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[Prabhakar]

sheelpriye said:

The only negative which I recall after using the 'boxes are black smoke belching out after pro-longed use.

How is the 90HP running?(stock) Did you go in for stickier tires?

Diesels truly rock post you snick into 5th and are in turbo mode.

As of now No Black Smoke.

The 90HP runs a little quicker than the 75HP in the stock conditions.
The Increase in performance in the 90HP with the Pete's is more pronounced than in the 75HP.
The decrease in the 0-60, 0-100 and 0-140 is lot more when compared to the 75HP engines.
In the Vista & Swift it is close to 1, 1.5 and 3 sec.
In the 90HP its 1.3, 1.9 and 3.9 sec.
These are approximate with GPS devices.
The V-Box is yet to arrive.
Once that is done for all the Boxes & vehicles the DYNO will be done.

However the numbers are only 1 side of the coin.
The real world feel is another story altogether.
All this will be updated in the next few weeks.

The Tires are stock.
Stickier tires are in once the V-Box is in.
Want to use new rubber with the V-Box.

This VGT engine rocks right from 3rd gear.

[Prabhakar]

Received Oils from Motul
They are sponsoring the Best grade of Oil for the Test.
They are providing Motul 300v Competition 15W50.
Trying to source Castrol Edge & Mobil 1 also.
Will be running a test on the Oils too.

[Prabhakar]

The 300v Competition makes the car absolutely silent.
A little burble is heard from inside at idling rpm.
In traffic its not even audible.

I can say its one of the best oils I used till date
The responsiveness of the engine also gone up by a good margin.
Eagerly waiting for the other oils now.


The waiting for the Tuning boxes is endless.
All are taking their own times to send them.
Every time I call them or shoot a mail they saw it;ll be shipped in a day or 2

[razorBlades]

tats sad.. we are also waiting for your review!

[Prabhakar]

Finally the results are out!!!!!!!

First I need to apologize every one for the long silence.
Next I need to apologize the owners of the Tuning boxes for the delay in sending them back.

Now I'll make you wait for one more day.
Lets see what every 1 guesses about the results.
Please post it as per your thoughts.

[satyenpoojary]

Ah nice! So finally a true credible, real test review for all the performance chips!
I hopes one day is just one day

[razorBlades]

I have a hunch, pete's will be the best

[Prabhakar]

So, After all the wait the time for the results is now.
Before that some information of everything done for a long time.

The tests were done on two boxes which are sent from companies and three from customers of the companies.
They were flicked from the swifts in which they were installed & tested on this car.
Again cross checked the results by plonking all the boxes in swifts also.
V-box was replaced by GPS trackers from mobiles for timings, top-speeds, etc.
Reason - unable to procure the V-box.
Tests were conducted with similar conditions for all the Boxes.

Some companies may claim that we used older versions for tests and due to this results are being not on their favour need to excuse us as they did not send the boxes after repeated requests.
So we have used the boxes which were purchased this year by their own customers which we believe should be the final products.
If any company has any objection with the result can always contact us with the necessary objection.

Coming to the results we do not have a clear winner on all the parameters.
Each parameter has a different winner, runner up, etc.
So its the customer who has to weigh down the importance of each parameter & then decide which box to go for.

Made a point system ranking which makes up for a winner here.
Each of these factors have 5 points.
Winner in each category will get 5 points, second will get 4, so on...
The one with maximum points can be crowned as the overall winner.
Stay tuned for more on the same..

For now only the Toppers in each category is being published -

• Drivability - Unichip
  
• Mileage - Race Chip
  
• Performance - Pete's
  
• In-gear Acceleration - Pete's
  
• Turbo Lag - Unichip
  
• Acceleration figures 0-60 - Pete's
  
• Acceleration figures 0-100 - Race Dynamics
  
• Acceleration figures 0-150 - Race Dynamics
  
• Top Speed - Race Chip
  
• Refinement - Race Chip
  
• Pollution - Race Chip

The Re-mappings were omitted from this as we need to compare the products in the same category.
Re-mappings will be tested in the next few weeks.

[antz.bin]

When will we get the overall results? I need to finalize the car fast. Would I get similar results if I use a Figo TDCi instead of the ones used in your tests?

[Prabhakar]

The Final Results are out -

Ranking with name & total points.

• Petes - 33
  
• Race Dynamics - 28
  
• Race Chip - 26
  
• Unichip - 21
  
• Tunit -12

@ antz.bin

The results will be slightly different for figo.
Reasons are -

• Turbo is different so response may be slightly different,
  
• Price of the Figo Boxes is different ( Points assigned even for price)

This is a general comparison.
However depending on your order of preference the rankings will change.
For example -
The cheapest is Race chip so it got more points & costliest is unichip so it got less points.
Race chip gave the best mileage while Tunit gave the worst.
If Price & mileage are of high importance then I'll chose Race chip.
In- gear acceleration & 0-60 are best in pete's so I'll chose pete's if I drive only in city & performance is my only importance.

So if some 1 wants an advice to purchase a tuning box please mention order of importance for the following parameters.
We'll be able to give you the closest match for you.

• Drivability
  
• Mileage
  
• Performance overall
  
• In-gear Acceleration
  
• Turbo Lag
  
• Acceleration figures 0-60
  
• Acceleration figures 0-100
  
• Acceleration figures 0-150
  
• Top Speed
  
• Refinement
  
• Pollution
  
• Price

[razorBlades]

perfect! very nice piece of info

[Prabhakar]

New Update -

Spider Tuning Box & a newer version of the Race Dynamics Box with Wireless remote controlled changer are on the way for testing.
These 2 as per the info on the net may change the whole scenario here.
We may be looking for a new topper.
Stay tuned for more updates.

[Revmaster]

Prabhakar, can you kindly send me ONE consolidated text file with all the details, along with some pictures, so that I may put it up on the main site and let maximum people benefit from the learnings?

[Steeroid]

Please see if you can include ChipXpress in this list as its been one product I was totally happy with.  It actually made the engine feel smoother (I used it on a Safari).

I use Pete's on an Elantra, it works for me because I wanted the power.  Black smoke under hard acceleration is a given with any 'Tuning Box' that works on the fuelling.

[ihrishi]

Following is my list of priorities, pls advice on the best option for me. I have a MJD Linea:

• Drivability
  
• Mileage
  
• Performance overall
  
• Price
  
• Turbo Lag
  
• Refinement
  
• In-gear Acceleration
  
• Acceleration figures 0-60
  
• Acceleration figures 0-100
  
• Acceleration figures 0-150
  
• Top Speed
  
• Pollution