Paul-R wrote: ↑31 Jan 2021, 21:38
Ah, we all care Mick!
It's just I don't think that tuning boxes and ECU reprogramming are a particularly important subjects on this forum. Dare I say that our age profile might be wrong for these sorts of things? I know I got my need for speed out of my system in my twenties and early thirties.
I tend to agree there Paul, the reason I went for this to try, is that it supposedly gives you a choice of tuning, aiming for power or aiming for economy. So for the money, and being prevented from doing anything else, I thought I'd invest 3/4 of a tank of fuel cost in buying it and trying the economy tuning for the long term. Needless to say I am bound to try the power side too because I can, isn't that the modern way?

But if it gives the 10-15% improvement in economy without severely limiting performance it will pay for itself in 10 fill ups and then save me a few bob!!
Hell Razor5543 wrote: ↑31 Jan 2021, 21:42
I think the most popular tuning boxes you can find in vehicles are the ones that take radio waves and converts them into audio waves.
My one of them is useless until I get the screen going so I know which waves I'm getting!!
bobins wrote: ↑31 Jan 2021, 22:07
I think the trouble with tuning chips is that far too many of them do nothing more than alter the MAF / MAP readings to 'boost' the power. Fine - they work, but it's not really an elegant solution if, indeed, an elegant solution is what's required. The 'proper' way is for an ECU remap - either an off the shelf map for your particular car configuration, or a mornings work at the garage with a computer and rolling road. Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer pick.
Can't argue with that either bobins but the morning's work at a garage is far too much money and not worth it for me as I'm only really interested in the economy side.
