Defender TD5 Power Up Options

[cameron1]

Hi All,

I am the proud owner of my first 4WD and it is a 2002 Defender 110 Extreme. I am looking into my options for powering up the TD5 and have done some research and received some advice but wanted to get some feedback on a few options.

I am looking at a high flow exhaust, a larger intercooler and an ECU chip/remap. I can't afford to do them all at once and I am trying to work out what order would be best. One of the reasons for my confusion is that the Land Rover mechanic I have used in Redcliffe has a chip upgrade that sounds good but which upgrade they use depends on the size of intercooler you have.

I was leaning towards the intercooler option first but if it is more expensive than the chip upgrade, I don't want to do the chip then have to change it (and pay more) if I upgrade the intercooler later.

Any advice or thoughts you guys might have on these options or any others I haven't thought of would be appreciated.

Cheers

[rangieman]

The first and best cost affective mods would be EGR by pass kit and just remove the centre muffler with a straight through pipe and you will be smiling for very little cost , Then the chip and intercooler oh and some silicon hoses i sourced my hoses from the UK for $120 delivered

Hi All,

I am the proud owner of my first 4WD and it is a 2002 Defender 110 Extreme. I am looking into my options for powering up the TD5 and have done some research and received some advice but wanted to get some feedback on a few options.

I am looking at a high flow exhaust, a larger intercooler and an ECU chip/remap. I can't afford to do them all at once and I am trying to work out what order would be best. One of the reasons for my confusion is that the Land Rover mechanic I have used in Redcliffe has a chip upgrade that sounds good but which upgrade they use depends on the size of intercooler you have.

I was leaning towards the intercooler option first but if it is more expensive than the chip upgrade, I don't want to do the chip then have to change it (and pay more) if I upgrade the intercooler later.

Any advice or thoughts you guys might have on these options or any others I haven't thought of would be appreciated.

Cheers

[Blknight.aus]

talk to tombie2

[stig0000]

talk to tombie2

do you have one of his chips on your td5, and how dose it go,,,

[Benny_IIA]

talk to tombie2

What he said.

It would be M.R automotive at Redcliffe

I think they do a Bruce Davis remap, There are a few people on this forum who were/are unhappy with there remap.

[Benny_IIA]

do you have one of his chips on your td5, and how dose it go,,,

I do.

Mine has quite a warm ecu

Tombie said around 200kw and I do not doubt it, she fries the wheels around the corner and up the street in 2nd and 3rd gear.

But it still remains easy to drive with a board band of power, much better than standard less gear chance and the effects of the turbo lag are nowhere near as prominent any more.

ben...

[skc]

I think they do a Bruce Davis remap, which are known to be undriveable.

Huh?? I have a remap from Bruce in my 90 and couldn't be happier - from 65 to 98kw atw.

Here is the before & after dyno;

[Benny_IIA]

Huh?? I have a remap from Bruce in my 90 and couldn't be happier - from 65 to 98kw atw.

Here is the before & after dyno;

"undriveable" was not the right word. (read edit).

There are people on this forum who have been unhappy with there BD upgrade.

[skc]

Really? What were the issues?

[Benny_IIA]

Really? What were the issues?

Here's a few

Well, I was gonna get a toombie upgrade at some point, then yesterday out of the blue, BD's assistant phones me up just to check how things are. I asked her if she wanted to know my story or not and so I spilled the beans on what happened before. In short I got an upgrade from him for $800 and the car was blowing balls of smoke, so I took it back and he put a pretty much standard chip back in. So I had about the same chip as before just $800 later, and I felt a bit 'done in' by all of this.
At that point he said all he can do is a intercooler upgrade and air flow meter replacement $2500. Any way, 2 min after I had a chat with his assistant he called me to apologise and offered me a free upgrade on the defender.
Like disco white said, have I not learned... well if he has a good program I may consider it, just doing my homework this time...

Is the autologic good enough?

If I had the $$ I would send it to toombie!

After my experiences with D2TD5 and wife’s VWgolf TDi...

Go to tombie, the service is what completes the whole package, I've heard so many times of people not happy with BD (and I know there are many who are) that are either out of pocket and the car is back to standard or are charged a ton extra to attempt to fix the problem.

As mentioned above there is many different ways to get the program on to the ECU, but it’s the quality and compatibility of the program that’s important. And that is what needs to be corrected if needed.

And read this Can you Remap Bruce Davis TD5 ECU's???