My 1.2 Tsi Shadow Blue

[Mayhem]

Right iv bitten the bullet and ordered a tuning box off DTuk. Didnt order the pedal box as dont see the point. The tuning box gives more power and torque so should be a better investment. So far cant fault service and should be with me tomorrow. So will do some testing and update for all those with the 1.2 tsi engine and those interested. Gone the the box as the guy who quoted me £250 for remap has now took it up to almost £400 which if found steep as it wasnt a Revo map. Plus with the box if i sell the car i can always sell it on to claw some money back.

[TheFrog]

I look forward to hearing your thoughts. If you could take photos as you install it, that would be great.

[Mayhem]

Off course. Will try and create a step by step drive and experiment with it in different settings. I like the idea if anything goes wrong i can quickly unplug it and its all back to normal. If a remap goes badly wrong and i break down away from the company i think i would go mental

[Mayhem]

Right so my dtuk box came today. Took less than 10mins to install. Got it on setting 2+2 and theres a big difference in pulling power straight away. picks up much better in every gear so far. Havent had time to test any other settings yet or take any decent pics. Iv taken pics of the instructions so you have a rough idea how they fit together and work once installed. All the cables are clearly labelled so you just match the coloured label on the dtuk plug to the plug in the pictures. Easiest thing iv ever done















Will post some pics of it in the engine once i have tidied it up a bit

[Mayhem]

Quick update put settings to 1+1. Seems to give better gains around town. Only difference i can tell is map1 is more power lower down rpm range, map2 is more mid range power and map 3 more towards high end of rpm. map2 seems closest to how car runs stock just with more kick where turbo usually kicks in. map1 seems to make it all feel like it kicks in earlier

[TheFrog]

Great post. Thanks Where/how do you fix the box in the engine bay?

[ciclo]

Nice 1.2 Tsi Shadow Blue.
Expecting to see some pics with mods installed.

[Mayhem]

It fits nicely in the gap behind the battery near the top of the struts. Very easy to install and setup. Makes me smile everytime i accelerate now. Feels like a lot more than just 20bhp increase.

[Mayhem]

Quick pic. Tinted the fog lights. Not too sure whether i like them or not yet

[TheFrog]

Thanks for the info re. Tuning box. I'm tempted...

Not a huge fan of the yellow fogs. They remind me of the terrible yellow headlights I had to put up with when I first came to live in France.

[Mayhem]

I can actually wheelspin going up hill now which is interesting at times. Its caught me out in the wet a couple of times today. But overall its fantastic even though its still early days. Cant imagine it ever coming off tbh. I know what you mean about the fogs. sometimes i look and think it looks good, other times i just cant decide. Will leave them for a week and see how i feel about them

[TheFrog]

Now seriously tempted

[Mayhem]

I wasnt expecting it to feel so different. Took the mrs out in it and she was scared stiff haha cant complain at that. seems to have cured the dodgy idle tick over which i had aswell

[TheFrog]

Just ordered one

Thanks a bunch for talking me into spending another shed load of cash on an unnecessary mod

[Mayhem]

Anything to help put a smile on your face