fitting the tuning box before I get the filter ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapsuds Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 YEA!! Get it on ASAP - just make sure your insurance know...... You dont want to be in a wreck (god forbid!) to find out its invalidated your insurance!! Pop the filter in when you get it and you should notice a bit more difference and then know it was worth that bit extra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Ordered a Green cotton air filter (3 week delivery time) Is It worth fitting the tuning box before I get the filter ? [/ QUOTE ] Now, as I remember, Green cotton air filters use an oil to stop particulate matter getting into the engine. However, there are many who think that oil air filtration deposits the said oil on the MAF. Oil on the MAF is a sure fire way to make it fail. The stock air filter is perfectly adequate for filtering, and there's no possibility of destroying the very fragile MAF. My personal view is that I wouldn't be paid to have oil soaked filters in my airbox. Your view may be different. [flame suit on] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Green Cotton Air filters are supposed to be the preferred option over say K&N because they are not Oily ! Opinions please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Green filter service kit (inc oil). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Meant to say not as oily ! Anybody fitted one to TDI ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pud1804 Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Usually the only way the dealer can tell is if its a permanent chip or non switchable direct port remap both of which use some of the fault code memory cache eg:if there should be say 10 meg for fault records with the remap/chip theres only 7 meg left then they know you've been upto something and tell you to bolt my dealer employed mate reports hope this answers some of your questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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