Tuning power box 1.8

[big-kim]

here is a power box that gives 16hp increase
reactions pleas maybe i want to buy one

[big-kim]

Originally Posted by big-kim

here is a power box that gives 16hp increase
reactions pleas maybe i want to buy one

doh!! forgot the link
here it is
Honda CIVIC 1.8 COMFORT 140CH 2006... - FGA Motorsport - 315,00 € - Honda

[NEEMSTAR]

16 ? yea ..

[big-kim]

ist hard to believe yes
but you only know if you buy

[coolice]

Hey,

DOH!!!! I'm a Doofuss!!!
Didn't pay attention to the car being a 1.8 petrol

Ian

[big-kim]

Originally Posted by coolice

Hey,

Better option here I think :

Honda Civic CTDI Diesel Tuning System

And cheaper to

I'd love to fit one of these to my car, but wont due to the warrenty.
Will have to stick with the stock setup a while longer

Ian

that one is for the diesel

[Unknownsoldier]

Yeah, you've got little chance of extra gain with these boxes, and the majority eventually wreck your engines sensors.

Tom

[big-kim]

why would you wreck them ?
every single tuning possibilty on this forum is bad
we wil see
life is for the riskers

[Unknownsoldier]

The boxes on the whole just fool the air sensors into think the air is colder nad therefore denser, which changes the air fuel mixture, ergo it eventually burns your engines sensors out.

Tom

[javorb]

as a diesel tuning unit seller i can advise no one to buy the unit from car performance parts as i have had 2 buyers from ebay with civic buy from me after car performance units failed to work,also look at his hp/torque gains are copied from my listings ,my supplier is taking legal advice as he has stolen text from my listings thaty i have sole uk rights with

[Unknownsoldier]

Exactly, thats another reason not to believe them.....

Tom

[GHGH]

Recurring issue, if my memory serves me well the forum concluded on max 3 or 4 bhp increase by tuning. If you can make your car fifty pounds lighter (throwing out your dog) you will get similar effect.

[Jack The Lad.]

Very rarely get something for nothing in this little world of ours. ?
If it sounds too good to be true, -- etc etc.

[big-kim]

i will tell you when i get him

[doodledog]

From what I can see all it does is alter the output from the MAF to make the ECU think it is coder that it really is so it will inject more fuel.

16bhp more is pie in the sky, you will however get the placebo effect !

[christophe]

Leave your wife at home and you will get 30 bhp more !!!

[big-kim]

dint know youre wife is a cow

[christophe]

Originally Posted by big-kim

dint know youre wife is a cow

good thing ,she never reeds this crap .

[Unknownsoldier]

Doddledog, agreed, and I guess you agree this is never good for the engine to get false readings.

Tom

[gjackson]

Originally Posted by doodledog

From what I can see all it does is alter the output from the MAF to make the ECU think it is colder than it really is so it will inject more fuel.

16bhp more is pie in the sky, you will however get the placebo effect !

Exactly. Your MAF sensor is a fancy resistor which changes impedence dependent on air flow. All this tuning box is is a fixed resistor (approx £0.03 from Maplin) that is set at a specific impedance that fools your car into believing it is sucking in colder air than it is. To compensate for this your ECU adds extra fuel.

In theory you would be running richer, which in a small window will give you more power but in reality 1 of 2 things will happen:

1) Engine runs too rich resulting in a knackered engine burnt out cat increased fuel consumption.
2) The MAF is just one of many sensors. There are also sensors on the exhaust side which will show as over rich if the MAF reading is making the ECU pump extra fuel in. This will either mean your tuning box will be ignored by the ECU which will correct the mixture or the ECU will error the MAF.

Complete waste of money, that is fact rather than opinion.