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Thread: Is the "Performance Chip" for the Rover V8 a Myth?

  1. 22nd December 2010, 08:47 PM #1
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    Is the "Performance Chip" for the Rover V8 a Myth?

    Being a bit naive, for a while now I have kept my hopes up that an ECU upgrade (or chip) is available for the 4.0L V8, that actually does something other than rip you off.
    Am I deluding myself?
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  2. 22nd December 2010, 09:44 PM #2
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    i looked into it a little while ago from reputable mobs but the increase doesnt seem worth the 1000 they want for it
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    Quote Originally Posted by nathand View Post
    i looked into it a little while ago from reputable mobs but the increase doesnt seem worth the 1000 they want for it
    Which reputable mobs?
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    I have an RRC with a D2 4l bottom end with a dp chip (I think that is what it says it is)

    It was on the car when I bought it. The preveous owner is a mechanic and his words were he was not as happy with it mainly due to the fact that he cannot adjust it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banjo_pluker View Post
    I have an RRC with a D2 4l bottom end with a dp chip (I think that is what it says it is)

    It was on the car when I bought it. The preveous owner is a mechanic and his words were he was not as happy with it mainly due to the fact that he cannot adjust it.
    Makes no difference what the bottom end is, what injection is it running??




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  6. 22nd December 2010, 10:56 PM #6
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    Its running the 3.9 injection I believe, but I am not 100% sure. It has a different looking MAF to my 1988 model but it is still lucus?

    How do I tell?
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  7. 22nd December 2010, 11:30 PM #7
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    Does it have a distributor? If not its the later injection (good!) if it does a chip is a waste of money as your running a fuel only injection system. While you can make some (minimal) gains by tweaking the Air Fuel Ratios, unless you able too alter the ign timing(which your not using only a chip) your not going too gain much!
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    Not so grasshopper!!

    There are a number of chip options for a 14CUX system. The best one is probably the Tornado.
    Have a look at the RPI website www.v8engines.com

    Search www.rangerovers.net

    Google is your friend with
    "tornado systems"
    "Mark Adams tornado"
    "14cux chip"

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  9. 23rd December 2010, 06:23 AM #9
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    rather than a chip,,
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    there are a bucket load of chips for all variants of the 3.9.

    but most of them dont make much difference unless you also do some mechanical tweakery as well (reset timing as a minimum) to take advantage of the extra fuel they dump in.

    IMHO most of the chips that are available for the stock mechanically distributed 3.9 that work do so because they are remapping to suit the individual engines idiosyncrasies. When you start modding the engine then chipping is definately an advantage.
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