Has anyone tried a Steinbauer chip in their Puma?

**Brid** · 10th July 2009, 05:45 PM

G'day all. Just wondering if anyone else has tried a Steinbauer power module on their Puma engine? I'd love to hear your comments if possible please.

I had one fitted before our Vic high country trip in April, but it didn't seem to work at all. The supplier then had it on the dyno, acknowledged the problem, made a few tweaks, and there was a slight benefit, but it surged severely under load. After that the benefit was later gone anyway.

They even had the Steinbauer experts from Austria work on it when they were here last week. I got a message early in the day to say "great news, fitted module with new hardware, not even on the market yet ,and it is working well!" I don't know how they determined that...I'm just back from a 2000km + trip to the mines, and on or off, I can't feel any difference at all.

They say 20% power gain. If it produced that, it'd put a smile on your face straight away! I reckon I'd notice 10% easily. 5%, well perhaps you might or you might think it's going well today.

I know Steinbauer have a good name, so I suspect something is funny...maybe some sort of interference from alternator or whatever???

So, I sure would appreciate any comment from others experience.

Cheers
Brid

**p38arover** · 10th July 2009, 10:18 PM

Your best bet would be to have the car dynoed. If you are in Sydney, Graeme Cooper Auto are LR specialists and they have a 4-wheel dyno.

**Brid** · 11th July 2009, 06:54 AM

Thanks Ron. We have already been through that with Highway Diesel, the supplier in Brisbane. Following that, the got Steinbauer direct involved.

I gotta say that, I'm less than impressed with Steinbauer, when they can conclude that it's all sorted and working properly, when quite clearly, when I drive it, there is no discernible difference. Had they dynoed at the time, they would have known, and surely if they even drove it before and after, they would have known that they had not achieved anything significant.

I really hope someone else had tried it on a PUMA to comment one way or the other, in the hope there is some obvious solution. Otherwise I will request a refund on Monday.

Regards

Brid

**Wortho** · 11th July 2009, 05:32 PM

We've fitted two to puma Defenders and both went very noticeably better afterward, both owners very happy.

**p38arover** · 11th July 2009, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Brid

Thanks Ron. We have already been through that with Highway Diesel, the supplier in Brisbane. Following that, the got Steinbauer direct involved.

What were the results of the before and after dyno runs?

**Wortho** · 11th July 2009, 06:11 PM

Wish we had a Dyno but we don't, seat of the pants only i'm afraid however it was not wishful thinking they really did go quite alot better.

**Brid** · 12th July 2009, 06:02 PM

Thanks Wortho

That's good to hear that they have been fitted successfully! But interesting that mine doesn't work, and they have actually tried 3 different boxes now. Where did you place the box on those 2 Defenders?

Mine has been sited on top of the clutch masted cylinder cover panel (between the radiator overflow bottle and brake booster. As I mentioned before, I wonder if some electrical interference is stuffing things up. It does cause bad radio static.

Ron

The dyno results weren't revealed to me...it was just a tool to try to tweak it a bit, and Highway Diesel acknowledged that the result wasn't up to scratch at the time.

Thanks

Brid

**p38arover** · 12th July 2009, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by Brid

The dyno results weren't revealed to me...it was just a tool to try to tweak it a bit, and Highway Diesel acknowledged that the result wasn't up to scratch at the time.

Ruddy heck.

If I paid for the dyno run, I'd want the results!

**Brid** · 12th July 2009, 07:51 PM

Didn't pay for it Ron. That was Highway Diesels cost in trying to get it sorted. The results weren't worth a cracker really.

Brid

**p38arover** · 15th July 2009, 08:11 PM

Ahh. Bugger.

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