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Author Topic: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??  (Read 854 times)

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Tafty

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ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
« on: 23 June 2007, 12:18:41 »
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Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
« Reply #1 on: 23 June 2007, 12:27:07 »
Utter junk, all it does it fool the ECU into thinking the air-temp is colder than it is. The ECU will soon re-learn, and it becomes useless.

Your better spending that £4.99 on a bottle of Forte or Redex....
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Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
« Reply #2 on: 23 June 2007, 12:28:28 »
No.

Its a simple resistor, just to fool ecu that coolant is cooler, hence run richer.  It will screw economy, and I guess the cats eventually.
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Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
« Reply #3 on: 23 June 2007, 12:36:47 »
cheers - had to be a catch as always with ebay.
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Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
« Reply #4 on: 23 June 2007, 17:46:59 »
I noticed they do a fuel saver kit that allegedly reduces fuel consumption by 24% without compromise to performance...

too good to be true i reckon!
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Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
« Reply #5 on: 23 June 2007, 17:51:05 »
The only way to re-map an older style ECU is to change the chip, hence anyone who claims to be able to fit something without opening the ECU is a fraud.

The newer ones are flashable but you still need some serious kit to re-flash the firmware and a lot of effort needs to go into modifying the map.

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Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
« Reply #6 on: 24 June 2007, 08:26:03 »
Use super unleaded if you want a bit more punch........... DC
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