Hi,
For those who own the petrol hungry Land Rover V8's, I recently had a "Unichip" fitted to our 1997 Discovery SE7 V8, with some interesting results. On the four wheel dyno, the power at the
wheels went up to 90.5Kw (from 60 odd) and the torque 208Kw @ 3,500 rpm. The max power Band is now in between 3,000 and 4,000rpm.
I had it fitted prior to going on a 21 Caravan Tag-a-long tour, which finished at Casino, last month.
The difference in towing a caravan was truly amazing. The Disco was more responsive, had a hell of a lot more power and the fuel consumption was better.
On the way from
Brisbane to
Roma, I had strong head winds all the way. We sat on 90kph and got only 24.5 L/100km. However, 18.9 to 19.6 was the normal consumption, also at 90 to 95 kph.
Prior to the chip, this vehicle did 22 to 25 around town and 14.3, on the highway at 100kph.
A couple of days ago, I did a trip from
Brisbane to Cooroy and return, sitting on 115kph, followed by another 100km on local travel. When I filled the
tank, the Disco had averaged 15.3 L/100km, combined. Around town it is doing 18 to 20, depending on the traffic.
So if anyone wants to convert their "V8 slug" into a "real V8", that is the way to do it.
I don't have LPG so I have two fuel maps, one for ULP and one for PULP. I have not tried the latter, as yet. But I can say I'm really happy with the chipped motor. It was
well worth the 1600 bucks :)
Cheers,
Ron