blacksheep
Member Since: 01 Jul 2007
Location: A field
Posts: 2
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cotefarm,
I had a look at that company but only seem to do 'old' TD5 and TD6's???
How long did they take to upgrade your car. Was it a chip change?
Cheers
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 5th Aug 2007 9:59 am |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 6100
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No just a re-program. They had a map ready so it took around 20 minutes. 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 5th Aug 2007 12:41 pm |
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blacksheep
Member Since: 01 Jul 2007
Location: A field
Posts: 2
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Sounds too easy....and the painful bit...how much did you pay? 
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| 5th Aug 2007 12:44 pm |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 6100
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£250+ Vat which was why I chose them TBH
+ Much faster
+ More responsive
+ Better MPG
- Smokes under heavy throttle
All in for what I paid I am very happy but I am sure the Torq Tune is a better product and will probably give more power, less smoke etc. 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 5th Aug 2007 12:52 pm |
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Baben
Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
Location: Kyalami
Posts: 2059
  
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I had a bird's eye view of Ironman's exhaust when he was pulling away from me at full throttle, and there is a little bit of smoke, but it looks about like the normal amount to me. Ironman's D3 has about 60 thousand Km on it too.
I will get some comparative testing done once I get my own D3 back, and put some video up on the BB if I can.
My opinion from experiencing just a few D3 TorqTune's is that there is no excessive smoke under heavy throttle, or to rephrase - there does not appear to be any difference in smoke output compared to a non-tuned vehicle.
There does appear to be a difference in Permagrin on the face of the driver though!
Maybe when Ironman gets back home he can post some feedback from his experiences
EDIT - mine smokes a bit, under wide open throttle at low revs, but then it is an "extreme" tune, and for one purpose only - blowing everything else into the weeds!
Last edited by Baben on 3rd Oct 2007 5:59 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 6th Aug 2007 5:53 am |
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Baben
Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
Location: Kyalami
Posts: 2059
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Hey Iron - when you gonna tell us about your last trip?
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| 3rd Oct 2007 5:57 am |
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IronMan
Member Since: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Midrand
Posts: 99
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Guess who's back...???
Wooohaaa keep watching this space... Long lost pics to follow.. (Budgets done at work until next year so I think will start slacking and put some pics up  )
BTW: You NEED TorqTune!!!!
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| 4th Nov 2007 9:07 pm |
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Baben
Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
Location: Kyalami
Posts: 2059
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Look forward to the pics, thanks 
Imagine how much we could achieve if work didn't get in the way all the time 
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| 5th Nov 2007 10:20 am |
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