Come on mr 'plug in' box man...spell IT OUT FOR ME

Hi gents, love a battle and I know what TC's answer is as they are bringing a car to my off road event on the 18th Sept to prove it.

One downside of TC's is that when the car dies as mine has at the moment with brain failure the Dastek box will not. However TC have promissed that a reload would be available FOC I think.

Mr Dastek, what does your mod do to the low end torque when the vehicle is used for towing or off roading as I am not interested in speed. Where does the torque come in and what is the maximum torque at say around 1800rpm

May I remind everyone that whatever 'plug in' box they use....it will still need to removed before servicing, warranty work and/or at a breakdown at the side of a busy motorway on a wet winters night...with no torch....and frozen fingers tips hoping the landrover assist guy will not spot it!!!

In the September 2005 issue of '4x4 & MPV Driver' magazine is an article on remapping of a Range Rover Sport TDV6 by DMS Automotive. See my gallery for a scan of the article. Matt
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RRS ownership for 1 yr, then D3 for 2 yrs. Then cut back to old bangers and working my way back up through two Peugeots in 6 months. Now got Saab 9-5 2.3t and enjoying the performance!

Thanks for the post of the article Matt.

Do all the other diesel owners think that it needs a chip? Can anyone post some before and after graphs showing power and torque before and after chipping? Is the comment that the chipped diesel is as good power wise as the V8 true?

Nice one matt, thanks for the article – the performance increase is pretty impressive.

One question for Turbochip and Dastek.

I am virtually convinced that a torque/BHP increase by either programming or plug in box is worthwhile for the TDV6.

However, in view of the apparent gains in performance indicated in Matts magazine article what is your view or recommendation about brake upgrades? I gather that Land Rover fit larger front and rear disks to the 4.4 V8 so should this be done along with diesel tuning?. 11 XFR

08 RRS TDV8 HSE with the good bits taken off the first RRS

05 RR Sport TDV6 HSE Rimini Red (Rimini Brown at events), Stormer wheels (original 19's for events), PTI, towpack. TV tuner (now driven by an employee)

1923 Ford Model T (serious ground clearance)


FFRR TDV8 Vogue my07 (wife won't let me use it in case I go to Salisbury with VA in it)

plus some other bits n' pieces

hokoyo wrote:

Thanks for the post of the article Matt.

Do all the other diesel owners think that it needs a chip? Can anyone post some before and after graphs showing power and torque before and after chipping? Is the comment that the chipped diesel is as good power wise as the V8 true?

At the end of the day it depends on the driver....I can make the brakes fade on any car chipped or standard.....if a forum member wishes to go the 'whole hog' and fit larger brakes then it will not be wasted but we are also limited by tyre size and design and the amount of rubber actually in contact with the road surface etc.

Just to let forum members know I shall be doing 'whistle stop' tour of Europe, the far east, Austrlia and the US/Canada in the next 6 weeks...so any members reqyuring an upgrade on their RR Sport TDV6 should let me know asap

Decided I want the turbochip remap...but my local dealer in Warrington only fits commercials

Hoping turbochip will give me a bell soon!

Many thanks to Biggles!

Had a good chat and have now spoken to Mick to get the remap done late next week...cheers mate!

Just had a quick scan through this topic. There seems to be lots of opinions/discussion but has anyone on the forum actually had any of these modifications carried out yet or did I miss this in my brief scan?

I have a 4.4 and would consider changing to a diesel if it did what seems to be promised by these mods. I have a build slot coming up at the year end at which point I have to decide whether to stay in the 4.4 or change to a TDV6 or a S/C. Decisions, decisions.

Simon, stop being a petrol head.....I 'converted' to diesel 3 years ago and wouldnt drive anything else.....even maserati will be offering a diesel model next year

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Simon posted; Just had a quick scan through this topic. There seems to be lots of opinions/discussion but has anyone on the forum actually had any of these modifications carried out yet or did I miss this in my brief scan?

I have a 4.4 and would consider changing to a diesel if it did what seems to be promised by these mods. I have a build slot coming up at the year end at which point I have to decide whether to stay in the 4.4 or change to a TDV6 or a S/C. Decisions, decisions. Laughing

Simon wrote:

I have a build slot coming up at the year end at which point I have to decide whether to stay in the 4.4 or change to a TDV6 or a S/C. Decisions, decisions.