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Old 25 January 2012, 06:14 PM
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is this worth a try?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30BHP-Powe...item4161c3bb3a
Old 25 January 2012, 06:17 PM
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Not at all!!!! It's a resister worth pence that fools the ecu into making the car run rich
Old 25 January 2012, 06:18 PM
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Its rubbish. Its a resistor that fools the ecu. Not at all the correct or a good way to try to get more power
Old 25 January 2012, 06:19 PM
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Crap, i bought something similar a few years back to go on a vauxhall, just out of pure curiosity.
It was basically a resistor, you wired it in and it basically changed an input signal to the ECU depending on how you wired it, (also known as piggy back)
Total bull**** imo
Old 25 January 2012, 06:25 PM
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thought as much, thanks.
Old 25 January 2012, 06:34 PM
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Woooee. Hang on there before you make your decision. Did you not read the feedback?

The genuine feedback states...

What can I say ‘FANTASTIC’,my 3.0l Jag feels like i’ve added a supercharger!
Old 25 January 2012, 07:20 PM
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I had one on mine, gave it 30bhp more. and a bit more torque.
The way it does it is by lying to the ecu,
A re map is more reliable.
Mine has now been re mapped and the chip taken of.
Good look.

Bez

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Old 25 January 2012, 07:38 PM
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Interesting that they get away with naming it +30BHP and claiming it will give up to 30BHP increase, but in all their rolling road results the biggest increase is 15BHP. Presumably you only get the full 30BHP if you fit it to a Veyron.
Old 25 January 2012, 08:06 PM
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i fitteded one to myne subaroo and it gave me 120bhp, my mate has a scoobvy SDI and i riced him and i beat him. seriouz it give me like 180bhp! go get one from maplins..


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Old 25 January 2012, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Bez300
I had one on mine, gave it 30bhp more. and a bit more torque.
The way it does it is by lying to the ecu,
A re map is more reliable.
Mine has now been re mapped and the chip taken of.
Good look.

Bez
....................................Really ??!!
Old 25 January 2012, 09:32 PM
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So it does do something then? Any danger of using it?
Old 25 January 2012, 10:10 PM
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danger - yep in a big big way mate, these things worth pennies from Maplins are not going to put the main mappers out off business put it that way, may even given them work with the mapping you will require after your engine rebuild !!

sorry mate asked the same thing myself a while ago, was not fooled by the adverts but must admitt was intrigued more than anything regards them- was advised not to even think off fitting one !!
Old 25 January 2012, 11:02 PM
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there cheap for a reason there ****e leave they chips to the corsa and saxo boys
Old 26 January 2012, 07:52 AM
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Lol
Old 26 January 2012, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbotits
Its rubbish. Its a resistor that fools the ecu. Not at all the correct or a good way to try to get more power
Yes but used in conjunction with this bad boy http://turbonator.co.uk/ should see at least 100+BHP in any engine

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Old 27 January 2012, 12:13 PM
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Now its here the brand new ToastYourEngineInNoTime power module!!
feedback: "What can i say FANTASTIC i got zippo more power and a huge engine rebuild bill as a bonus"
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