Diesel chip

Could anybody give me a pointer on which remap chip to look at for my 02 td6 vogue with 12000 miles,
I have seen plug in units for £70-£100 which I was advised would be a better option than a full remap of the cars own ecu which could be wiped if a software update was installed,
I am finding that the car has a reasonable amount of go and getting an average of 22 mpg which is mostly on twisty country lanes and roads which I think is not to bad but a little extra for when you need to pass would be an advantage.

Don't bother they are nippy enough. Fit chip, then budget for new gearbox or at least torque converter.

Ok, do they make that much of an difference that the box goes wrong,
My gearbox had a full rebuild by land rover just short of 20000 miles ago so it shod be good for another while yet I hope lol

Thought it was just the p38 that had rubber bands and paperclips for a gearbox?
Always thought the l322 was much stronger

My 2002 also runs with a plug in £90 jobby

Goes along very well now

Gearbox has fewer gear changes so in my opinion less wear on the gearbox as long as you don't frash it everywhere !

gfromleeds said:

Thought it was just the p38 that had rubber bands and paperclips for a gearbox?
Always thought the l322 was much stronger

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Dunc90 said:

Ok, do they make that much of an difference that the box goes wrong,
My gearbox had a full rebuild by land rover just short of 20000 miles ago so it shod be good for another while yet I hope lol

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Ok carry on.

gfromleeds said:

Thought it was just the p38 that had rubber bands and paperclips for a gearbox?
Always thought the l322 was much stronger

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Have rethink. The early L322 TDV6 had gearboxes made from French soft cheese and cream cakes.

wammers said:

TDV6

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Td6

wammers said:

Have rethink. The early L322 Td6 had gearboxes made from French soft cheese and cream cakes.

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They were that strong?

gfromleeds said:

Thought it was just the p38 that had rubber bands and paperclips for a gearbox?
Always thought the l322 was much stronger

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The P38 box is much better

2.0_hippo said:

Td6

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im with wammers on this one leave it alone cause thats a glass gearbox waiting to break

gfromleeds said:

Thought it was just the p38 that had rubber bands and paperclips for a gearbox?
Always thought the l322 was much stronger

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The 4.6 petrol P38 was the last Range Rover fitted with a Transmission up to the job asked of it. Obviously discounting the L405 which is as-yet unbattle-proven, we'll see.

2.0_hippo said:

My 2002 also runs with a plug in £90 jobby

Goes along very well now

Gearbox has fewer gear changes so in my opinion less wear on the gearbox as long as you don't frash it everywhere !

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Less wear? It's torque not horsepower which destroys transmissions, if using the mid-range grunt from a chip-up is generating more torque than the box was designed to handle then it's living on borrowed time. As for not thrashing it, once you're past peak torque in the rev band keeping your foot flat using the extra top-end horsepower from a chip-up is putting less stress on the box than accelerating and short-shifting on the wave of mid-range wallop.

Is a gearbox from one a few years younger any better and are they interchangeable?

Nope, not interchangeable
If only they were !

No point fussing when / if the gearbox is going to fail. Might as well enjoy it

They put up with the extra torque given from the m57n engine fitted to the X5
Obviously the L322 has the extra weight of the car that won't help !

stuckagainsteve said:

less wear? It's torque not horsepower which destroys transmissions, if using the mid-range grunt from a chip-up is generating more torque than the box was designed to handle then it's living on borrowed time. As for not thrashing it, once you're past peak torque in the rev band keeping your foot flat using the extra top-end horsepower from a chip-up is putting less stress on the box than accelerating and short-shifting on the wave of mid-range wallop.

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