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After much reading I'm thinking a chip might be the go. Just chasing better economy. Since adding the rooftop tent it's gone through the roof.

rooftents are terrible for economy.

Is slowing down going to improve it much ? I do what ever the posted sign is. But i do hear alot of people slow down to 85-90 just seems so slow though

when touring I would sit on 90-95 as it lowered fuel use by 1-2L per 100

Yeh if its only 1-2 litres id rather just do 100. That's only $3 every 100km, $30 every 1000km. I guess after 10000km you might get a free tank of diesel. Doesn't seem worth it to me. If it dropped by 5l or more then it would be. Was thinking of going to a 200 series but I prefer the room in the tub/canopy. As to the wagon. I hear the 200s are really good on towing...

if I had better gearing fuel use would prob be steady at 10L/100. as it was I sat on 11.5-13L

the worst economy was 15L, due to poor fuel from Weipa. tanks before and after were around 12L/100

has anyone done before to a SR 3ltr diesel hilux.

fitted:
33'' tyres
electric eaton lockers

what do i need?
do i need to source to make the front diff gears work? im guessing i need 4.11?
what diff centres do i order?

thanks

slippery rjs wrote:After much reading I'm thinking a chip might be the go. Just chasing better economy. Since adding the rooftop tent it's gone through the roof.

Wind resistance and speed chew fuel no matter what !!

That 90 to 95 ks has been a sweet spot for me on quite a few vehicles.

Racing_16 wrote:has anyone done before to a SR 3ltr diesel hilux.

fitted:
33'' tyres
electric eaton lockers

what do i need?
do i need to source to make the front diff gears work? im guessing i need 4.11?
what diff centres do i order?

thanks

order the Monster Rides 4.1 gears. they will bolt straight up

nicebike wrote:

slippery rjs wrote:After much reading I'm thinking a chip might be the go. Just chasing better economy. Since adding the rooftop tent it's gone through the roof.

Wind resistance and speed chew fuel no matter what !!

That 90 to 95 ks has been a sweet spot for me on quite a few vehicles.

Thanks mate. I'm going to order a chip and drop the speed to 90. Dropped to 95 today with no ac and it dropped by 2l over 300km. Just need to decide on a chip now.

ECUshop, HKS or Unichip are the best performance modules on the market

Any idea where in Melbourne i could get my hands on one ?

Ive googled unichip hilux and no shops came up. I want to get one before the 12th as driving to perth from Melbourne. That 1kd Facebook page is grouse. I didn't realise people worked these motors. I always thought there were a bit temperamental. (I've had two blow up) no mods at all.

yeah 1KD does good work, but they're in QLD.

sorry I dont know anybody in Melb.

That's cool thanks for your help anyway! Been reading a bit about the HKS I'm glad i found out. Was going to go a stein or roo...

You could do worse than call Turbo Engineering in Thomastown. If the owners from a few years ago are still there, they really know their stuff.

I have no idea whether or not they can do the chip thing, but they may be able to point you in the right direction if they can't help.

I'm off to perth at the end of the month. I think i read some where i can get it done there. So think that's what I'll do

fwiw, I had an ECUshop Monster Max tuning module installed by 1KD Performance in Bundy. there's details in my build thread. in short, very impressed

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The mod team.

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is this table correct ?