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kevinf:
hi folks just moved up to a td5 110 from an ageing 200tdi
and considering upgrading the engine management especially as some claim improved fuel economy,just wondring what your experiences are
i.e do they work
    which is the best
    any adverse long trm effects
other things to consider are the vehicle is three and a half years old and covered 57k,and i dont expect to do much more than 5k per year



cheers kevin

Wolfie:
Knowing, quite well, the guys that did the development work for J E Engineering I'm pretty sure that their stuff works.

One of the guys that did their development work was flown out to Portugal by Bowler to sort out the mess that another "tuner" had made of one of tha Dakar Wildcats.

Regards

Wolfie

Porny:
Don't bother with a plug in interupter box!!!.... tis just a bodge method.

Get a proper chip replacement or reflash (depending on year)...

Top of my list would be Allisport ( www.allisport.com ) , followed by Bell Services and JE Engineering.


--- Quote ---One of the guys that did their development work was flown out to Portugal by Bowler to sort out the mess that another "tuner" had made of one of tha Dakar Wildcats.
--- End quote ---


That made me chuckle as I know him rather well too :wink: ....  he came back with a few nice pictures of the bowlers though.


Long term effects...

A chip/reflash will take a TD5 closer to the engine limits... but a good tune 'should' still be within them.  
As long as you adhere to correct servicing and look after it, you shouldn't have any problems.  I know of tuned 90's that have done 140,000 miles (the last 80,000 of them tweaked) without any problems.




Ian

smo:
My 110 was tuned using a plug in box from allisport and large intercooler - make it go like stink and worked really well, reliability was 100%, never had any problems and the engine had done over 115K when it was chipped @ 3 yrs old.

I'm considering remapping my 90, its only the cost thats holding me back as i've not herd or experienced problems that are actually due to remapping/chipping or increased performance mods.

tiltboy:
Yep J E engineering definately.

A freind of mine has a 110 that J E tuned. It then got an air filter (ITG I think?) and an exhaust. However, the vehicle is used for towing up and down the motorway everyday and the exhaust soon got tiresome so off it came.

It puts out 205bhp and has a GKN overdrive. I recently brought the truck back from London for him and got carried away. I looked down to see how fast I was going before engaging the overdrive and was surprised to see that it was very fast (edited for lagal reasons!).

But that's only half the story - the torque is fantastic!

It's a 53 plate converted from new and done 108,000 miles. Mostly towing! So reliability is good.

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