JamieProbert Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hello all, I have a 09 plate Fiesta 1.6 TDCi. Starting too do a few mods on her atm, starting with 50mm lowering springs all round (ordered) and a pair of Team Heko wind deflectors (also ordered). Just asking for some advice on what you all think could be my next mod really..? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOCA Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hello - welcome to the forum! A remap / bluefin or digital tuning box - probably makes the biggest difference "bang for buck" Fitting an EGR blanking plate can be benificial, there is a lot of info on this on the site There is quite a lot you can do, either cosmetic or power enhancing etc, if your car has a DPF you can even get it phisically removed, electronically deleted, a stainless steel exhaust fitted and a "custom" remap done at once from the same place, members have done all sorts of modifications to their cars, ofton on their "signatures", worth having a look round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieProbert Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 Are the bluefins any good mate? Don't know much about them...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOCA Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 After using a tuning box for years (high end digital DTUK) I decided to switch to a Bluefin in the search for more power (and out of curiosity - to see if it made any difference) The tuning box was adjustable (an earlier single-map one, some of the later ones had multiple maps) and had a custom remote adjustment fitted - the car was tested for 0-60/ midrange etc and the box adjusted for maximum acceleration (along with the adjustable digital boost controller) The car has many other (performance) mods - too many to list When the bluefin was 1st fitted, the top end power/ revs were better, but the bottom end was not as good/ strong, Superchips were very helpful, and after an interim map, the 3rd map has almost the same bottom end power as the tuning box but better top end power / revs Im hoing to get a dyno / rolling road done soon, i have a limited amount of runs but may compare the different setups (Bluefin/ tuning box etc) Superchips were doing a 20% discount so the £399 turbo Blufins were about £320, i know you can get remaps frome elsewhere for less than that but i recommend superchips/ Blufin, Typical power improvements for a stock turbo-diesel are around 30Hp and the MPG is often improved too, the handset also works as a code reader, (and immobiliser!) and the map can be swapped back for the stock one (for the snow, etc ) Suposedly a "custom" remap with before/ after dyno runs should be better than a Bluefin (that is supposed to be "generic", and not suitable for modified cars, or heavily modified cars) , but im not convinced, and there may not be much (if anythig) "in it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieProbert Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 Oh right okay! Thanks for the info fella! I shall look into it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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