RACECHIP Tuning Box's - Do They WORK? DYNO TEST RESULTS!

For the people who like to know:
It's interrupts the voltage signal coming from the common rail pressure sensor and forwards a higher or lower value depending on the chosen setting.
The ECU bumps up the demand of the pump a.k.a. pressure because it's sees a lower value from the sensor.
Now because the pressure is slightly higher and the duration of the injection is still original ECU, the end result is still a higher volume being injected in said duration of injection time resulting in a higher bang. And since cars are always tuned from factory for balanced power and pollution setting. You can get away with adding that little bit of fuel without getting in to trouble.

Like Darkside developments tested. They don't hit the advertised results.
I have a custom remap and our 220 CDI did 197hp, coming from 174hp stock. From 413nm to 505nm

I used to have Tdi tuning bix on my fird transit Custom van, when it was brand new, 3 years later on a way home engine made horrible noises so I removed the box and opted for proper remap, and what a difference it made, day and night, as you stated it does a tittle bit but no where near to what they claim at least on diesel vehicles, so from my experience don’t waist your money on these boxes but go for remap.

Just to double check, on the RC App, you did not select sport mode as the setting to test on the Dyno... Or did you and it wasnt so clear there is a HP difference?

Can you get these for petrol engines, if so, have any of those been tested?

1.03 Sunk Island looking towards Shubbery farm?

The box claim is compared to fabric stock claim I guess so then its not to bad.

Aren't you the guy with drone channel?

You got to adjust it ^^

Would you put this in a 55k Golf Mk7.5 GTD and feel safe?

it does do something, i've had mine for two years now on my 1.6 Jetta TDI
when i turn it off the car doesn't feel as lively and responsive

Go to Celtic Tuning.
My A200d 2020 plate. Stage 2 remap.
£400 230 bhp and 360 lbs ft torque. 0-60 mph in 4.9 secs.
No hardware. Just remap! 60mpg avg driving.

Do these work if you already have a stage1 Economy remap?

So the result is as follows.... Dont buy?

A simple alteration of the accelerator position sensor reading as received by the engine ECU will achieve a feeling of more power / faster car than stock. This has a limited effect and the graph shows how the results even out at the top limits. Very basic perceived power boost that can be achieved with far cheaper devices or indeed pressing the accelerator further. Custom remapping is the only real way to achieve the gains you desire but be aware that some can make the cars everyday drivability worse.

Ty for this

Torque gained some Newton peter.

no matter the car you have and what figures the car maker states the numbers will always be different from another of the same car there is variables like how much friction there is how much flow of air and exhaust there is and many more things

Should i bother with my 1.6l lancer ex?

One thing to consider... as a race chip owner on a Panamera Turbo, is the race chip has a bit of a learning mode. It obtains its maximum improvements after a period of time, up to 200 miles clocked after installation.

Need a racechip in my camaro

more power at low RPM. i thing its ok

Why do they charge $200+ for app control when the app is free ???

dont they have learning phases? Mine didnt impress me fully until after 2 weeks

They work fine, though I'd go for the £139 one, seem to give a good dollop of torque just where you need and use it most, they improve as the ECU learns it
If you think it's placebo try taking it off, you miss it when it's gone big time.
I've had four....

Needs to be checked against a remap eg Celtic tuning to confirm value and performance gains over standard

tack

half peoples say its good and other half its not good, most for those with bigger mileage are not so good

well, maybe you got something, maybe something more for butt dyno, but you have no clue how your combustion looks like. I would never waste money on addon crap. If it would hook-up on injectors, MAF, MAP, and EGT then maybe it could do something usefull. Better to do real map tune, though that has other set of issues

Horrible results from racechip. Very disappointed. Eurocharged. Way to go

The area under the curve is significantly better. Peak gains are cool for forum bragging rights, but actually driving your car takes place in the low and mid range most of the time. Seems like it’s worth it.

Would this cause any parts to wear quicker?

So I was just at a 7-11 picking up some beer after having some margaritas with my sis. Random dude sees my ride and tells me about this chip. People were walking past him but when he explained how it wouldn't fuck up my box that it wouldn't negatively impact my fuel injectors, I'm here researching 🤣.

im thinking about getting one for my a180 and im just wondering if they’re definitely safe to use? and are they easy to install?

So was your car already remapped?

What I've heard these boxes do is adjusting the values of boost, airflow and fuel to the ecu making it overboost and overfuel. While it does infact increase performance, it does so quite inefficiently

Who cares if it does what it says, importantly - does it do it safely?
Do they only tell the ECU that it's cold without telling the car anything else, (assuming there are any other parameters that the ECU needs to consider)?

Does anybody know if this can work with a 2008 Mercedes Benz CLS550 (5.5 L V8 ) ?

Racechip do say to run the car for a week before using the most powerful map to allow the chip to learn.

Very good video thanks. I have an e 350 w212. 302 hp. Considering ecu remap. Most informative thanks

Ive had a Racechip on my 2014 Audi A6 TDI. Purchased in 2018, (now 2023). While I do notice a difference it's not the same as a tune. No problems with the RC and I purchased another for a friends vehicle. Again, he enjoyed the performance gains. System spoofs the sensors and offers more trq than HP. Easy to install and remove. Overall OK but not what is claimed on HP at all. Also, at the higher RPM's I also didn't notice any improvement.

Generic versus custom, well that is a no brainer.
Still for standard engine configuration a generic map, when done properly, will give good results.
Modified engine? Custom 100%

Dont buy a racechip - total waste of money. Zero performance gain and caused my truck to go into limp mode in the fast lane of the motorway, which was so dangerous, had t swerve across traffic to get out ofthe way. It was at a constant crusing speed too. Dangerous product not fit for sale. Racechip refused to refund too.

Great video I bought a race chip for a 2018 megane diesel I know this wasn't a lightning fast car but the race chip produced no difference whatsoever I did every they told me to and they even did an upgrade but still nothing I returned it lossed around £50 got it remapped buy superchips and it was a different car this is obviously my experience ......

Echte chiptuning is via obd en geen race chip . Die de computer manipuleert.

Great video. Is there a a different 3rd party app that you can use to measure these figures? The app you used is from the same manufacturer, which of course, biases the results.

It would of been nice to actually show the dyno run on the video live alot of these big name makers have insane claims the truth is the chip/tuner alone(just the tuner) will not do anywhere near what they adver especially on "gas" powered with a few light mods and higher oct(93+,e85, etc) fuels then the tuner shines higher octane allows more timming (base,wot,timming curve tweaking etc ) but by it self no other mods and off 87-89 oct you wont feel it faster quicker not worth it (cost/gain) no matter the brand

You want to try a dtuk trust me makes a big difference

Not surprising at all why these piggy back vendors never provide any before and after dyno runs. The usual bullshit marketing with smoke screens and excuses.