Disco II recommendations Pt 2

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Richard Brookman

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• May 6, 2006

• #1

Disco II Td5. A small power boost would be nice!

I've seen several chips advertised in the press. Has anyone had any
real-world experience of any of them (or done vast amounts of research into
torque curves etc) and would care to share it? I've heard that the standard
intercooler is adequate for modest power increases, which is all I am after,
and I don't really want to go the expense of a new intercooler. I'm mainly
interested in a useful increase in torque for easier towing.

TIA

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Simon Isaacs

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• May 6, 2006

• #2

On Sat, 6 May 2006 18:15:48 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>Disco II Td5. A small power boost would be nice!
>
>I've seen several chips advertised in the press. Has anyone had any
>real-world experience of any of them (or done vast amounts of research into
>torque curves etc) and would care to share it? I've heard that the standard
>intercooler is adequate for modest power increases, which is all I am after,
>and I don't really want to go the expense of a new intercooler. I'm mainly
>interested in a useful increase in torque for easier towing.
>
>TIA

you could always go and vist jeremy again!!!!!!
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Richard Brookman

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• May 6, 2006

• #3

Simon Isaacs wrote:

||| Disco II Td5. A small power boost would be nice!

|| you could always go and vist jeremy again!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

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Andy

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• May 6, 2006

• #4

I fitted a Dastek chip to my TD5 and was very impressed with it. It was very
well made and gave a good (if not earth shattering) power increase
particularly in the middle band. I wouldn't hesitate to get one again. Got
it from Mark at
http://www.discoparts.com/asp/d-no.asp?ProductID=64&Process=1&CatID=19&SubCatID=39
Very nice helpful guy to deal with.


Andy


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> Simon Isaacs wrote:
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> ||| Disco II Td5. A small power boost would be nice!
>
> || you could always go and vist jeremy again!!!!!!
>
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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Richard Brookman

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• May 6, 2006

• #5

Andy wrote:

|| I fitted a Dastek chip to my TD5 and was very impressed with it. It
|| was very well made and gave a good (if not earth shattering) power
|| increase particularly in the middle band. I wouldn't hesitate to get
|| one again. Got it from Mark at
||
http://www.discoparts.com/asp/d-no.asp?ProductID=64&Process=1&CatID=19&SubCatID=39
|| Very nice helpful guy to deal with.
||
||
|| Andy

Cheers Andy

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Marc Draper

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• May 7, 2006

• #6

In message <[email protected]>, Richard Brookman
<[email protected]> writes
>Disco II Td5. A small power boost would be nice!
>
>I've seen several chips advertised in the press. Has anyone had any
>real-world experience of any of them (or done vast amounts of research into
>torque curves etc) and would care to share it? I've heard that the standard
>intercooler is adequate for modest power increases, which is all I am after,
>and I don't really want to go the expense of a new intercooler. I'm mainly
>interested in a useful increase in torque for easier towing.
>
>TIA
>


Where are you located? If you are near Kent give me a call.


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Richard Brookman

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• May 7, 2006

• #7

Marc Draper wrote:

|| In message <[email protected]>, Richard Brookman
|| <[email protected]> writes
||| Disco II Td5. A small power boost would be nice!
|||
||| I've seen several chips advertised in the press. Has anyone had any
||| real-world experience of any of them (or done vast amounts of
||| research into torque curves etc) and would care to share it? I've
||| heard that the standard intercooler is adequate for modest power
||| increases, which is all I am after, and I don't really want to go
||| the expense of a new intercooler. I'm mainly interested in a
||| useful increase in torque for easier towing.
|||
||| TIA
|||
||
||
|| Where are you located? If you are near Kent give me a call.
||
||
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|| Marc Draper
|| www.mdeng.co.uk

Pembrokeshire - about as far away as we could be. Thanks all the same.
What you got, anyway?

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Marc Draper

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• May 7, 2006

• #8

>Pembrokeshire - about as far away as we could be. Thanks all the same.
>What you got, anyway?


Kent Agent for Yorkshire based tuning company.
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Richard Brookman

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• May 14, 2006

• #9

Richard Brookman wrote:

|| Disco II Td5. A small power boost would be nice!

A bit of research gives the following:

Standard Disco Td5: 136bhp, 221lb/ft, £0
Dastek Power Plug: quoted +35bhp, +56 lb/ft, £425 + VAT
Tunit: +24bhp, quoted +27lb/ft, £479 + VAT
PSI Power Box: quoted +21bhp, +50lb/ft, £388 + VAT

From this, the Dastek gets the bangs-for-your-buck prize, and Andy seems
happy with his. Has anyone had any experience of the others for comparison?
I am well aware that all the bhp and torque figures quoted could well be the
product of the manufacturer's fantasies. Real world experience is much more
interesting.

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