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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: beast5680 on September 01, 2009, 21:00:15

Title: which is better chip or plug in box on a TD5
Post by: beast5680 on September 01, 2009, 21:00:15

I open the discussion to the floor, those that have had their td5 remapped or added a box of tricks to the engine ecu to gain more power /better mpg etc speak up now as to why you went that route and is it good value for the money, also have there been any associated problems since you had it done

thanks in advance

Title: Re: which is better chip or plug in box on a TD5
Post by: Hightower on September 03, 2009, 13:05:50

I've had both.

Started off with a Dastek plug which simply plugs into the loom before the ECU.  Gave a good increase in power and I was happy with it for the most part.  From memory, the reason that I even thought about changing it was I started to notice a slight hesitation in the throttle response.  Not enough to really worry about, but I get obsessive about such things . . . .  :roll:

I now have had my ECU chipped by TD5Alive and I'm very happy with it.  I went and spent the best part of a day with Gary and we did numerous road tests to get the car responding how I wanted it (I've gone for a bit more low range power rather than top end speed).  I also know that if I want something tweaked, that it will be relatively simple to do.

I've also got a little box of tricks to increase the turbo boost as well . . . . . . .

If you want quick, easy and transferrable then go for a plug in.  If you want a bit more control over what your engine is doing then get a proper chip remap.

Title: Re: which is better chip or plug in box on a TD5
Post by: beast5680 on September 03, 2009, 19:53:52

thanks for that i,ve heard lots of good things about td5alive and their remapping service, everyone thats had a box of tricks seems to have gone down the remap route afterwards

Title: Re: which is better chip or plug in box on a TD5
Post by: Jake on September 03, 2009, 20:00:04

Allisport are very good at Remap's too
Andrew is a most helpful chap
 :D