DTUK box on a Mk7 GTI GTD results

[Ian.C]

So some sort of plug in option sounds like a winner.....Id still like to see some "real" data on a members car rather than company claims. To be fair we had a plug in box on a R56 Mini Cooper S and it worked very well with zero problems for 3 years.

I spoke to Revo at length whilst at Edition 38 and although they are in final testing stages of development for the MK7 GTI it will be 100% ECU out and opened up to remove the tuning protection, then it can be mapped through the OBD port. The choice then is to either leave the anti tune off (which is detectable by the dealer) but will allow further OBD tuning if wanted or reactivate the anti tune and lock the ECU again.

Either way the ECU casing will need to be opened up....myself im not to keen on that...so guess the plug in option is going to be my choice aswell.

Ian

[Johnc41]

Oh man, now I'll probably have to buy one!

So technical question! If a remap works by adjusting the ECU which changes how much petrol injected etc etc, then how does the tuning box work?

I've read that some of the cheap ebay ones basically "trick" your engine into using more petrol which can be dangerous. Does a higher quality box like this work differently?


Thanks

Hi mate yes they are crap and don't have a microprocessor in them. This box connects to 4 different parts of the system and do a lot more on the gti box. I was skeptical, I bought one for a polo diesel which just does the airflow meter but to be fair works great. I am a driving instructor so I use it everyday and has been great.
I have had 6 gti's all remapped, and this box is as good as a remapp and saves a whole lot of hassle with any warranty problems.

Sweet! No issues with flooding the engine or anything like that with your last cars?

Also - you teach people in a GTI!? 

Lol no gti for my pupils a polo is fast enough hehe. Never had any problems with any remaps and had 10 done with celtic tuning.  I have done 12000miles with tuning box in polo and it is fine as we'll.
Celtic tuning don't have a map out for it yet Barry. I just thought I would try the tmc box as they were giving you a 30 day money back guarantee so I felt there was nothing to lose. I can get a discount if anyone is interested.
To be honest I was sick of tired of having to put the car in and them taking the ecu out and back in and I had my map scrubbed once when I put it in for a service.
This took me 25min and it feels as fast as my ed30 after remap, probably faster actually with torque. It really did feel slow when I drove it up from London.
And it can be reprogrammed for your next car. And when i get it serviced i just take it out which is great. So money well spent

[barrym381]

Oh man, now I'll probably have to buy one!

So technical question! If a remap works by adjusting the ECU which changes how much petrol injected etc etc, then how does the tuning box work?

I've read that some of the cheap ebay ones basically "trick" your engine into using more petrol which can be dangerous. Does a higher quality box like this work differently?


Thanks

Hi mate yes they are crap and don't have a microprocessor in them. This box connects to 4 different parts of the system and do a lot more on the gti box. I was skeptical, I bought one for a polo diesel which just does the airflow meter but to be fair works great. I am a driving instructor so I use it everyday and has been great.
I have had 6 gti's all remapped, and this box is as good as a remapp and saves a whole lot of hassle with any warranty problems.

Sweet! No issues with flooding the engine or anything like that with your last cars?

Also - you teach people in a GTI!? 

Lol no gti for my pupils a polo is fast enough hehe. Never had any problems with any remaps and had 10 done with celtic tuning.  I have done 12000miles with tuning box in polo and it is fine as we'll.
Celtic tuning don't have a map out for it yet Barry. I just thought I would try the tmc box as they were giving you a 30 day money back guarantee so I felt there was nothing to lose. I can get a discount if anyone is interested.
To be honest I was sick of tired of having to put the car in and them taking the ecu out and back in and I had my map scrubbed once when I put it in for a service.
This took me 25min and it feels as fast as my ed30 after remap, probably faster actually with torque. It really did feel slow when I drove it up from London.
And it can be reprogrammed for your next car. And when i get it serviced i just take it out which is great. So money well spent

you must be 1 of the 1st ppl thats said they felt slow,but then you did have a mapped ed30 an they can shift  much power you think the gti now has

[Johnc41]

Oh man, now I'll probably have to buy one!

So technical question! If a remap works by adjusting the ECU which changes how much petrol injected etc etc, then how does the tuning box work?

I've read that some of the cheap ebay ones basically "trick" your engine into using more petrol which can be dangerous. Does a higher quality box like this work differently?


