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Do not buy a TDC PowerBox CR plus

25K views 22 replies 10 participants last post by  Chip Tuning  
#1 ·
Do not buy a TDC PowerBox CR plus for your CRD off Ebay. I bought one for my Patrol CRD and one for my D22 CRD. Not quite 2 years later and they have both blown up. They are not a reliable unit and have both failed in the same way.

Steer well clear of them if you see them on Ebay.

Purchased a chipit unit to replace the one on the patrol and will now do the same for the D22.
 
#3 ·
You have a great product with the loadable fuel/boost Maps. Better than anything else on the market especially at the price that I had to choose from. I am certainly happy with the product on my CRD Patrol.
 
#4 ·
It's a bit of a minefield this subject, have been considering replacing my old Safari DTronic (which is not adjustable) it still seems to work OK but something that gives me performance options would be nice.

You can read all the info you want on this subject but you can still come away confused, the more you know the more questions you have. With each vehicle being different in setup no two experiences are the same, Oh well! decisions, decisions!
 
#6 ·
It's a bit of a minefield this subject, have been considering replacing my old Safari DTronic (which is not adjustable) it still seems to work OK but something that gives me performance options would be nice.

You can read all the info you want on this subject but you can still come away confused, the more you know the more questions you have. With each vehicle being different in setup no two experiences are the same, Oh well! decisions, decisions!
Feel free to call me direct on 0412 304030 if you wish to chat... I will try to cut out the tech speak... also you have 30 day money back guarantee with us so you can try it out.

See if what they say about us is true :)
 
#11 · (Edited by Moderator)
There are 3 dealers in victoria. APS Australian & New Zealand Regional Dealers

The reason tuning of unichip is limited to dealers is because its risky to map diesels without the proper equipment. Much more so when you have full access to injection timing which no other chip does.

If none of those dealers live close to you, the next option is to have the car dynod as is. Send the chip and dyno graphs (with afr) through to either me or dynomotive and we can remap it on the bench to suit.
 
#12 · (Edited by Moderator)
There are 3 dealers in victoria. APS Australian & New Zealand Regional Dealers

The reason tuning of unichip is limited to dealers is because its risky to map diesels without the proper equipment. Much more so when you have full access to injection timing which no other chip does.
You will need to adjust your statement regarding "full access to injection timing which no other chip does" as I know of two other chip manufacturers that have that feature ... one being ours.

Chip It now have injector tuning modules :) ... all plug and plug items too
 
#17 · (Edited by Moderator)
OK you will be able to see it real world when others tell you about it:)

The fact is, chips do not cause issues if kept to pre set tunes ... if they did forums worldwide would be FULL of "DON'T FIT CHIPS BECAUSE IT WILL STUFF YOUR ENGINE". You know as well as I do that customers do not have tuning rights in any case. We certainly do not give out the Pro Tuner Software to end users. Only true tune shops have this software that opens up the internals of the programming.

Our customers get the Macro tuner software that allows them to load our pre set tunes only or the tunes that we tweak for them and email them. This gets them a new tune for their vehicle within minutes. A pretty good service and it costs the customer ZIP. We do this for free. Of course most (99%) of customers wont need this extra service.
 
#18 ·
Ok we are back. I am up to two hours + on sorting this out, remember that I am a volunteer... I have taken out what I considered to be irrelevant/personal/pointless stuff, so we go again.

Some fair points and questions have been raised and I expect fair responses, otherwise don't respond at all.