Has anyone experimented with chip tuning a td6?
#12
09-19-2018, 04:41 PM
It's normal practice to revert back to the stock tune before you go to the dealer and then reinstall once the car is back. Doesn't take too long
Reason is that they run updates, mods and patches to the software quite often and would be expensive if it caused an issue and bricked the ecu
Just be mindful that you can't 'hide' the fact that the car has had a tune. Even if you revert back there is a flag on the system that indicates that time has been changed and you can't make that go away!
Reason is that they run updates, mods and patches to the software quite often and would be expensive if it caused an issue and bricked the ecu
Just be mindful that you can't 'hide' the fact that the car has had a tune. Even if you revert back there is a flag on the system that indicates that time has been changed and you can't make that go away!
#13
09-19-2018, 11:10 PM
Many folks are skeptical of the piggy back tuners. I had the Bluespark unit on my Cayenne TDI and have had it on the wife's Audi a few times when I just want to have some fun? A full second off of 0-60 and improved light throttle mileage for [then] $349? It was worth it to me and you can pull them off before you go in for service. I may give the ChipExpress tune a shot when we get ours since they do offer a one month satisfaction guarantee. Bluespark claimed 308HP 513 LB. FT. which would be in line with the Chip Express "after" numbers.
https://www.chipexpress.com/products...ng-boxes/5609/
https://www.chipexpress.com/products...ng-boxes/5609/
#14
09-21-2018, 09:17 AM
Rock Crawling
Many folks are skeptical of the piggy back tuners. I had the Bluespark unit on my Cayenne TDI and have had it on the wife's Audi a few times when I just want to have some fun? A full second off of 0-60 and improved light throttle mileage for [then] $349? It was worth it to me and you can pull them off before you go in for service. I may give the ChipExpress tune a shot when we get ours since they do offer a one month satisfaction guarantee. Bluespark claimed 308HP 513 LB. FT. which would be in line with the Chip Express "after" numbers.
https://www.chipexpress.com/products...ng-boxes/5609/
https://www.chipexpress.com/products...ng-boxes/5609/
#15
09-21-2018, 11:33 AM
Rock Crawling
As of right now VelocityAP says the loner tuner would have to be sent to you to reflash the ecu back to stock. I’ve asked them what the cost would be to purchase a tuner. Mentioned the forum and how a few of us are interested. Maybe we can catch a break on pricing. All I know is a good tune took my ecodiesel Jeep and eliminated the lag, dropped the zero-60 by almost 2 seconds and made it an amazing vehicle. It also never had any of the problems others were having. The tune fixed a lot.
edit: Tuner is $2700 with a years subscription which is $900/yr they sell it at cost. Pretty steep.
edit: Tuner is $2700 with a years subscription which is $900/yr they sell it at cost. Pretty steep.
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09-22-2018, 01:29 PM
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As of right now VelocityAP says the loner tuner would have to be sent to you to reflash the ecu back to stock. I’ve asked them what the cost would be to purchase a tuner. Mentioned the forum and how a few of us are interested. Maybe we can catch a break on pricing. All I know is a good tune took my ecodiesel Jeep and eliminated the lag, dropped the zero-60 by almost 2 seconds and made it an amazing vehicle. It also never had any of the problems others were having. The tune fixed a lot.
edit: Tuner is $2700 with a years subscription which is $900/yr they sell it at cost. Pretty steep.
edit: Tuner is $2700 with a years subscription which is $900/yr they sell it at cost. Pretty steep.
#18
09-22-2018, 02:43 PM
Originally Posted by ToiletDuck
: Tuner is $2700 with a years subscription which is $900/yr they sell it at cost. Pretty steep.[/left]
Eg see this link
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...6-tune-166258/
So it's unclear why it should cost 3x for the TD6
#20
09-23-2018, 07:32 PM
Rock Crawling
Are you sure they understood your question correctly? On the Jag forum many people have used velocity and it seems to run around $900 or so for just a tune (no pulley upgrades etc). But that comes with the programmer so you download your Ecu file, email to them, they send you the replacement tuned one which you upload with the programmer. But you get to keep the programmer so you can flash the original and the new tune whenever you want
Eg see this link
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...6-tune-166258/
So it's unclear why it should cost 3x for the TD6
Eg see this link
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...6-tune-166258/
So it's unclear why it should cost 3x for the TD6
