Testimonials

I need to tell you how happy with the system supplied by Chip It & fitted at your Sydney Dealer Mitchell Bros.

Firstly I must say how pleased I am to have an Aussie product that works so well.  I looked at both the UK & European chip options & I am glad I did as the service from both Chip-it &  Mitchell Bros has been excellent

My rig with the 5^th Wheeler is 24 foot & weights 2950kg (3400kg fitted out with our gear).  The tow unit is a Colorado 3lt 4 cyl turbo / auto & at 3400kg it is only 100kg short of its legal limit & that’s where my problems started.

On its maiden trip Brisbane to Dubbo (no chip) I was dismayed at the at the poor performance.  Fuel consumption was 3.5km/lt & it had little or no torque.  In fact, it almost didn’t get up the Toowoomba ranges.  Once on top of the range the ute was mainly in 3^rd & 2^nd gear rarely getting into 4^th, foot flat to the floor & no hope of passing even a farmer in an old ute!  Basically it was hopelessly under powered.  So I had 2 choices: try the chip/exhaust or buy an F-truck.  As the chip/exhaust was $3500 vs about $30k change over for the F-truck.  After talking to Justin I went the Chip-it Module (fitted by Mitchell Bros) and a bigger exhaust.

WELL, what can I say? Thrilled, staggered …  I drove out of Narrabeen up the hills to the Newcastle freeway to Brisbane & thought I had a 6 cyl under the bonnet.   I pulled the 5^th wheeler up the hills in 3^rd almost no 2^nd gear  & once on the freeway 110k/hr was easy & up to 130k/hr when passing B doubles but the biggest BONUS apart from massively increased torque was the fuel economy.  I now got 7k/lt … a 100% increase in economy  & even without the 5^th wheeler I used to get 10k/lt & now I get 11k/lt a 10% increase plus heaps of POWER … even wheel spin !!!

I am happy to recommend this product for you & I’m even happy to take calls if anybody wants to ring as a reference.

Regards

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-02.5.11

Dear Chipit,

After receiving your May email, I have decided to provide the following feedback to you:

I had bought a 2009 D4D Prado and was looking for advise on gaining extra power and economy out of my vehicle as I tow a 21ft semi off-road van that weighs 1968kg.  I rang Justin and discussed the different types of ways to increase the power and decided to have Chip-It provide and instal the chip unit which is considerably cheaper than others on the market.

I have to admit that Justin would have to be one of the most honest and friendliest person I have meet in the motor trades, and we have become friends through doing business.

Getting back to the unit, he installed it into my Prado D4D automatic which was the first he had done, so I was his guinea pig for this and I immediately noticed an increase in the way the Prado performed.  The pickup and go was very good and the towing characteristics also improved.

Justin also suggested that I install a 3 inch stainless steel exhaust system and a water injection unit to complete the performance package and I am totally impressed by the way my Prado now operates.

I gave my car to my friend and his wife to drive as they have a new Pajero and their comment on returning was they were very impressed by the performance, they have commented they will be having the chip installed as well as they also tow a van.

The customer service provided by Justin and the Chip-It team is first class, I look forward to many miles of enjoyable driving, noting I have the backing of Justin and the Chip-It team to call on at any time.

I recommend Chip-It units to all the people I meet, keep up the good work.

You can use my full details if you wish.

Kind Regards
Peter H.

KHAGAN Engineering & Transportation Solutions Pty Ltd
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-04.04.11

Hi Robert

I must say I’m very happy with the economy 110 kph up the highway, it actually got to 6.7 in the end.

THE FIRST ENTRY IS REPRODUCED FROM THE HIGHLY REGARDED EXPLOREOz.COM WEB SITE AND A DISCUSSION AMONGST MEMBERS ABOUT CHIP IT DATED MARCH 2010.

TOPIC:  New ”Chip It” Power Chips?

“Muntoo” wrote:

Came across this website while searching chips for my BT50.

Anyone know anything about them, they certainly talk the talk and by the looks of the dyno graphs they can walk the walk too. Sounds like it could be the latest and greatest product, seeing as the gains are great and the price is very low compared to DP chip and others.

Interesting as i had never heard of these guys, i thought i would have read about them somewhere but the name doesn’t ring a bell.

Certainly worth a look.

“Cruiser” replied:

is there a link for them?

“mazcan” posted:

hi cruiser

yes just took a punt with this and it came up

www.chipit.com.au

site was quiet impressive including price but not many vehicles are covered yet

cheers

“nqdave” replied:

www.chipit.com.au

They’re very active on newtriton.net. I think the owner has a Triton.

They seem to have lots of fans amongst the Triton owners. This might in part be due to the price and performance of the chip but also because their chip will override the error flag that gets thrown when you put a blank across the EGR return pipe preventing the vehicle periodically going into limp mode (on the Triton at least).

