Nissan patrol safari chip .......are they worth it?
Submitted by hemi on Fri, 2010-10-22 23:14
Hi fellas just wanted your experience I have a 2004
gu patrol 3ltr turbo diesel ...I tow my work trailer at about 1.5-2 tonne and was considering getting a safari chip dtronic ..what do you all think.
Thanks hemi
Freo_Boi
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Date Joined: 23/02/10
give some more info
With a name like that, why did you sell out to Pissan?
380 forever!! Any way I dont know Pissans too well but if you going to chip a 4 pot
Is it Intercooled? have you fattened the pipes? Im no expert but factor that all into
it. Before you waste money on a Toyota road block!
hemi
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Date Joined: 17/01/10
Haha nice one I would expect
Haha nice one I would expect that from a docker supporter....jokes ...... The motor is stock so 3ltr turbo top mount intercooler . And I am not familiar with flattening pipes?????
Any info would be great. She drives beautiful without the trailer but when I travel for work to gero and dongara it gets a bit annoying
. And yeh the 360 s are saweeet so r the turbo 265
wazzbat
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Shoulda got the 4.5 or
Shoulda got the 4.5 or 4.8L
. Sorry. Don't know much about chips unless you can eat them.
I fish for the future - Cause I can't bloody catch anything!
Simon C
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mate, go onto
mate, go onto Patrol4X4.com(i think search in google) absolutely heaps of info there for ya to digest. General opionion is yes they work. Had a chip in my 100 series and was very happy with it.
Nelly
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Look at the chip it chips
Look at the chip it chips heard very good things about them and a good price.
hemi
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Date Joined: 17/01/10
yeh there is such a mixed
yeh there is such a mixed review on it 50 % say yeh they r great and the other 50 say no. anyway getting one today so i can put it to rest and say if they work or not.
and for the record i like salt and vinegar chips
just dhu it
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improvement
hemi my mate has chipped both of his rigs 3.0lt diesels and found some improvement, the other is to change over the exhaust with a custom built Taipan system once thsi is done it gives the nissan better holding power on the hills and seems to cruise abit better on the longer runs, my mate has a 6.5 mt glass boat and he usually returns around 25lts /100 k to give you an idea, my 99 4.5 lt cruiser on lpg does 20 lt /100 in the same run only its 60/70 lit /lpg
hemi
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Date Joined: 17/01/10
Yeh I put the chip in this
Yeh I put the chip in this avo it has improved the mid power and take off a
bit but the torque is heaps better I turned the corner with my 1.5 tonne trailer and she chirped. I have to go to dongara again tis week so I will let u know on the fuel consumption and the dreaded hill climb
hemi
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Date Joined: 17/01/10
Outcome
Well after a drive to dongara and back on the new coast drive with the safari d chip in the patrol I have to say it tows a heap better overtakes with ease but at 17 ltrs per 100 kms .......to me it's worth the extra fuel cause the car doesn't work no where near as hard to tackle the hills and slow drivers...defiantly worth the $$$
Nelly
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Date Joined: 04/05/08
If your running standard
If your running standard exhaust i would be watching egt temps especially towing.Don't want something exploding out of the motor.
hemi
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Yeh I heard of that what
Yeh I heard of that what size egt would u recommend 3" or 2.5"
fishintruckie
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Date Joined: 22/07/08
Go 3". If you spend a bit of
Go 3". If you spend a bit of time on patrol.com there are allot of handy hints on making your Patrol run better and cooler and how to make it last a little longer.