Spider Diesel Tuning Chip

[keef_7]

Does anyone have one of these chips fitted? If so how long have you had it and how have you found it?

[08crd]

My two bobs worth.
I have a VW Golf 2ltr diesel and have chipped it up with a Superchips Bluefin remap from U.k. The car runs really well but does make extra smoke, therein lies the problem. I think a diesel with a particulate filter has the potential of stuffing the particulate filter prematurely with the extra soot burden. This depends on the type of particulate filter the car uses but the Merc uses a regen burn type filter and I would be surprised if chipping it it doesn't shorten the life of the filter.

[GPCDR]

Originally Posted by 08crd

My two bobs worth.
I have a VW Golf 2ltr diesel and have chipped it up with a Superchips Bluefin remap from U.k. The car runs really well but does make extra smoke, therein lies the problem.

I installed a Diesel Power DIGI CR chip, none of the settings produce any extra smoke. It must have something to do with the tuning of the chip.

[08crd]

Hi GPCDR. To make extra power out of an internal combustion engine you either improve the efficiency of the motor(it sucks in air and pumps it out) or add more fuel or air. These new diesel engines from Europe are pretty well sorted so the "chips"are basically sending false signals to the E.C.M to over fuel or over boost.
From the research I have done a remap of the E.C.U is the best way to go. VW use superchips UK to tune their race cars and that was why I used them to remap the Golf. However it doesn't have the same particulate filter as my Commander. I am sure you can get more power with the chip but i would check out how much a new particulate filter costs. I have rubbed my finger inside the tailpipe to check how much soot is there and it is perfectly clean that means it is doing a lot of work.

[GPCDR]

Most manufacturers detune the engine due to them having to cater for drivers who insist on using sub standard fuels or refuse to adhere to service schedules. Sometimes it is also restricted purely for marketing reasons, often just to drop an engines power output into a certain class.

My research found that Diesel Power optimizes the system to increase power and torque whilst decreasing fuel consumption. The tuning module works by regulating the fuel delivery time to the engine, which optimises the vehicles power. While some tuners regulate the diesel pump delivery (VP style), the DieselPower common rail tuners regulate the fuel pressure to optimise the timing and quantity of diesel delivery on each revolution. By working with the signal from the ECU and making thousands of calculations per second, power and drivability is enhanced without disturbing the vehicle’s factory safety features.

I also found that not all remapping and chip companies meet the TUV certification. TUV approval requires the product to comply with legal exhaust-emissions standards and with regard to tuning modules, it requires that emissions standards are similar to the original manufacturers standards.

Diesel Power modules have attained TUV certification and also the E-1 certification which verifies that module does not damage or conflict with any other component on the vehicle.

[08crd]

Well I will be interested in how it goes after a reasonable time. Keep us posted.

[sbv20j]

I have just received my spider chip, i have not a chance to test it yet