Disclaimer. I do not have one of these. I do not expect to buy one. Well not for some time as I cannot justify even this reasonable cost to myself.I have been trying to read up on Diesel Tuning, trying to acquire an 'informed layman's understanding of the subject'. Been on lots of supplier web sites. Read loads of articles. Some were over my head but most have enabled me to continue to build up a picture. My journey is not over. There are still more suppliers here in the UK who have web sites for me to crawl through eventually when I have the time. You already know that this is what TheBunyip does in his quest for knowledge and hopefully a little wisdom.
As the forum members here will know it is a subject that can raise conflicting passions. On some suppliers web sites the alternative approaches are 'bad mouthed' using criticisms that may be sometimes correct, often illogical IMHO or even, I have come to suspect, outright lies.
One Scottish (UK) Tuning Box supplier that intrigues me is a small company called Ronian Ltd. Trading at
http://tuning-diesels.com He seems to have started as a one man band a couple of years ago and is growing quite successfully. His Common Rail product is called the
Synergy 1 and at £159.00 is fairly competitively priced. The web site appears to be the work of an DIY enthusiast rather than a professional site developer. It is none the worse for that.
The
Synergy 1 is described here.
http://tuning-diesels.com/tu3all.htm If you scroll down the page you will find a number of customer 'Testimonials' including this one...
SYNERGY1 On a KIA CEED SW 1.6 CDRi 115 bhp (I30 CRDi engine)
OK trialed this thing for a month or more now and have to report… It works as you say!!! Getting smoother acceleration and approx 8 % better MPG, measured with brim to brim filling. Setting is at 6 and getting best MPG results at this setting too. The KIA 1.6 engine is a gutsy little devil anyway but they seem to be starving it at the low end to achieve emission figures. Before fitting, when the turbo kicked in it surged due to the differences in torque. Now it has a much smoother transition J Steve, Norfolk
It is worth following the links to his FAQs and further explanation here
http://tuning-diesels.com/dfacts.htm and here
http://tuning-diesels.com/dfacts2.htmHe offers some interesting ideas on the history and current practice of Diesel Tuning.
I know that not everyone will agree with him and some may foam at the mouth for me even drawing his site to your attention. However I think that those with an open mind will find that this 'oh so practical' man has a site that provides an interesting read even if you are not likely to 'reach for the plastic'.
ENJOY!!