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td5 upgrades
Porny:
--- Quote ---f you mess with the ECU then you'll need a rolling road as you have done a few miles.
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Not really...
--- Quote ---Not really, although all remaps/ecu work SHOULD be done on a rolling road 99.9% are not, proving its not essential.
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Rolling roads aren't always the most acurate things in the world anyway....
However I know that Allisport and JE Engineering use rolling roads to test their tunes.
In all honesty, rolling roads aren't always the best things for developing new tunes. They are though, a tool that should be used as 'part of' the development process.
No matter how good the rolling road, it will never fully simulate real life running. Esp. when it comes to air flow.
Also, when it comes to altering throttle progression and setting smoke limits, it is much easier to do on the road, than on a rolling road.
Ian
muddyweb:
--- Quote from: "Porny" ---means visting the 'supplier' - but only takes 10 mins when your there.
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Yes, assuming the supplier isn't a 3 hour drive away ;-)
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--- Quote ---If you ever have problems with the vehicle, you can run into issues with getting diagnostic information from the vehicle
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Why's that?? All the chip/relfash does is alter the fuel map... and at times plays around with throttle progression. Getting Info stored in the ECU is no different from a standard vehicle.
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Why ? Because they are funny old machines... we've certainly encountered issues with Testbook on remapped vehicles.
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--- Quote --- Warranty claims aren't much of an issue I am guessing due to the vehicle age, but that is another factor.
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True... hence why you'd go to a reputable place... so in theory nothing will go wrong because of the new 'tune'
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Ho Ho Ho... I'd have thought you would know Land Rover dealerships better than that !
--- Quote from: "Porny" ---With a good tune, a bigger intercooler and with the boost up a little bit (17psi is good :wink: - though most of the interupter boxes don't like it when you do this... well the ECU doesn't - it gets too confused) you'll have quite acceptable performance.
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Yep, I'm well aware of that... we sell both Dastek and Fearn units, and they do both have their pros and cons. If you want to see how much power a Td5 can produce, you'll see a lot worse than Simon's challenge truck ;-)
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