Turned up my DP chip and wow!

Offroaddags,

I'd like to hear too. On setting 5 (combined cycle) I use 10.7 litres per 100km. Should note, I have a bar, winch, batteries etc and 2" lift which would make a fair difference. Towing (1,300kg pop top) I use around 13 litres per 100km sitting just below 100 kph.

Skull

Gone Bush,

I certainly am cautious about it and probably won't leave it on the highest setting. When I bought the chip, the dealer told me to call DP Chip for advice on settings. They told me that their chips are programmed for each specific model and that critical temps etc will stay within safe limits even on the highest setting.

It's not DP Chip I don't trust, it's Toyota. I have found their warranty service to be exceptionally poor. Prado 150s suffer from a vibration at 1500 rpm and an intermittent flat spot. Both issues are well documented on Pradopoint. I have been complaining for 12 months and Toyota have consistently denied there is a problem. Last week, I read on PP that there is now a fix for the flat spot so I rang Toyota.They claimed they knew nothing but when I offered to give them the reference number for the update, they suddenly knew all about it.

One of the reasons I paid more for the DP Chip was their warranty. Nonetheless, if I did have an engine or transmission problem, the chip would be coming off before it goes to the dealer. It is about a 5 minute job.

Cheers

Skull

Thanks Captain,

I will have a look at that.

Skull

New Boy, exhaust is standard

Thanks Skulldug I did increase the boost from 5 as set to 6 and a very short run to Bunnings (Sunday outing) car appeared better towing the van on Tuesday acid test .
But does the exhaust compensate for the added EGT???

New Boy,
Before you start cranking up the boost on a 3 litre grenade (sorry, Patrol) I would do a fair bit of reading on the saga's with the 3 ltr motor.
There's a fair bit on this forum (go to 'search' and type in '3ltr Patrol' or '3ltr Grenade') and a lot more on the Patrol forum as well.

Disco
(who wouldn't own a 3Ltr Patrol even if it was given to me)

Disco,

A Disco driver talking about reliability?

That's unique.
:)