diesel power chips

[robie]

have any of you got/had them

your opinions (is it worth it)

how long have you had it for

best brands (im looking at chipexpress)

[T_Money]

All diesel chips do is alter the signal form the EGT sender and make it lower. Lower EGT = more diesel = more powah. I personally dont like the idea of them but there are plenty of people running them with few problems.

In all honesty go for a 3inch exhaust frist. at least that way you are decreasing your EGT's leitimately and not placing undue strain on the engine.

[tpl]

I tried once on my ranger tdci few years ago. honestly i don't feel any different at least for take off 0-100km/h. there are few different settings. the salesman tried to impress me set the best one already but still no diff. can't remember what brand

[Steven]

I have a chipit module in my 05 D4D Hilux. They plug into both the fuel rail sensor and the MAP sensor on the intercooler.

Has 16 or so tunes you can alter with a laptop quite easily.

It comes pretuned with tune 5, and right away it made a huge difference to how it drives. Plenty of torque and also a very noticeable increase when it comes on boost around 1700rpm.
I've got mine on tune 7 now which is slightly better, however my injectors are making a bit of a racket so I'll probably drop it back to tune 5 in which everything ran quite well.

Biggest advantage of the chip is how much nicer the ute is to drive now - much less gear changes required around town and I can actually overtake someone on the freeway if the need arises.

[Defyant]

Biggest advantage of the chip is how much nicer the ute is to drive now - much less gear changes required around town and I can actually overtake someone on the freeway if the need arises.

Steve's right on the money,

I notice the same thing, using a DPChip. tons more torque. I also Added a full free flow stainless steel exhaust. Which also added some more power.

[Stickman]

I have a chipit module in my 05 D4D Hilux. They plug into both the fuel rail sensor and the MAP sensor on the intercooler.

Has 16 or so tunes you can alter with a laptop quite easily.

It comes pretuned with tune 5, and right away it made a huge difference to how it drives. Plenty of torque and also a very noticeable increase when it comes on boost around 1700rpm.

I've got mine on tune 7 now which is slightly better, however my injectors are making a bit of a racket so I'll probably drop it back to tune 5 in which everything ran quite well.

Biggest advantage of the chip is how much nicer the ute is to drive now - much less gear changes required around town and I can actually overtake someone on the freeway if the need arises.

Have you been off road with your ute, do you find it helps in low range (that is if you have a 4x4)?

[D3ViOUS]

I thought buying chips for diesel cars were bad?

Well according to this site,

http://www.supercarperformance.com.au/diesel_smart.php

[Defyant]

There are some poorly designed units on the market, I read that link to say...cheap chips are duds buy ours and it'a all good.

You really have to do your research.

I fitted mine to a brand new engine, (not really recommended) but im at 50k now and never missed a beat.

I went with the DPchip due to the engine warranty and had it fitted by a diesel specialist (I know its just plug and play) just to have a second backup.

A mate brought a German Chip on for 150bux , he fitted it to his V6 vitto diesel .... nothing but probs.....

[D3ViOUS]

yeah i sort of got the same impression

[Steven]

I have a chipit module in my 05 D4D Hilux. They plug into both the fuel rail sensor and the MAP sensor on the intercooler.

Has 16 or so tunes you can alter with a laptop quite easily.

It comes pretuned with tune 5, and right away it made a huge difference to how it drives. Plenty of torque and also a very noticeable increase when it comes on boost around 1700rpm.

I've got mine on tune 7 now which is slightly better, however my injectors are making a bit of a racket so I'll probably drop it back to tune 5 in which everything ran quite well.

Biggest advantage of the chip is how much nicer the ute is to drive now - much less gear changes required around town and I can actually overtake someone on the freeway if the need arises.

Have you been off road with your ute, do you find it helps in low range (that is if you have a 4x4)?

Haven't had the chance to test it off road yet, but there is an increase in low down torque that's noticeable around town.

I probably won't get a chance to test it off road for a while yet as my clutch is started to slip so I'll have to baby it until I can replace it. Might even have to disable the chip at the extra torque plus worn clutch does not a good combo make.

[Defyant]

There was talk around that chips put extra stress on twin/dual clutches.... imo its BS but if it's out there that's always something to be aware of.