I saw one of these, not for my car second hand an a well known auction site and for much cheapness. I watched it and it never really got many more bids, so I thought if I could find one for my car, it would be a cheaper way of getting a bit more power. I have had the car for 5 years and about the only thing I haven't done is tune it. I wasn't actually going to bother but it's got uprated suspension and brakes so maybe would make it a more rounded package when I do decide to sell.
So I have loked on and off fora few weeks now and not really seen anything. I strayed into new boxes and some actually seem quite cheap. My car is a 2005 A3 TDI 140 quattro, so the ECU plug is the big round one like the 1.9 tdis used to be. I saw loads with smaller rectangular plugs and initially thought they must be to CR engines but some I have since found are for the pd but instead of plugging in to the ECU, they plug into the Temp sensor at the front of the engine.
Does this mean they are in effect just the old style "Resistor mod" boxes (fool the engine into thinking it.s colder and so it adds more fuel), which were always cheap anyway or are they OK? I am not a big fan of tuning boxes but any advice would be welcome, cheers
So I have loked on and off fora few weeks now and not really seen anything. I strayed into new boxes and some actually seem quite cheap. My car is a 2005 A3 TDI 140 quattro, so the ECU plug is the big round one like the 1.9 tdis used to be. I saw loads with smaller rectangular plugs and initially thought they must be to CR engines but some I have since found are for the pd but instead of plugging in to the ECU, they plug into the Temp sensor at the front of the engine.
Does this mean they are in effect just the old style "Resistor mod" boxes (fool the engine into thinking it.s colder and so it adds more fuel), which were always cheap anyway or are they OK? I am not a big fan of tuning boxes but any advice would be welcome, cheers