DTUK box on a Mk7 GTI GTD results

[Darlo]

Well I have taken the plunge and ordered one. Should be with me tomorrow and fitted at the weekend. I will take loads of pics of the install  and maybe a video if people want.

Andrew has been really helpful and eased my concerns about fitting.

If I get time I will try and get some in gear accelation vids before and after to see what differnce these boxes make in the real world as opposed to dyno's.

Any other request let me know

[GTI7me]

Sounds good Darlo, keep up informed 

J

[Andrew@DTUK]

Well I have taken the plunge and ordered one. Should be with me tomorrow and fitted at the weekend. I will take loads of pics of the install  and maybe a video if people want.

Andrew has been really helpful and eased my concerns about fitting.

If I get time I will try and get some in gear accelation vids before and after to see what differnce these boxes make in the real world as opposed to dyno's.

Any other request let me know

Cheers paul,

youv got my number so please give me a call and ill go through a few things with you prior to fitting.

cheers

[GrahamFR]

if anyone is considering order this kit for their car to maybe worthwhile checking out the fitting instructions that can be downloaded from the link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ulmkn7j2z3erbun/vw_skoda_golf7_octavia_2.0_tsi_220_230_e.pdf

at this moment in time we are offering £80 off the full RRP on this kit but are expecting a price increase from germany later this month

Im available via pm, or if you would prefer to give me a call then I'm available on 01207 299538 (office hours) 0r 07977466007 (out of hours)


cheers

Andrew I am curious about something, ive just read the guide, very informative but youve just said use plus 2 to achieve 285bhp so what does the +3 do for you??

[mullermn]

Any other request let me know

I would be interested to know what difference it makes to your insurance premium, if you don't mind saying?

[Andrew@DTUK]

if anyone is considering order this kit for their car to maybe worthwhile checking out the fitting instructions that can be downloaded from the link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ulmkn7j2z3erbun/vw_skoda_golf7_octavia_2.0_tsi_220_230_e.pdf

at this moment in time we are offering £80 off the full RRP on this kit but are expecting a price increase from germany later this month

Im available via pm, or if you would prefer to give me a call then I'm available on 01207 299538 (office hours) 0r 07977466007 (out of hours)


cheers

Andrew I am curious about something, ive just read the guide, very informative but youve just said use plus 2 to achieve 285bhp so what does the +3 do for you??

I'm sure Ben mentioned that the car didn't feel as strong on the dyno.

[Andrew@DTUK]

Some feedback from a 2013 Skoda vRS TSI owner...



First of all Andrew from DTUK has been great to deal with from start to finish. Andrew was prompt to answer emails, private messages, texts and phonecalls.

Postage/Delivery: Box paid for and received the following day so no problems here

Fitting: The supplied fitting instructions appeared spot on but were a little unclear when it came to one of the connections as the picture was hard to make out. I have always serviced and modified my own cars and bikes and take a careful approach to same. As such the kit took me about 50 minutes to fit. There are 3 sensors which need connecting to the supplied loom as well as power from the cars battery. The connection to turbo feed could not be done without lifting the car IMO. I jacked car up front drivers side and removed the service tray and gained access to the last sensor. Car started with no fault lights/warnings and power visibly going to the DTUK box.

Test drive: I will be honest I didn't feel any difference for the first 20 odd miles but I do always let the car get up to temp (both water and oil temps) before pushing her on. After these 20 miles I could feel there was more torque and a sharper throttle response but I wasn't blown away having expected to feel the claimed 30bhp and 50nm torque increase.

Fettling : a number of calls and emails to Andrew it was clear he wanted to make sure everything was fitted correctly which I can understand. The majority of problems with these boxes are misfitment. I was confident I had fitted everything correctly as per the supplied instructions. After clarifying a few possible wiring issues Andrew advised me to change the settings of the box.

Adjusting the box : My first experience of adjusting a tuning box was a chip express unit for my previous motor a 240 bhp 3.0v6 diesel. This was a dial type wheel and took seconds. Upon opening up the DTUK box it was clear a little more care was needed as you remove the board from its housing to make the adjustment. So I was back on the blower to Andrew who was quick to send me a short video of the recommended method to remove board from housing. This was easy and adjustments made within seconds. You pull a jumper off pins in the board and move it as per instructions which alters the map.

Final results and thoughts : Well I won't go into numbers folks as no dyno to compare. As before I'm not interested in numbers for pub talk but wanted a noticeable improvement for my hard earned cash. I am far from dissapointed. I am actually very very impressed. Again I ran the car slowly up to temp. I will say here I have driven some fast cars in the past and a friend lets me use his 135i on occasion. This will come as a rather bold statement to some but the Vrs feels as quick as the 135i now with 300 + bhp. Throttle response is immediate and there is a little less lag than before. The car pulls a lot stronger to the red line. I didn't buy the box with any expectation of improved fuel economy. I have now covered circa 500 miles on the new settings and my mpg average is the same when driven normally and about 2-3 mpg less when driven hard which his understandable given the extra power. This car will surprise a lot of people in this output helped with its tall gearing. No issues as far as tootling about, the refinement is retained Etc. Boost is a little more noticeable noise wise when accelerating hard but I like that. I also have a k and n hi flow panel filter fitted which could be partly responsible

Conclusion : Well worth the money in my opinion. Fitting instructions could be a little clearer in parts and the box physically a little easier to adjust but Andrew was very quick to help. Andrew has mentioned some claimed figures for this setting but I will let him make those claims on this thread if he wishes. I will say the car feels every bit as strong as claimed. There is also mention of a price increase so check with Andrew if your interested.

Hope this is of help to some. Very little tuning options out there for this model. This would appear to be the cheapest and closest to home!
Edited by parsey83, Today, 22:05.

[Andrew@DTUK]

I've received a few pms about boxes recently and wanted you guys to know that I only have 2 kits left at the pre increase price of £419 inc vat and our £80 discount..

[GrahamFR]

Think I'll wait for the new boxes next month after I put my exhaust on

[Darlo]

Right then spent an hour or so fitting the box yesterday. First and foremost i take my hat off to Andrew who was at the end of the phone to clear up a couple of minor issues during the install (issues which he told me about when i ordered it). I am a complete novice when it comes to tinkering with cars yet i managed to install the box in about an hour or so. Below is some pictures of my install, i have gone over the top with the pics but they sort of answer some of the questions i had when considering ordering one as i have only experienced remaps on previous cars and not tuning boxes.

So whats in the box

















You also get some cable ties, a screw head to open the box up and some stickers.

On to the install





The top two connections are very easy to find. However the one towards the bottom front of the engine in my opinion is only accessible by jacking up the car and removing the plastic try. Like i say this may seem like a pain but its only a case of removing 10 screws, i didnt remove the whole tray i left the nearside corner in place and used it to pivot making it easier to put back

view of connection from under the car



Now the issue is that the top two connections can be put in both ways so its important they are lined up so avoid engine management lights... simple explanation on the phone from Andrew cleared it up, clip goes the opposite side to the ridges like so.... (i sent these pics to Andrew to double check)





Now its a case of running/securing the cables and connecting to battery (very easy) and putting stuff back on





plugging in the box



I triple checked everything before putting stuff back and i urge you to do the same!!

Right in regards to my findings I will start another post after this.....