Hi all, ive been having a good read up. Nice to see you all havent lost ur sense of humour.

Has anybody chipped an Fl2 yet ? Ive added a link below to fleabay for a chip, £70 ! Should be good (german) claims a 20% reduction in fuel ? Can this be true ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...K:MEWAX:IT

I dont know if i have broke any rules by the above, if so im sorry nick - i give you full permission to send me a cymber slap.

Just looks a dam good idea - IF IT WORKS !!

Whats ya views guys, or should I be the first ?  2008 Td4 Freelander2 GS - santorini black.
Hse alloys, privacy tints, LR side steps, LR seat covers, LR boot mat.

Of course, I would like their claims to be true!

However, I have a serious problem believing that a Micky Mouse company from eBay can "improve torque and power by 40% and reduce consumption by 20%", all for a cost of £70, while the entire might of the development teams from Ford and PSA Group could completely fail to achieve the same!

I like some of their other claims too:

"No loss of warranty from the car seller". I'm glad that they feel able to speak on behalf of every manufacturer and dealer out there!

"No risk of breakage of the mechanical parts of your car". In the unlikely event of it producing an increase in power and torque of 40% I'm "totally convinced" that that wouldn't increase the risk of holed piston, a knackered gearbox or a whole host of associated drivetrain problems

Personally, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole! File under "Snake Oil"!

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Ummm. I shared similar beef, however there feedback (ok not LR's I know) so show that people are seeing improvements and are happy !

If there claims are true (speaking from myself) my freelander could be near on 200bhp getting 40mpg ?

I think its down to higher torque lower end, without the revs. 2008 Td4 Freelander2 GS - santorini black.
Hse alloys, privacy tints, LR side steps, LR seat covers, LR boot mat.

Would you really trust a £70 eBay chip that really just fools the car and most likely never been tested or pay £4-500 for a remap that actually alters the way in which the ecu behaves to achieve the torque and possible mpg claims and fully tested on actual cars on road and rolling roads

People own a £20k + car with a £2k engine and risk a few pounds saving on a resistor in a box from eBay

Risky to say the least  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

just looking at the girl with the big norks and no skirt, if she says it works them I'm in  At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

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i have fitted a PRO-BITZ chip box on my company mondeo,this seemed to be one of the better of the cheap (£100) chip boxes.
you remove the common rail sensor plug and put the box in-line, they claim huge benifits in torque and power and also reduced fuel consumption.

well i have been running this for around 6 months now and can tell you

it gives a massive increase in power proven by a run on courtney sports dyno standard 140bhp with the box in line 172bhp
it goes like sh of the proverbial shovel

also the trip computer tells me im averageing 46mpg !!!!! this is where it all falls down, as its a company car i record every litre and my mileage on a monthly basis as i pay for private milage instead of paying fuel tax.

the reality is 26 mpg !!!

i have had no issues with the car since its been fitted and as i said earlier it goes like the wind when you want it to but that does come at a price .
conclusion power yes fuel economy no chance  TO DARE IS TO DO

chicken george wrote:

just looking at the girl with the big norks and no skirt, if she says it works them I'm in

You won't get in, tenner says its a bloke hiding his willy

its almost worth buying one and get someone else to test it for me!!!

My opinion,
I would not FIT any type of tuning unit, the principle of these boxes is to tell the ECU lies. By far the best way is to have car mapped.
I examine hundreds of high performance rally and race cars as a MSA scrutineer, NO one fits boxes, they all map cars to suit.

Most garages offering remap charge around £150-£200 and will remap free if dealer reboots ecu during repair or service. All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

Looks like a bad advert for fake Viagra  2010 HSE Galway Green auto GONE

Why not go out and get yourself an SD4 - that's got 190HP and a warranty!

the site looks more like a porn site to me -I'll just go back an check that.

chicken george wrote:

just looking at the girl with the big norks and no skirt, if she says it works them I'm in

Count me in

People own a £20k + car with a £2k engine and risk a few pounds saving on a resistor in a box from eBay

Must agree with Npinks on this one,

The fact is if LR or any other car maker could get 20% more fuel 40% power etc, for £100.00 box of tricks do you not think there would do it, They spend ten's of thousands of pounds and thousand of hour test driving the car to make you engine run right. For a £100 box of trick to do better

I fully under stand in how the box of tricks works, and LR don't fit it because of that, (There what and need the car to work all over the world)

On-board wrote:

Ummm. however there feedback (ok not LR's I know) so show that people are seeing improvements and are happy !

Hi guys
Relatively new here BUT.. pls bear in mind that the flywheel in your vehicle was designed along the likely power output from the engine as it left the factory.

Theres a more than a few instances of the increased power shagging something in the drivetrain and the dual mass flywheel is one of the more common failure items
Doesn't happen to everyone but worth nearing in mind