Thanks

Hi mate yes they are crap and don't have a microprocessor in them. This box connects to 4 different parts of the system and do a lot more on the gti box. I was skeptical, I bought one for a polo diesel which just does the airflow meter but to be fair works great. I am a driving instructor so I use it everyday and has been great.
I have had 6 gti's all remapped, and this box is as good as a remapp and saves a whole lot of hassle with any warranty problems.

Sweet! No issues with flooding the engine or anything like that with your last cars?

Also - you teach people in a GTI!? 

Lol no gti for my pupils a polo is fast enough hehe. Never had any problems with any remaps and had 10 done with celtic tuning.  I have done 12000miles with tuning box in polo and it is fine as we'll.
Celtic tuning don't have a map out for it yet Barry. I just thought I would try the tmc box as they were giving you a 30 day money back guarantee so I felt there was nothing to lose. I can get a discount if anyone is interested.
To be honest I was sick of tired of having to put the car in and them taking the ecu out and back in and I had my map scrubbed once when I put it in for a service.
This took me 25min and it feels as fast as my ed30 after remap, probably faster actually with torque. It really did feel slow when I drove it up from London.
And it can be reprogrammed for your next car. And when i get it serviced i just take it out which is great. So money well spent

you must be 1 of the 1st ppl thats said they felt slow,but then you did have a mapped ed30 an they can shift  much power you think the gti now has

That was the problem Barry every car I had after the ed30 felt slow it felt like a monster lol. I used to floor the ed30 at 70 and the dsg box would drop from 6th to 3rd gear and you would be at 100 in a jiff it was that fast lol.The mk6 even remapped was really sh!t. Although the ed35 was supposed to be as fast with remap it never felt as good as ed30. But going from ed35 to 230pp it felt painfully slow. I raced a sh!tty passat up my arse at 70 from London and I floored it to 100 and the response was pretty sh!t he was not that far behind me lol.
Had I done that on the ed30 I would have blown the arse of him lol.
So last night I done that after putting the tuning box in and the difference was unreal it felt like an ed30 again and mid torque it felt like a monster again.
It's a bad day when my g/f says she felt it to be very slow compared to our last car. But today she was saying she could not believe the difference. I would say Barry it must be close to 300bhp but the biggest difference is mid torque it now throws you back in the seat lol

[barrym381]

 That was the problem Barry every car I had after the ed30 felt slow it felt like a monster lol. I used to floor the ed30 at 70 and the dsg box would drop from 6th to 3rd gear and you would be at 100 in a jiff it was that fast lol.The mk6 even remapped was really sh!t. Although the ed35 was supposed to be as fast with remap it never felt as good as ed30. But going from ed35 to 230pp it felt painfully slow. I raced a sh!tty passat up my arse at 70 from London and I floored it to 100 and the response was pretty sh!t he was not that far behind me lol.
Had I done that on the ed30 I would have blown the arse of him lol.
So last night I done that after putting the tuning box in and the difference was unreal it felt like an ed30 again and mid torque it felt like a monster again.
It's a bad day when my g/f says she felt it to be very slow compared to our last car. But today she was saying she could not believe the difference. I would say Barry it must be close to 300bhp but the biggest difference is mid torque it now throws you back in the seat lol
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my misses says that about every car since a sold her old tuned mk4 4 motion  but wants a f**kin s3 again  an a bet the golf now goes the way it should have came out the factory will need to get a shot of arnold sharks demo car see if she like them

[blueheaduk]

Oh man, now I'll probably have to buy one!

So technical question! If a remap works by adjusting the ECU which changes how much petrol injected etc etc, then how does the tuning box work?

I've read that some of the cheap ebay ones basically "trick" your engine into using more petrol which can be dangerous. Does a higher quality box like this work differently?


Thanks

Hi mate yes they are crap and don't have a microprocessor in them. This box connects to 4 different parts of the system and do a lot more on the gti box. I was skeptical, I bought one for a polo diesel which just does the airflow meter but to be fair works great. I am a driving instructor so I use it everyday and has been great.
I have had 6 gti's all remapped, and this box is as good as a remapp and saves a whole lot of hassle with any warranty problems.

Sweet! No issues with flooding the engine or anything like that with your last cars?

Also - you teach people in a GTI!? 

