They effectively stole your money! South Africa, I dare you, get these guys to do a dyno to prove the claimed gains and I promise you at the most 5% of your will come back with what we will call an “OK” result. What really happened is these guys tricked you into a sale. How do you know what you got for your money? A seemingly fancy device which does not do anything? What is the point then? Is it fair to pay R4000, R6000 or R8000 for 1kw or 5kw?
#What is chip tuning install#
The other scenario is that you will order the plug and play system online, You will install it and you will most likely become a victim of the placebo effect. How do you know what 20 or 30kw additional feels like? The fact is you don’t… You are happy with what you feel and pay them a ton of money, usually R8000 or more. You will get the unit installed and take the vehicle for another test drive, all of a sudden you will feel a difference and fool you into thinking that your vehicle has more power. This is a unit that will connect onto the throttle positioning sensor, fooling the ECU of your vehicle’s into thinking that when the pedal is really at 50%, it’s now at 80%. During the test drive, you will be informed about the response booster device that will make the engine more responsive. At this point, you really want to feel a difference, especially for the huge amount of money you are about to pay. How they usually succeed in making the sale…you will pitch at their shop, a performance shop with no dyno (how ironic), they will install the chip, you will then go for a test drive.
No wonder a huge plug and play chip producer in Germany is sued for misleading customers! Think about it for a second, why don’t they own a dyno, not because they can’t afford it! I will tell you why because once they have to start proving figures, they will lose 99% of their sales and go bust. The only reason why they don’t want your car on a dyno, especially if you are attending, is because they know the results will be minimal if any results at all. Usually, when you get in touch with these guys and you start talking about dyno runs to prove gains, they will have all sorts of excuses why you should not put your vehicle on a dyno. Let’s chat about the plug and play systems, the ones that connect onto the common rail pressure sensor. The truth about the diesel engine performance chips.