By designbox on Thursday, August 20th, 2015 in Uncategorized 1 Comment
When it comes to a car remap, you pay for what you get Not too long ago, we worked on a BMW 335d for a customer who had just got a car remap by another company. The car remap had seemed fine at first but the more the customer drove it the more he didn’t […]
By designbox on Monday, August 17th, 2015 in Uncategorized 52 Comments
Remap or Tuning boxes – Which should I choose? Tuning boxes offer the same thing as remaps; but they go about it in a different way. A tuning boxes plug into a car’s wiring loom and modifies the signals from the ECU. They are usually either very cheap (under £100) or very expensive (over £1000), […]
By designbox on Thursday, August 13th, 2015 in Uncategorized No Comments
I have car air conditioning problems, Why is this? If you have just bought a car, you might be disappointed if it has car air conditioning problems and how cold the it is – if so, you are not alone. A quick search on forums reveals that there are many motorists have car air conditioning […]
By designbox on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 in Uncategorized No Comments
What’s best? power vs. torque This question has been debated extensively and there are excellent arguments on each side, although many people miss the point when approaching it. You see, the answer to the question power vs torque really depends on your driving style. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q5o_OWjjb00/maxresdefault.jpg For example, if you are driving a torquey diesel car, […]
By designbox on Monday, August 10th, 2015 in Uncategorized 1 Comment
Running in a new car, so what’s the right way to do it? Some people say that you should avoid full throttle in a new car until 1000 (or more) miles have passed, while others say that you should drive a new car like you stole it straight away. So what’s the right way to […]
By designbox on Friday, August 7th, 2015 in Uncategorized 57 Comments
Turning to Dave for re-runs of old Top Gear seemed to be the grim reality facing all us motoring lovers just a few weeks ago. Because not only had the BBC let Clarkson go and let Hammond and May leave, but the ex-Top Gear hosts signed BBC contracts that prevented them from making another motoring […]
By designbox on Thursday, August 6th, 2015 in Uncategorized No Comments
Going one step further with tuning stage 2 Some people will question the need for tuning stage 2, especially since a humble stage 1 tune adds so much more performance to a vehicle. But for some, tuning stage 1 simply isn’t enough – some folk want to make further modifications to their vehicle to improve […]
By designbox on Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 in Uncategorized 5 Comments
Could the EGR valve removal become the next MOT failure? In February 2014, the Government/ EU made it an automatic MOT failure if a car that had a DPF fitted as standard was found to not have one present. This caused a lot of panic among car owners who had their DPF removed before these […]