Lol no gti for my pupils a polo is fast enough hehe. Never had any problems with any remaps and had 10 done with celtic tuning.  I have done 12000miles with tuning box in polo and it is fine as we'll.
Celtic tuning don't have a map out for it yet Barry. I just thought I would try the tmc box as they were giving you a 30 day money back guarantee so I felt there was nothing to lose. I can get a discount if anyone is interested.
To be honest I was sick of tired of having to put the car in and them taking the ecu out and back in and I had my map scrubbed once when I put it in for a service.
This took me 25min and it feels as fast as my ed30 after remap, probably faster actually with torque. It really did feel slow when I drove it up from London.
And it can be reprogrammed for your next car. And when i get it serviced i just take it out which is great. So money well spent

Discount you say? Any chance of a PM? Planning on ordering later tonight.

The performance gains you describe sound pretty great. What was the installation like? I'm not very engine savvy so concerned I might cock up - especially connecting the battery! Was it straight forward?

[Ian.C]

Id be interested in abit of discount if its available...If your able to offer anything can you PM myself aswell.

Thanx
Ian

[Johnc41]

Oh man, now I'll probably have to buy one!

So technical question! If a remap works by adjusting the ECU which changes how much petrol injected etc etc, then how does the tuning box work?

I've read that some of the cheap ebay ones basically "trick" your engine into using more petrol which can be dangerous. Does a higher quality box like this work differently?


Thanks

Hi mate yes they are crap and don't have a microprocessor in them. This box connects to 4 different parts of the system and do a lot more on the gti box. I was skeptical, I bought one for a polo diesel which just does the airflow meter but to be fair works great. I am a driving instructor so I use it everyday and has been great.
I have had 6 gti's all remapped, and this box is as good as a remapp and saves a whole lot of hassle with any warranty problems.

Sweet! No issues with flooding the engine or anything like that with your last cars?

Also - you teach people in a GTI!? 

Lol no gti for my pupils a polo is fast enough hehe. Never had any problems with any remaps and had 10 done with celtic tuning.  I have done 12000miles with tuning box in polo and it is fine as we'll.
Celtic tuning don't have a map out for it yet Barry. I just thought I would try the tmc box as they were giving you a 30 day money back guarantee so I felt there was nothing to lose. I can get a discount if anyone is interested.
To be honest I was sick of tired of having to put the car in and them taking the ecu out and back in and I had my map scrubbed once when I put it in for a service.
This took me 25min and it feels as fast as my ed30 after remap, probably faster actually with torque. It really did feel slow when I drove it up from London.
And it can be reprogrammed for your next car. And when i get it serviced i just take it out which is great. So money well spent

Discount you say? Any chance of a PM? Planning on ordering later tonight.

The performance gains you describe sound pretty great. What was the installation like? I'm not very engine savvy so concerned I might cock up - especially connecting the battery! Was it straight forward?

You don't need to connect it to the battery. Just make sure the car is switched off. The only problem I had was finding the boost pressure sensor pins. But I can help you there. The rest of it is pretty easy to be fair.
I will pm you with details mate

[Johnc41]

That was the problem Barry every car I had after the ed30 felt slow it felt like a monster lol. I used to floor the ed30 at 70 and the dsg box would drop from 6th to 3rd gear and you would be at 100 in a jiff it was that fast lol.The mk6 even remapped was really sh!t. Although the ed35 was supposed to be as fast with remap it never felt as good as ed30. But going from ed35 to 230pp it felt painfully slow. I raced a sh!tty passat up my arse at 70 from London and I floored it to 100 and the response was pretty sh!t he was not that far behind me lol.
Had I done that on the ed30 I would have blown the arse of him lol.
So last night I done that after putting the tuning box in and the difference was unreal it felt like an ed30 again and mid torque it felt like a monster again.
It's a bad day when my g/f says she felt it to be very slow compared to our last car. But today she was saying she could not believe the difference. I would say Barry it must be close to 300bhp but the biggest difference is mid torque it now throws you back in the seat lol

my misses says that about every car since a sold her old tuned mk4 4 motion  but wants a f**kin s3 again  an a bet the golf now goes the way it should have came out the factory will need to get a shot of arnold sharks demo car see if she like them
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I am sure she will mate lol

[GolfTi]

I had bluefin on my mk6, it was great.

There is no way I'm going to mess with this car, it is so sorted already.

No need.