Diesel Power Chip

Have one in a 100ser and while power is up fuel stays the same.

If you are towing it certainly wont get better.

Fitted one to my canter improved power heaps when towing but when empty made no change, Fuel nil change Cheers TB ps worth every cent for towing

Hi
We have a D'tronic in our TD 4.2 troopy and are very happy with it. Lots more power, fuel usage about the same.
Cheers Lyndon

G'day Pickles,
I fitted a DP Chip to my D40 Navara 8 weeks ago and it has been the single best enhancement I have added to the car since new.
Just got back from 10 days on Fraser towing the Aussie Swag camper loaded up heavy on top and with a fully loaded tray on the ute and boy, what a difference to previous towing experiences on the island. Fraser was no where near it's softest this year after the Xmas rain but there were still plenty of chopped up parts to bog many cars we saw. Going through Indian Head bypass and other soft areas this year with the Chip was a dream - more consistent grunt and no gear changes - just put the foot down and it just ate it up.
With the chip there are no more flat spots in acceleration on or off road and it pulls like a train. No noticeable reduction in fuel used but not using any extra along with the better performance either. Came back through some soft stuff because of when we had to be home and couldn't wait for tides - the extra grunt makes a huge difference in soft sand.
If you are mostly after extra performance and towing power from your vehicle then a DP Chip is a great add on.
If you mostly want better economy then I wouldn't count on it giving you any better and spend the $ on something else.
I installed mine myself in 10 minutes - just plugs in and you mount it.
Cheers
Don

Same story as previous posters

Have one in our 4.5LV8 Td cruiser......significant imporvement on power..had plenty anyway....does nothing for the economy

I had a Detronic fitted to my 3.0ltr Patrol for the last 5 years. have found the power gain to be excellent but no improvement in fuel consumption. I didn't really expect to get anY change in fuel but the power/towing gain is terrific.

There are a number of brands on the market for you to choice from. Do your home work to see which one is for you. Safari don't sell the Detronic anymore.

I know nothing about Diesel Power Chips.
Is there no down side to them?
If you get a significant increase in power, don’t you worry about overloading other components like drive trains, big ends - or overheating the engine?
At a caravan park in Darwin a couple of years ago – I meet a guy who said he had a overheating problem after fitting one.
I have 2 mates, going back a few years; one had an old Troopy and the other an old Patrol which they were fitting aftermarket turbos to.
The Troopy's owner was advised that his engine wasn’t suited for an aftermarket turbo as the big ends couldn’t handle it.
The Nissan's owner was advised that his vehicle came out with two different motors – one was suitable for an aftermarket turbo whilst the other was not.
Don’t you have similar considerations for a Diesel Power Chip?

When i fitted mine I also fitted a 3"mandrel bent exhaust and this helped immensly as well.

No point in trying to blow extra gases down a small hole

We had it dynoed before anything was done after the exhaust and then after both.

The exhaust made a difference on its own and the chip even more.

Actually improves the running by metering the fuel better.

Mine if I booted it hard would blow a lot of black off the line but after the chip it hardly blows any.


Wife moaned about the cost till I gave it a good squirt on the way home.

I called into an offroad shop WAUCHOPE and the bloke in there said not to fit one to a three speed auto puts to much pressure on it

I'd love to know just how many people that have had a chip installed also have an EGT gauge so they can measure their exhaust temps. Effectively all these chips do is increase fuel rail pressure so that for any given opening of the injector more fuel is injected into the combustion chamber. I bet the majority of people are flying blind regarding their Exhaust Gas Temperatures after having the chips fitted.
When I get a newish Pajero (hopefully soon) I'll install a chip along with several other mods I have in mind but I'll make sure that my maximum EGT's are around the 550C mark post turbo under load.
Regards Andrew.

I have a 2001 diesel prado l was real keen to do it until he said that he suggested to put a straight through muffler on which l already have .l tow a 2ton approx caravan going to west australia 2008l l towed in overdrive mostley and averaged 17 1/2 mpg went to qld last year and got nearly 19 towing in direct