Thread: Chipping an early 02 D2

Originally Posted by Hendrik

The flashable ecu is not an upgrade as such, sure it is much smoother and much easier to upgrade, but from factory it still has the same power figures as a non-flashable ecu.

what he said.....

Originally Posted by JamesH

Hi Guys

Thanks for all this information.

Sorry to be slow on the uptake (I have a 300tdi brain) but are you saying they swapped over to flashable ECU in the late 01 builds and if this vehicle has this later flashable unit then getting it upgraded is quite feasible and indeed Landrover sell an upgrade for $675?

If this is correct are there other after market upgrades available from other suppliers that may be superior to the LR product?

thanks again

J

NO that ECU is not an upgrade, it is a genuine replacement part for a D2a, but can be used to upgrade the early D2.

The cheapest AND BEST upgrade is either the TRS Chip for your non flashable ECU or buying the flashable ECU and getting the Tombie re-map up grade.

All the non LR products are alot more expensive (ie) Tunit, Unichip, DP chip.

Thanks everyone. it is clear at last.

cheers

J

Just to muddy the waters James.
Your mates D2 is on the cusp of the non flashable/flashable ECUs.
Either way go the flashable ECU,just done mine.IE non flashable ECU upgraded to flashable ECU with a tuned ECU.WOW SHE FLYS
Keep the old non flashable ECU as a spare
Andrew

Hi We have a 1999 d2 TD5 and had a chip fitted a few months ago fo around $500 by TRS. We noticed a better response especialy towing a caravan it pulled much better on the hills . Cheers George & Pauline

Guys,
I Know about the flashable, non-flashable ecu's... but people are talking about 'chipping'...

For the sake of clarity and for those that dont know...

1) if you have a flashable ecu then you should be getting the ecu "RE-MAPPED" - i.e. a software upgrade - no chips involved.

2) if you have a non-flashable ecu you have 3 options:
i) replace your non-flashable with a flashable and re-program the security and injector info etc and put on the same fuel mapping as in 1) above.
ii) simply get a plugin box and piggy back that onto the ecu / injector harness. i.e. Tunit box.
iii) If you can afford to keep the car off the road for a while, remove the ecu and have the non-flashable chip removed and replaced with a flashable unit. That way you keep the original ecu and get the software upgrade.

Im assuming that there are people here in Oz that can do option iii)?? If not speak to Pete at www.bellautoservices.co.uk - he can do it via post.

Hope that helps.
Jon

Get your mate to check the ECU part number (its under the bonnet!)

Post the part number here..

Its either:

MSBxxxxxx
or
NNNxxxxxx

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Get your mate to check the ECU part number (its under the bonnet!)

Post the part number here..

Its either:

MSBxxxxxx
or
NNNxxxxxx

The numbers some times are faded (from the heat i think) .....the old man's D2 is.