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Dear All,
I have just installed a DPChip obtained from a fellow Pradopoint participant second hand. It is a little over two years old and came from a Prado 90. I have a Prado 120 with a snorkel which made an improvement to power only to be lost with the 70 series tyres. I had the chip installed by Berrima Diesel Service who also remapped it with the latest maps and software and installed it for the install price only. Thanks to them for that. I noticed an immediate change: less engine noise; more power across the range. To be able to really tell properly I would need a dyno, however, I was more interested in measuring what it was in real life so I performed a number of real life driving tests. I performed the tests on a flat road using the same piece of road for each test. They were performed twice and the times averaged.
Results are listed below.
No Chip Chip % improvement
0-60 kph 9.38 sec 8.17 sec 12.9%
0-100 kph 24.6 sec 21.1 sec 14.2%
60-80 kph 7.10 sec 6.35 sec 10.56%
80-110 kph 15.54 sec 13.75 sec 11.5%
I am not sure how this would be reflected in dyno figures especially off the engine but I am interested in how others have found their improvements.
I suggest that those of you who have chips that can be detached or turned off do the same tests so that we can compare real improvements in percentage improvement and post them up for all to see. I believe it would be interesting for all Prado owners of all models so I am posting this on both 120 and 90 forums. D4D owners with chips should also post as it is the % increase in performance we are interested in.
Regards
I have just installed a DPChip obtained from a fellow Pradopoint participant second hand. It is a little over two years old and came from a Prado 90. I have a Prado 120 with a snorkel which made an improvement to power only to be lost with the 70 series tyres. I had the chip installed by Berrima Diesel Service who also remapped it with the latest maps and software and installed it for the install price only. Thanks to them for that. I noticed an immediate change: less engine noise; more power across the range. To be able to really tell properly I would need a dyno, however, I was more interested in measuring what it was in real life so I performed a number of real life driving tests. I performed the tests on a flat road using the same piece of road for each test. They were performed twice and the times averaged.
Results are listed below.
No Chip Chip % improvement
0-60 kph 9.38 sec 8.17 sec 12.9%
0-100 kph 24.6 sec 21.1 sec 14.2%
60-80 kph 7.10 sec 6.35 sec 10.56%
80-110 kph 15.54 sec 13.75 sec 11.5%
I am not sure how this would be reflected in dyno figures especially off the engine but I am interested in how others have found their improvements.
I suggest that those of you who have chips that can be detached or turned off do the same tests so that we can compare real improvements in percentage improvement and post them up for all to see. I believe it would be interesting for all Prado owners of all models so I am posting this on both 120 and 90 forums. D4D owners with chips should also post as it is the % increase in performance we are interested in.
Regards
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