Thread: V8 Bruce Davis chip upgrade

Ok now the total trip was 795km and total fuel was 121L so that's 15.2L/100 which I'm more then happy with really

That's what you'd get from a Jap Diesel in a Niss or Toyo.

Happy Dayz.

Originally Posted by smally4.6

I have had the ecu upgrade for quite a while now....
Its worth the $ and the performance is noticeable .. I'm running 235/85 tyres.....
Towing a 1.7 ton caravan is a lot easier with the extra torque...
Fuel wise I would say its slightly better...
I have recently towed our van to Brisbane and was very pleased with it
Well worth the coin......
Cheers smally

Been raining here in tas for the last 2 days, had time to go through my trip log to gold coast towing our caravan late last year.
These fuel figures are mainly all towing .......
The best fuel economy was 17.7 ltrs /100k mainly freeway driving sitting on speed 85k/95klms ....
The worst I recorded was driving over the mountains and the figures were 23ltrs/100k
I did have 3 weeks at the gold coast so these fuel figures were excluded from the calculation.
I traveled approximately 8138k minus 2500klms at the gold coast.
The average fuel consumption was 18.82 ltrs per 100k....
Over all Im very happy with these figures.....
For the $ paid for the ecu upgrade the performance may not be as much as others.....
But the increase is noticeable.... ...especially low to mid range torque....
Any one thinking about this ecu/chip upgrade its worth it.....
Cheers smally

Smally, is that a 4.6 D2 that you had the upgrade ECU? And was it the Graeme Davis chip?

Did you just mail your ECU to Sydney and not drive the vehicle for a while? How long did it take?

Originally Posted by walker

Smally, is that a 4.6 D2 that you had the upgrade ECU? And was it the Graeme Davis chip?

Did you just mail your ECU to Sydney and not drive the vehicle for a while? How long did it take?

Gday Walker

My d2 is a 4.0 (my d1 had a 4.6 i should change my name ).
I took my disco to Justin Cooper and he sent the ecu to Bruce Davis.
It took 4 working days......
Couldn't wait to get it back......
Cheers smally

Yes Bruce Davis, not Graeme.

4 days is pretty good. Will have to think about it.

well according to the scantool i got today the highest HP reading so far has been 220HP now i know this wont be 100% trust worthy but if anyone else has a scan tool for their v8 could you tell me what yours reads please
thanks dan

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