V70 tdi

**andyb1375** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 09:15

Has anyone fitted a chip box to a V70 TDi?

I don't want to spend a fortune, but just want a little more pull !

**Niles** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 09:37

hi Andy. My Mrs (me really) wants a similar tuning box for her V40 Td. for the 1.9td they state it will lift the output from 115bhp to 147! Likely story. On the bay of flea the boxes are about £70.
Has anyone got 1 ? do they really raise the cars performance and economy on a run like the sellers claim?

**y2blade** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 10:00

I wouldn't touch a "tuning/chip-box" with a bargepole.

**Niles** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 10:05

Originally Posted by y2blade

I wouldn't touch a "tuning/chip-box" with a bargepole.

why?

**cherry1809** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 10:21

The "chips" are a waste of time.
IIRC the 850/V70 P1 TDI engines are VAG units.
Speak to MRC Tuning, They may be able to help

**V70 Graham** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 10:52

.....if it sounds too good (cheap) to be true.....it usually is !

**Shamran** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 13:41

Not all box`s are crap. I have a box mounted on mine TDi and it is 164 hp and 360nm.

Motor 436000 km. So i think some box`s do work.

**Shamran** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 13:55

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/attachme...9&d=1328204258

**volvokid** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 14:08

Originally Posted by Niles

hi Andy. My Mrs (me really) wants a similar tuning box for her V40 Td. for the 1.9td they state it will lift the output from 115bhp to 147! Likely story. On the bay of flea the boxes are about £70.
Has anyone got 1 ? do they really raise the cars performance and economy on a run like the sellers claim?

Ive drove one with one of those boxes and it was much faster than mine, dont know if it was a ebay one though, it cost a couple hundred

**cherry1809** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 14:32

I was refering to the ebay "chips"

**smithy** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 15:30

you can get then remapped to 180 bhp mate hlm has got maps for them i think worth a call.

**Blackdog** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 18:34

Personally if you want more power look into a remap.

A few years ago I had a 1.9 CDTI Sigmun.

I fitted a DTUK Green Tuning Box.

All was fine for a while and yes a big increase in performance.

Then the EML came on. Removed the box and off went the EML.

Carried on driving the car in standard form without getting the codes read.

Then came the smell of diesel from the engine bay.

The diesel pump was sweating diesel from the plates on the casing were they had been bent/distorted by being over pressurised.

Vauxhall wanted £1200 ish for a new pump as it was beyond repair.

Well. Thats my experience with a tuning box.

**d2k** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 18:40

i tell you what.... i had a tuning box added to my Renault Laguna 1.9DCI, & it flew!!!

the MPG went up & performance was MUCH improved, after a while it became impossible to drive the car without it.... everyone moans about these boxes but for common rail diesels theyre superb IMO.

**volvokid** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 18:42

Originally Posted by d2k

i tell you what.... i had a tuning box added to my Renault Laguna 1.9DCI, & it flew!!!

the MPG went up & performance was MUCH improved, after a while it became impossible to drive the car without it.... everyone moans about these boxes but for common rail diesels theyre superb IMO.

Same engine thats in my V40, correct me if i'm wrong

**T5frankie** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 19:17

i had one on my xantia too, but it was a proper one with a receipt for nearly £500

**d2k** · Tuesday 17th April 2012, 19:23

here's the box i have...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Diesel-Tun...item45feb03f1e

setting 7 is the highest i could have it before my dash lit up like a Christmas tree...