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I fitted a Van Arken smartbox to our 747 2 yrs ago. Best thing i ever did. I can now drive from home (near Preston) to Dover without changing down (if the roads are clear) and thats running at 5t and going over the QE2 bridge. Also go up windy hill (north Manchester M62) in 5th no problem.
This is NOT a re-map but a re-chip, They are different, remapping will/ can improve overall performance by adjusting all perameters.
Re-chipping doesnt.
My re-map gave me loads of power, save fuel?, Hell no!! Now i push the pedal down further on the hills and get up quicker,...... more power= more fuel.
Just an update on the last 1000 miles with the engine chipped-
Will run in 5th gear in places I used to drop down to 4th - plus on hills it doesn't drop in speed- much more
Fuel consumption - 18.5 mpg average was 17.5 mpg - doing 65 -70 on motorways always loaded up to near max 5 tonne . I am going to try a run at 55 -60 to see if it improves much, but may get bored behind a wagon lol
Overall I am pleased with the chip - I knew the fuel increase would be negligable but thats not the reason I got it.
Glad your happy with it, I have the Multijet 160, I chose that engine because of its pulling power, I don't want to chip or remap it, I don't believe I would benefit from it, when on M way I do between 60 - 65, rarely any faster, and the MPG return for me has been 23 - 26 mpg each trip.
Its nice going up hills in a high gear and not struggling.
This 'chipping'/re-mapping is a mystery to me. Can someone please explain whats done to the engine to change its performance. Is it a modern twist on tuning?
Hi cal22mx, We have just brought the kingquick set up direct from kingquick on their ebay site £149 . We did see some show offers from other companies ranging from £299 to £350 but thought wewould shop around
The reason we brought one was mainly struggling up hill. We have not fitted it yet ( it is the plug in one and not the re mapp of the ECU).
Will keep you posted on the outcome.
Lin
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Hi
Are you all running large MH's ?
We have the old Hymer Exsis only 3.5 tonnes with a 2.8 and it seems very good and pulls in 5th up most hills.
On the autoroute I set the cruise control to 100mph as the speedo is very optomistic, acording to the sat nav it is actually just over 130kpm. It will happily do most hills without slowing and still returns about 22-25mpg.
Will I gain anything from a chip/remap ?
I know in cars they don't give the maximum bhp to keep the insurance group low. Skoda do the Octavia with several different bhp's and you can upgrade from the lowest to the highest with a remap. The only difference with the top spec vrs is a remap and different exaust.
James
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