100 seiries t/d auto gas or chip
Submitted: Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 at 08:24
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Member - Stewart P (QLD)
We have bought a 100series t/d and will towing a22ft off road van
we are asking for
feedback witch is the best way to go gas or chip thanks in advance
Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 at 08:41
Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 at 08:41
Have just put a Safari Dtronic chip in
mine and am getting a new 3 " exhaust in the next week or so.
It seems to run smoother and go better with the chip but the Dyno will tell the story I guess.
Bought the chip new for nearly half price so all up cost will be about $3,000.
I tow a 21ft 2.8t van
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Follow Up By: Richard W (NSW) - Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 at 19:26
Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 at 19:26
I put on a 3" mandrel bent exhaust when I damaged the original and it improved mid range performance but economy stayed the same. Then put in a D'tronic and it improved the low end performance and fuel consumption by 2L/100KM. Haven't had it Dyno'd but you can feel the difference.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 at 20:05
Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 at 20:05
What brand of exhaust did you get
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Follow Up By: Richard W (NSW) - Monday, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:50
Monday, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:50
It was done by Macquarie 4X4 in NSW but I'm not sure where they sourced it from.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 26, 2008 at 15:54
Thursday, Jun 26, 2008 at 15:54
Here are the results of the Dyno tests on the 100 series 4.2td.
Has a DTRONIC chip and now has a DTS 3' mandrel bent exhaust.
The red figures are standard
The blue figures are with chip only
The green is with both.
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Makes a dramatic difference and not much more noisy than standard.
Took 3 hours because of the extra Dyno runs
All up cost $1100 for aluminised exhaust and dump
plus $900 for chip. Got out of it cheap at $2000 I reckon.
Will do fuel consumtiontests later but dont expect to save much, just wanted a bit more go for towing.
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Reply By: Gazal Champion - Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:46
Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:46
Hi Stewart,
I read on the
forum last week or maybe a few days ago that a member, I think, had his diesel gassed. He was saying that the claims were a 30% increase in power and a fuel saving of 20%.
He reconed that he could
well believe the power increase claims but was yet to have it dynoed and the fuel savings were probably more like 15% if I read it correctly.
Do a search back of the last week and
check it out. It was enlightening.
Regards,
Bruce.
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Follow Up By: Gazal Champion - Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 at 12:02
Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 at 12:02
It's a Bugr to be getting old, Just remembered that I had printed the article to show a neighbour.
The heading is LPG/Diesel findings.
Thread No. 58303
Authors name was Steve.
Give it a look and see what you recon.
A bigger exhaust system never goes astray either when you are talking diesels.
Check out some other posts on the subject of exhaust modifications as
well.
Bruce.
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