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Avensis D4D Tuning box

  • 05-02-2009 6:29pm
    #1
    Turbury
    Closed Accounts Posts: 144 ✭✭


    Just wondering has anybody ever fitted one of these? If so where did you source and did it make much of a difference?


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    www.tte.de do them available through Toyota dealers without affecting warranty. they make a difference alright. Don't let any monkey tune your car though and don't go crazy on the power gain.


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,357 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    www.tte.de do them available through Toyota dealers without affecting warranty. they make a difference alright. Don't let any monkey tune your car though and don't go crazy on the power gain.

    the tuning boxes are plug and play units. they benefit from a K&N panel filter being fitted too. but they simply plug in and you get the power, no need for tuning, mapping, tweeking etc etc

    good unit but not as good as a mapable unit as its just a generic map with large safety allowances to compensate for a wide range of engines their being fitted to, ie. avensis with 20k or avensis with 200k, differently aged engines, different grades of fuel etc etc


  • #4
    Turbury
    Closed Accounts Posts: 144 ✭✭Turbury


    Thanks - I was looking at these - didnt know you could get them from toyota though. I see some on ebay for a bit over a 100 euro, wonder if they're worth bothering with. I'm not too concerned with upping the power too much, more curious to see the difference - although I wouldnt mine a bit extra torque down low.


  • #5
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    I've read a good few reviews on these ones in particular and on Toyota forums aswell.....

    http://www.dieseltuning.co.uk/spider.html

    thinking about getting one myself


  • #6
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Turbury wrote: »
    Thanks - I was looking at these - didnt know you could get them from toyota though. I see some on ebay for a bit over a 100 euro, wonder if they're worth bothering with. I'm not too concerned with upping the power too much, more curious to see the difference - although I wouldnt mine a bit extra torque down low.

    Avoid the ebay tat. Seriously, leave them. If you want a tuning box, toyota route seems the way to go. I'd get a decent remap personally but if its warranty covered then happy days


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  • #7
    Turbury
    Closed Accounts Posts: 144 ✭✭Turbury


    EPM wrote: »
    Avoid the ebay tat. Seriously, leave them. If you want a tuning box, toyota route seems the way to go. I'd get a decent remap personally but if its warranty covered then happy days

    Agreed - I think the ebay things are money down the drain.
    Unfortunately mine is a 2l d4d with a Denso ECU - which cannot be mapped, so tuning box is the only solution, apparently most of the 2.2l d4d have a bosch ecu that can be mapped.


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