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Old 20-10-2016, 05:30 PM   #1
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Default Thoughts on ford focus TDCI tune?

Hey, so 2 questions really - 1) What are you thoughts on getting my '08 ford focus TDCI (Diesel) tunes? I want to try get slightly better performance and fuel economy would be nice.
2) Are there any good tuners in the south eastern suburbs of victoria anyone can recommend? Thanks.
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Old 10-11-2016, 07:05 AM   #2
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Im looking at the same thing bud for a 2014. At least u dont have a dpf to worry about. European work shops should sell off the shelf tunes.
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Old 10-11-2016, 08:55 AM   #3
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Default Re: Thoughts on ford focus TDCI tune?

Same here
2008 LT Tdci
I'm in Berwick VIC so someone south east would be ideal
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Old 10-11-2016, 09:56 AM   #4
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After looking around, can't really get one for under 1000$, been looking at fwd tuning places.

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Old 10-11-2016, 10:04 AM   #5
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Thats about the price range ive been looking at as well
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Old 10-11-2016, 02:10 PM   #6
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Default Re: Thoughts on ford focus TDCI tune?

There is a company called Racechips that sell a plug in chip. Apparently you can get significant torque increases and it is safe. sells for around $500
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Old 12-12-2016, 01:43 AM   #7
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Bit of a late post,but i purchased a diesel tuning chip from 'Tuningkit.com'(nearly identical to racechips) in Germany last year-for my 2012 2.0 tdci-got the classic version $170 au plus about $30 freight i think.Connected up easy and played around with the different settings for a few weeks settling on good power/torque /drive ability.Yes it gives big improvements in torque from 1400 rpm-2500 rpm but definitely not the 150kw horsepower claims, that would maybe be with max settings dumping in heaps of fuel at high over spec fuelrail pressures etc-not good for the engine!But for $200 was is worth it-hell yeah lots of wheel spinning torque and a more sporty fun car to drive.
But ended up remapping the ECU so sold it.Re-map gave a smoother power surge and more top end power(2000 rpm -4000 rpm) and mapped out the egr.
ECU re-map about $120 from europe online plus bought a KessV2 ECU Programmer about $180 and flashed it myself.

local diesel chips or remaps in Melbourne just way too pricey
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Old 12-12-2016, 09:57 AM   #8
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Hey fugleman can you provide links to the ECU re-map and the ECU programmer please?
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Old 12-12-2016, 11:35 PM   #9
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https://exedigitaltuning.co.uk/chipt...36-hp-639.html

I've found this, it looks similar to tuningkit one, but a bit cheaper.
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Old 13-12-2016, 08:31 AM   #10
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I have a ckspeed one brand new if you want to buy it
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Old 13-12-2016, 09:20 AM   #11
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I have a ckspeed one brand new if you want to buy it
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I don't have quite enough posts to message haha, so if you can send me a message that should work. I assume it's for the 2008 Ford focus tdci with the 2l (1997cc and 100kw)
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Old 13-12-2016, 05:52 PM   #12
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Old 13-12-2016, 09:36 PM   #13
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Tuningkit Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
Website:
http://www.tuningkit.com/chiptuning/...ocus/index.php

for the ecu remap:
http://www.ecufiles.com/
register to see pricing etc.cost me 95 euro sent them my ecu file and took about 5 days to get the remapped ecu back from them instead of 1-2 days as removing the EGR on the delphi 3.5 ecu was a bit more tricky(i had a go trying to remap myself using winols but very hard without the right damos maps)
used a kess v2 clone attached to my laptop and OBD2 port to read/write ecu costs about $100 on ebay
was very straight forward ,no DTC error for egr or issues at all and a nice safe power boost(but not the fun surge in torque the tuning kit had!)

i use forscan app with the iphone and wifi obd2 reader while driving to monitor the boost,rail pressure, etc. in real time too. great app for mazda or fords reads everything.
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