Dave

“Al Coholic” replied:

I have one of these chips installed on my Triton (yes they are popular on newtriton.net, but there is a reason for that, there ARE that good) there is a few blokes who have upgraded from DP chips and reckon the “Chip IT” wins by a mile. I have had mine on for a few weeks and cannot believe how good it is.

You may not of heard of them because they are a fairly new company only really starting to get their name out there, but what you get is a quality diesel performance chip for much less than half the price of other brands with more features and the ability to custom tune if you wish. There are different levels of tunes to suit everyone depending on what mods you have on your truck.

It is all pretty much covered on their website, but i can tell you these guys really know their stuff and have been mucking around with performance cars for yonks. They have chips for all the current dual cab diesels and a few other vehicles………..give ‘em a go, you won’t be disappointed.

“Off Track” replied

No affiliation?

“Al Coholic” replied:

Absolutely no affiliation mate, just a very happy customer. Rob and Justin from Chip IT are active members on newtriton. net and are very helpful to everyone who has any questions for them.

I was able to meet Rob at his place in Sydney (which is how i know a bit about them) as i was having a few problems with my chip when it was first installed, (it turned out i had a small electrical problem with my truck which was cutting the signal to the chip) he was only too happy to spend his time late on a Friday arvo to sort out the problem for me.

AlbyNSW replied:

There are a few members on the Newhilux forum with them as well, it is early days but the response has been positive.

I have ordered one for my Hilux.

Member – Captain (WA) replied:

I had a “Chip It” chip installed on my 200 series cruiser and all I can say is WOW. It feels like the cruiser has lost 500kg of blubber. While the 200 already has heaps of power, it has never felt immediately responsive – my wife describes it as a tank, but she does drive a Mazda CX7 (2.4L turbo petrol rocket). Well now the Chip It 200 has a similar feel!

Gone is that initial lethargic feeling and its replaced with lively acceleration from a gentle prod. And stick the boot in and you really feel the difference. I have never chirped all 4 tyres from a standing start before (brake on – apply throttle, then release brake with full throttle) and the TRC didn’t cut in because all 4 were chirping!

As we all know (well owners do), the 200 does have a bit of “turbo lag” for want of a better word – give it full throttle from idle and it thinks for 1/2 a second before getting down to business. The Chip It has certainly reduced that lag. It is dramatically improved, but not 100% eliminated and in all likely hood probably part of the original ECU programming so that a huge amount of torque is not dumped into CV’s/gearboxes instantaneously.

Perhaps the best bit of the Chip It is that normal everyday driving (ie granny throttle) it has a markedly improved response at much lower rpm. The 200 was accelerating noticeably faster from a lower rpm and not kicking down a gear like it normally would – that to me is going to be noticed every day and is enough reason alone to fit one to a 200.

This fitting was also followed up with a 4wheel dyno run at United Fuel Injection’s premises. Several states of tune were tried, including pushing the settings to the point where the ECU backed off the engine power – very good to see you cannot go outside of pre-determined operating ranges and that the Chip It doesn’t interfere with these protections.

With the 200 being an auto where you cannot lock it into gear, the max power on the dyno graph is only displayed above ~2000rpm, any lower rpm with full throttle and it kicks down a gear. So, the magic peak numbers were;

227kW@3300rpm and 800Nm@3200rpm.

OEM numbers were;

183kW@3200rpm and 595Nm@2600rpm.

This is a gain of some 32kW and 205Nm. Also, the graph shows a reasonably flat torque curve from 2600rpm to over 4000rpm, unlike the OEM that peaked at 2600rpm and tapered off from that point to ~400Nm @ 4000rpm (but don’t forget that below 2000rpm the dyno graph is not full throttle)

As for fuel economy, guess how much throttle I was using However, when I did drive normally on the freeway after the dyno, it did appear to have some 10% better economy according to the scanguage – but I have no idea if this needs recalibrating after the Chip it tweaks to the readings so take with a grain of salt my economy reading – but I will post future fuel consumption over time.

The chip and wiring itself are of a very good quality. The plugs are well made, have O-ring seals and simply plug into the original harness – NO cutting or other modification at all. I used to have a Safari chip on my 3.0GU and it appears to be of equivalent quality. Also, I have a Scanguage and it shows no error codes from the install and according to Chip It the chip is not detectable by Toyota (unless they looked under the bonnet!). Chip It were great to deal with and they spent some 4 hours on fitting, dyno custom tuning and chewing the fat about chips in general. Would I recommend this Chip to anyone – certainly!

I would post the graph of the dyno tune if I knew how to upload a .pdf, I only seem able to upload a jpg.

