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    hi, has anyone got experiance with the tuning boxes for sale on the likes of ebay etc, im thinking of fitting one to my 311 cdi sprinter, however dont want some piece of chinese crap that causes my engine to blow, how effective are they or am i best to steer clear?? discuss please

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    imho dont bother... they just frig the rail pressure reading to force the PCM to do more power etc..... its just poor.

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    I put a tuning box on my cdti vectra c and it did make s good difference lots more torque and better fuel economy to it was a braggen.net one was fairly cheap to

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
    imho dont bother... they just frig the rail pressure reading to force the PCM to do more power etc..... its just poor.
    This is true, sadly there is so much cheap crap being sold it gives a simple yet very effective product a bad name (bit like most things)

    I Have sold a number of these sort of items and would recommend them to anyone. I dont and wont ever use cheap resistor box's. Fully digital box's are avalible but are not cheap and rubbish like the stuff found on ebay.

    You have PM OP

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    I'd still not use a 'digital' box either...... But then what would I know about modern derv engines having spent 5 years working on Derv ECU software and calibration at Ford

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
    I'd still not use a 'digital' box either...... But then what would I know about modern derv engines having spent 5 years working on Derv ECU software and calibration at Ford
    Nowt, everyone knows Fords are crap

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    its the accountants that killed the quality of the Tranny engine The dev ones were amazing, millions of miles on the fleet and no real component failures, then come production they fecking fail on the lines

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    ok chaps thanks for the input!! cheers

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    we have a 413 sprinter 4.6tonner & it runs fine with the std engine.

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    You say modern engines...What sort of effect would they have on my '99 2.0 HDi 306? which is a common rail derv
    Quote Originally Posted by lee
    I wouldn't give a castlemain four x what she looked like if I was motor boating those bad boys

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