TDI Tuning Box on an Audi S1 Long Term Review - 12,000 Miles and 1 Year Later

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• ZA

  @ZanicL3 · 6 years ago

  Thought it had a diesel swap at first when reading the title lol

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• PR

  @primeroo2nd · 6 years ago

  TDi Tuning Petrol S1.  Easy be confused on title alone. All good content.

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• SN

  @snikeplassken · 5 years ago

  Had a TDI Tuning on a 2011 V50 T5 for 5 years. Amazing performances and better mpg. I highly doubt it added 52hp as claimed but the car ran much smoother and perfs were real.

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• CO

  @conanhayle · 2 years ago

  had 3 of these over the years ,my latest one is on a Seat Altea 1,9 tdi ,,,  feels like it has a rocket up its arse on setting 4

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• BA

  @bath1968 · 6 years ago (edited)

  Hi, I have one of these on my 2012 Audi S5 and I find it fantastic been on for over a year now, real power gains you can feel 😷👍👌 would recommend TDI box

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• JE

  @JelloTypeR · 6 years ago

  Really appreciate the constant output of quality content James. It’s helping to keep me sane during the lockdown and furlough.

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• WO

  @wolvoman1 · 6 years ago (edited)

  Best way is to get your passenger to change the settings without telling you when or what level, then asking for your opinion and thoughts.<br>Basically it puts a resistance across the sensors tricking the ECU into making fueling/air adjustments.

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• JO

  @josh.h4196 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;ve had a TDI tuning box in my MK5 Golf TDi 1.9 Manual for 6 months now, and simply put it does what it says - and it does it well. The torque was total night and day when I put it in, I genuinely could not believe it. I went from 11.8 ish seconds to 60 to 9 seconds flat (admittedly on GPS so that probably isn&apos;t exact but nearly 3 seconds there&apos;s no way it was just coincidence). Of course this varies car to car but I&apos;d say with certainty you will notice a difference.

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• LE

  @lebowski_dude · 6 years ago

  I really appreciate your videos Jay - you have a slightly different take on things to many of the other car related channels. I was initially interested in your earlier Lotus-related content as I did some work experience at Hethel in my yoof (a long time ago and yes, it was mainly blokes drinking cups of tea back then), but I still find your content interesting and informative. Keep up the good work!

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• PC

  @pcoppleman · 2 years ago

  Nice straight to the point, honest review. Good info, cheers!

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  @corvair140 · 6 years ago

  I have 3 of there boxes on 3 different new Audi&apos;s. Covered about 60,000 miles combined with them in 4 years. All the boxes work very well. They did make a big difference to the the cars I put them on. (all diesels). Lots of people on social media and forums all flame you for having a box. For me I needed to keep my warranty, so they are a good compromise between nothing and a full on Map. People do say its just a resistor to shove more fuel in, like a £9.99 item from Ebay. Have a new manual S3 now, but really can&apos;t justify £380 on the box, especially the way the world is atm. Perhaps they will send me one to test.................err that&apos;s a no then..............

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• BI

  @Birmingham_racing · 6 years ago

  I&apos;ve had a tuning box years ago in my first car. It was a diesel it had no top end just low end torque . Got it properly remapped not long after and it held the power much better top end

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