Just a few words of recommendation about the
fantastic box of tricks that has transformed my plodding 4x4
into its name........ "Shogun
Sport"
I can't believe that I am driving the same
vehicle ,so much extra power and torque. Initially when fitted
I was wheel spinning when setting off but having gotten used
to it now just feather throttle lightly.
What a fantastic product and Mike and his staff
are so helpful and knowledgeable I felt really at ease and
reassured.
Thanks Again I will recommend to all my petrol
head mates.
R Ralph
Senior Partner
Architectural Design Partnership
Spider®
- Mitsubishi Shogun 3.2 DiD 2007 Model
Hi, I know you put users feedback onto your
site, I thought I would add
mine...
After
installing the spider, which took all of 10 mins (longest part
was removing engine cowl) all plugged in and ready to
go...After a short time I noticed the engine was smoother, no
rattles and the power delivery was awesome, my shogun has gone
from a powerful beast to a super smooth powerful vehicle, I
was happy enough with the return on the power alone, but now I
have noticed I have an added 5mpg which is not a lot but
considering the weight of the vehicle I think its a fantastic
improvement, the spider will pay for itself over
time.
Darren Bisbey
Mitsubishi Shogun 3.2DID
2007
Again thanks!!!
Spider® -
Range Rover Sport TDV6 (Auto)
Hello all at Spider
Have to let you know how amazed
and happy I am with your product!
Having had it fitted for a week
now, I can not imagine ever taking it off. Power delivery is
so smooth and the car is so swift now. It is a true pleasure
to drive. Let a friend of mine (Landrover teccy) have a go, he
was gobsmacked, :)
Economy has also improved from
an average of 26mpg to now 30mpg.
Please feel free to use this
email as you wish and thanks again for a superb product, best
bit of spending I have done in a long time!
Steve
Spider® - Range Rover
TDV8 Brazil
Hello
Mike.
Thank you for your
answer. Today, I installed the Spider. The results is
fantastic. I love it!
Kind regards.
Derval (Brazil)
Spider® - Range Rover TDV8 UK
Owners of the Range Rover
Sport TDV8 will know what I mean when I talk about the huge
“Land Rover Approved” flat spot that exists whenever you try
pulling away quickly from a junction. There you are sat at the
junction wondering whether to pull out or not, you put your
foot to the floor and nothing much happens until you hit
40mph. Given the torque figures quoted for this engine I was
always surprised at this lack of initial acceleration but put
it down to the weight of the car and the auto
gearbox.
After becoming more and
more frustrated I started looking at diesel tuning boxes and
soon discovered that not all tuning boxes are equal or that
all tuning companies are exactly truthful with their claims.
I’ve been around V8 engines for years and so when a petrol
head friend of mine also mentioned he was looking at the
Spider I decided I’d give them a call.
Next day I was outside
their offices watching their technician as he fitted the
Spider and explained everything to me. It’s worth noting that
the materials used in the manufacture of the Spider give it a
very professional appearance and the ability to self-calibrate
takes a lot of worry out of using a tuning box. As for
fitting, this has got to be about the simplest fit of any
tuning device I’ve ever seen, 10 minutes to fit, explain, and
self-calibrate before we went on a test drive. Pulling out of
the car park it was evident that something was very different
and when I put my foot down there was no flat spot, no
hesitation, just a seamless wave of torque. I was actually
smiling within 2 minutes of having the Spider
fitted.
The Spider has now done
about 1000 miles and I’ve had no issues at all with it and
I’ve had time to play around with the settings. The two
adjustments that can be made are for power and the rpm range,
this is done by moving the appropriate jumper to one of the
nine different settings. The Spider came set up using the
mid-point settings and to be honest I would have been more
than happy to leave the settings at the factory standards, but
if it can be adjusted then why not adjust
it.
First adjustment was to
move the rpm jumper along one position, this means the engine
can develop more power higher in the rpm range. Results were
good but only really noticeable at higher
speeds.
Second adjustment was to
move the power jumper to the maximum setting. This time the
car felt like it had a huge increase in bottom end torque but
the ECU went into limp home mode when it hit 3200rpm. No
problem, stop the car, turn the engine off, restart and all
was fine. I turned the engine off again and after waiting for
2 minutes moved the power jumper back one
setting.
A quick run showed that
this combination of settings was giving excellent bottom end
torque and enough power to overtake very quickly. Having
driven the Supercharged Range Rover Sport I would estimate
that the TDV8 was now as quick off the mark and probably
quicker in the mid and upper ranges.
The final adjustment that
day was to move the rpm jumper to the maximum setting but
again the car went into limp home mode. I reset the rpm back
down one position to number 6 and put the power back on the
maximum setting. Although the car didn’t go into limp home
mode this combination of settings gave the car a slightly over
fuelled feeling so both power and rpm were reset to the
previous settings.
Since then I have tried
using the lower settings and while the car still feels more
responsive than standard it doesn’t push you back in the seat
like it will on the higher settings so I’ve left my Spider set
on the following, rpm = setting 7, power = setting
8.
Fuel economy was never
good, my mpg always seemed stuck around 20mpg so I expected
the Spider to do further damage to this already lowly figure
especially given that the engine is now so responsive to the
throttle. Well, a recent 400 mile high speed dash saw the car
return an average of 31.2mpg. Even with a mix of driving
conditions I am now seeing 28mpg.
So what about the down
sides? The arrangement of the adjustment pins means that you
cannot have both power and rpm on the same setting, for
example if you have the power set at position 8 then the rpm
must be set to another position other than number 8. No big
deal but does mean there is a slight compromise in the
adjustments available.
To finish it’s worth noting
that I recently had the car serviced after removing the Spider
and had no issues with the service centre at all. It appears
that the Spider leaves no trace at all when
removed.
Spider® - Saab 9 5 3.0
TiD
I’ve got it
fitted!
The spider control box tucks nicely into the Saab’s
oversized battery housing, keeping it safely out of harm.
First impressions are that the car’s flat spots have almost
disappeared! The annoying “waiting for the rush” feeling that
you sometimes got when pulling out into traffic has now gone,
with the car pulling out like a petrol engine car half its
weight! I have yet to test the car on a long journey, but i’ll
let you know after Monday, since i have to travel 100ish
miles. Many thanks for your help and patience.
My
brother is already envious and is thinking of doing the same
to his Audi A6 2.7Tdi, since he doesn’t like having the
slowest car :)
Best regards
Dan
Rimer
Spider® - Vauxhall Opel Vectra 3.0
cdti
Mike, Just wanted to say
thanks for the "Spider" recommendation, I purchased from you
last week, It fitted my 2005 Vauxhall Vectra 3.0 CDTI SRI a
treat, all done & fitted in 5 minutes and the power /
tourque difference is fantastic. Don't get me wrong it was a
quick car before but now its even better and it pulls &
pulls & the fuel consumption has also gone up from 40.9mpg
too 48.4mpg
Thanks again
Ps if you want to put me down
as a customer recommendation please feel
free.
Regards
Terry
Gefaell
