countryman Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Brought a Hilux pick up from a dealer, it has a few mods on it like Old Man Emu lift kit, roll bar, that sort of thing, any way i insure it with Adrian Flux as my old insurer did not like the mods, when i get it home i have a proper look at it like we do and i see a little box wired into the engine, i look it up on the internet and its some sort of performance up grade, a call to the insurance company and yes they want another £140 for that, no i am not paying that so i get the thing taken off expecting it to be a noticeable difference but it drove exactly the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thats the sort of difference most of them make! A good ad on system can make improvements and more so on a common rail system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Perhaps the chip was more for fuel economy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Most cheap chips change the resistance or voltage seen by the ECU and make the engine think its running lean, so it adds extra fuel which allegedly gives more power but in the case of petrol engines normally washes the bores after a while , I can make the boxes people sell for about £100 and they would probably cost me a fiver ! remapping is the only way to go if you want power and economy though, strange they wanted to charge you more as I'm with flux for my camaro and the addition of 100bhp of nitrous cost me nothing extra as I already had a modified vehicle policy ( which is even more odd as my car is completely stock) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryman Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 My truck with the mods is just shy of £500 full comp, to be honest i don't know if that's good or bad, my Landcruiser was around £300 with Admiral with no mods. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 thats steep, i pay less than that for an 07 shogun elegance and only £230 for my yank tank, mst be cos i is old ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryman Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I am 48, max no claims and clean driving licence, i think they have had me over a bit here. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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