hiclones / counteract

Col
I posted a thread on electronic rust prevention units not long back so you should be bale to get most info from there. Can't remember the post # sorry

Col,

I fitted a hi-clone to my 3.0 patrol and it is great. better than 10% fuel economy improvement, smoother, turbo comes in earlier - all around a good deal.

Hi-clone offer a money back guarantee, so you can't go wrong.

I fitted two units

all the bestSo many places to go!
So much work to do :0(

Gday Col,

I have an 1997 80 Series Landcruiser(4.5 petrol) to which I fitted 1 hiclone and 1 K&N airfilter.
This is the prefered arrangement that hilcone recommended for my vehicle. works well too. Get about an extra 100kms out of both tanks (145lt). Also alot better pickup and smoother gear changes (auto tranny).
If you ring hilclone, they will tell you the best arrangement to suit your Patrol.

Hope this helps,

Stolzy

Hiclones are well known for not doing a flammin thing!

Check heaps of threads on any 4wd forum on the planet, here, outerlimits, snake, patrol, melbourne, brisbane, adelaide, perth, sydney, offroadrigs, gq lists.. all at some stage have had a thread on them...

One of the threads on this place, 99% thought you were better off burning your $100 note!

Col, I put all 3 in my 3.0ltr gu fuel consumption worse lucky money back guarentee. Now got d'Tronic chip gooo's like a rocket well worth the $1500 and if it carks it you can plug OE chip back in as d'Tronic pigybacks on original chip.Regards Bob
3 Weeks till Gulf trip

Hi Col
For power and economy, dont go past a unichip-much like the dtronic for diseasals, but to suit your specific motor (tuned to suit your motor). Look up Safari 4wd in the search engine as they distribute them here in oz
Have heard both ways on hiclones, a friend made one and swears it helped his std diseasal 80 series.
A friend installed a counteract, and just for fun, he took out a bolt from the rad support panel and put in a mild steel one. It hasnt even looked like rusting, so there might be something in the negitive ions attracting rust.....
Andrew

Col, "to Hiclone or not to Hiclone?". Same question as "Nissan or Toyota?", and you'll get the same responses.

You'll get a lot of folk that have never tried one, bagging them. You'll get some that have used them supporting them, some not. You'll generally find those against, expressing it with a passion while those that say they work doing so in a "take it or leave it" sort of way. From those that have tried them (me included) you'll get differing results and views. The general consensus is that they make no difference on a turbo'd motor. For naturally aspirated motors, both petrol and diesel, you'll get as many saying they work as those they say they don't, and there are lots of variables generating those outcomes - age and state of motor being the main one.

I fitted mine to a fairly new petrol V6 and got sufficiently positive results (between 10% and 15% better fuel economy) to keep them (paid forthemselves in 9 months). I didn't get these results at first and had to muck about a bit with positioning of the units and "rebooting" the ECU. Its been suggested this was just the motor running in but the change was immediate. However, one thing that helped make that decision to keep them was the better engine response from the right foot. It really was a noticeable improvement.

They don't work for some, and seem to for others. The money back guarantee is genuine (and was happily extended another 30 days for me), so it couldn't hurt to try. Just have the balls to return it if it really doesn't work for you.

The Unichip is supposed to be the duck's guts but I haven't had enough spare redaies to try one yet (needed the roofrack more). If you do (have the readies), I reckon you'd get seriously better results from one of those.Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (Sydney)

I have been using ERPS rust units now for some time. I believe that they do the job.Ive even got one fitted to my fridge in the house which was rusting until I fitted the ERPS unit. It has stopped since fitting.
If you are interested I have a new unit still in warranty that I no longer require.(sold the car Iwas going to fit it to)Guarantee my price will be cheaper than buying new counteract or ERPS. lisadarrin@hotmail.com