Thread: Chipping an early 02 D2

Originally Posted by JamesH

Hi All

A mate has taken over a low milage D2 TD5 auto from his elderly mum. It's the model without the CDL.

Anyway he's considering chipping it. Am I right in thinking that while there will be an advantage in fuel economy, it's performance that really benefits.

How much would a chip for one of these older TD5s set him back? Am I asking how long is a piece of string? I'm a humble Tdi driver ( and so is he) so have no idea. Is there a whole range of different chips he is meant to choose intelligently from?

cheers

Discowhite and tombie are your men to talk to and well priced to boot

Originally Posted by JamesH

Am I right in thinking that while there will be an advantage in fuel economy, it's performance that really benefits.

Yep you're right, everything will be improved but performance will be the biggest gain.
Economy is already pretty good on the Td5, so improvements will be smaller, but still quite noticeable I believe.

Improving the intercooler would also be a good idea if chipping to get the most from it.

The updated D2a has a bigger intercooler than the early D2s, so that's probably the cheapest and easiest option.
I can't confirm if they are a straight swap, but I think they may be?

Originally Posted by nice1guv

Yep you're right, everything will be improved but performance will be the biggest gain.
Economy is already pretty good on the Td5, so improvements will be smaller, but still quite noticeable I believe.

Improving the intercooler would also be a good idea if chipping to get the most from it.

The updated D2a has a bigger intercooler than the early D2s, so that's probably the cheapest and easiest option.
I can't confirm if they are a straight swap, but I think they may be?

Thanks for that. He is not keen to spend a lot of coin and swapping bits that aren't worn out in getting a rocket ship but will look at an ECU swap to make a better job of the engine when she is loaded an going up hills, overtaking in the country etc.

I'm not sure if Tombie does the early ECU models, TRSpares in SA do a chip for the early D2s, not sure of the price though.

I have a BDavis chip in mine and with 32s, bar and winch, roof racks with awning, pole carrier, hilift jack and shovel up there and full drawer system, I still get 10l/100k, 12l to 15l/100 towing a 1.4t camper trailer.

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

I have a BDavis chip in mine and with 32s, bar and winch, roof racks with awning, pole carrier, hilift jack and shovel up there and full drawer system, I still get 10l/100k, 12l to 15l/100 towing a 1.4t camper trailer.

Baz.

Look
up in the sky
its a bird
its a plane
no its Baz'z D2!

Some of the 2002 Td5s have the flashable ECU. Not sure when it changed, mine is a March 02 build with the EGR cooler at the front of the engine (EU3 engine) and has the flashable ECU and no CDL.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Look
up in the sky
its a bird
its a plane
no its Baz'z D2!

Yes you have seen how well mine goes, a chip makes a BIG difference eh Pete

Originally Posted by gazk

Some of the 2002 Td5s have the flashable ECU. Not sure when it changed, mine is a March 02 build with the EGR cooler at the front of the engine (EU3 engine) and has the flashable ECU and no CDL.

Very late 01 build date is when it changed

The later flashable ECU EGR Cooler model, is available from LandRover for $675, very cheap.

Originally Posted by Redback

Yes you have seen how well mine goes, a chip makes a BIG difference eh Pete



Very late 01 build date is when it changed

The later flashable ECU EGR Cooler model, is available from LandRover for $675, very cheap.

Flashable ecu will have the following part number

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ben....