3" Exhaust

I rang steinbauer the other day to find out some info firstly on their product and I also asked about the exhaust for the prado (turbo diesel 1kz) the Steinbauer product supply and fit was $1500 I asked about putting a Beaudesert (spelling) exhaust to open it up a bit more, reply was waste of money, But did advise me just to change the main muffler as the genuine one has a lot of baffles inside restricting it, he said doing this was as good as spending a grand on a beaudesert exhaust ??? He said if I fit a beaudesert I would gain about 4kw at the engine not at the wheels. Not sure if the patrol would be the same ?? I asked about the dump pipe been smaller then the diameter of the outlet on the turbo and he said so minimal it wouldn't make a difference to performance ?? I have heard of people just doing the exhaust and saying they made a lot more power and turbo spool up quicker reducing turbo lag ?? All of the above was by me asking questions and not actually having any of it done to my own vehicle. Regards Steve

Try asking over here http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/ you will get plenty of answers by guys who have done it.
Cheers Dave...

HI, I fitted a DP chip to my Nissan Navara 2.5 D22, thought there wasn't much improvement in power so took it for a run on a dyno and just as I though the chip only added 3 kws from standard.

Sent it back to DP and they claimed to fix it but when we fitted it again still hardly any improvement on standard, as well the mechanic who did the dyno wasn't very happy with the way the oxy- fuel mixture changed and was all over the place rather than the smooth curve on original settings.

It's easy to see why they all say there's no need for a dyno check as they don't want you to see the real figures just the placebo affect you think you are getting from fitting a chip.

If you are thinking of getting a chip make sure you get an independent dyno test so you get the real figures not the ones they claim you will get.

I may be wrong but after surfing the net and fitting a chip I'm yet to be convinced that chips work any where as good as claimed, a bigger exhaust and snorkel is just as good and you won't be playing with the electronics and warranty issues ,
cheers Butch

I've got a 2003 3l patrol with a dtronic fitted.
Sick of spending money on it and sorta wanting a new exhaust i decided to spend $80 and have the main muffler cut off instead , sounds much better without resonating through the cabin on the highway and a hell of a lot cheaper!
Good luck either way.

Cheers Wayne

A 3" exhaust on a 3.0 litre patrol will give good gains across the rev range,they get into boost/torque earlier and make them a lot more driveable all over.

My recommendation is a steinbauer and Taipan system.

MAtt