Cheers

Captain

REPRODUCED FROM http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/78428/New_Chip_It_Power_chips.aspx

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-28.3.11

Hi Guys,

I have a 2008 Nissan Patrol CRD and a 2008 Nissan Navara D22 CRD. I fitted one of yours chips to my Patrol and the result was so impresseive that I then purchased one for my Navara as well.

The performance and pulling power of both vechiles has been transformed so much that they are just amazing to drive now from where they were, especially the  D22 Navara.

You have one great product for the price and the support from Chip It has been great also when I had questions.

Thank you.

Regards,
Brad M.
Karratha WA
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-01.02.11

BACK UP SERVICE & WARRANTY

I would like to say that these guys at chipit in WA are really on the ball when i had a problem with the dps210 module the boys at Chip It couldnt help me enough in resolving the problem.  There were dramas with the module so they just replaced it with their new dps215 module all this was done within 4 days from the time i sent it from Newcastle NSW to the time i had it back in the car from WA. Plus it was only yesterday when i needed some help in resolving a drama with the map mod and justin was only too happy to help as it turned out i had the wires around the wrong way and now it works fine. The after sales service u get from these guys in WA is so fast & helpful it is second to none and im sure im not the only one that has something good to say about there after sales service. Im so glad i ended up getting the chipit setup and its a vast improvement over the dp chip i used to have in all aspects. I have strongly recommended the chipit product to other people that arent associated with this forum. So thanks guys for all your help and standing by your product.

Tristan Brown.  ”DiD Power”: NewTriton.net forum member

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-16.12.10

I purchase a Chip for a 4 x4 Hilux SR5 D4d auto. I am extremely impressed with the Chip. I tow a 2 ton caravan and it now pulls up hills in 3rd gear at 90kmh where before it was done to second and 80kmh. Overtake is much better also. I have not changed any settings just plugged in. Just thought you might me interested in this feedback.

Darren

Rouse Hill NSW

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-30.11.10

Hi Justin

Thanks for the special mod you did to my Triton.  It has completely changed the vehicle … no more limp mode.

Running the new Custom Tune = fun fun fun.

Regards

Peter O.

QLD

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-29.11.10

Hi Robert.

First thing , thank you for your prompt reply.

The link for that driver download you sent worked great.

So again thank you very much … I love your product, and will highly recommend it.

Regards Danny.
Navara D22

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-15.11.10

Hi Chip It.

I would like to give you some feedback on on my Chip. Firstly your dealer in Nambour, A1 Autos, did a fantastic install … very professional and keen to explain and tune my 2010 Nissan Pathfinder to my requirements, I have recommended them and the Chip It installation to several other travelers.

We have just returned from a (wet trip) to The V8′s and the Melbourne Cup, a round trip of 9300k. We towed a Jayco Off Road van of approx two tonne. After the installation of the Chip, the power had increased by AT LEAST 15% to 20% and the fuel average for the trip was between 14L to 15.L per hundred.

What more can I say except the Chip-it is well and truly worth the investment it does what is claimed.

Great Product!

Kerry C
QLD

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-12.11.10

Hi.

I’m a converted petrol head to a now diesel lover.

My previous cars were a supercharged ss commodore, supercharged XR8 and turbo XR6. These were all running well over 400rwkw.

Now I went and bought myself a diesel D40 manual Navara to slow me down and to stop me spending money.

But guess what I can’t help myself. I discovered CHIP IT after alot of investigating and purchased the Chip It module.

At first was impressed, but then developed the fuel rail issue whereby car would flat line due to fuel limiter on fuel rail doing its job.

Not happy but in discussions with Justin and Steve they came up with a fix.

After the mod was done I reloaded custom 2 tune and was amazed at the increase in power, torque and drivability.

All was well but discovered that she was a bit smoky below 2500rpm.

No problems as I contacted Justin at chipit ,sent him an email of the problem and he subsequently sent me modified tunes.

He did also modify the tune for extra power which I have to admit is a big step up from the previous custom tune 2.

It now starts to make boost alot earlier, make more torque and holds onto power longer in the rev range.

Now what can I say. At no point did I have any issues with CHIPIT. They helped me along the way with the minor issues you get with modifying.

They went out of there way to make sure I was another happy customer.

Paul Navara D40
Sydney
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-05.11.10

Thanks mate, the map mod now working fine just love the back up service u guys provide … its first class.

Cheers
Tristan (DiD Power)

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-03.11.10

I received your product last week and installed it in our 2010 Holden Captiva on Saturday. My wife and I travelled from Lyndhurst Victoria to Ballarat Victoria.
Before your product was installed our fuel consumption was 9.8 City driving and Freeway driving was 8.2. But with your Product installed it was 6.7 City driving and 5.9 to 6.1 freeway driving.

All I can say is WOW it really works and the power is amazing.

Thank you again Chipit.

From: Member Id: nick27172 (4)
(eBay purchase)

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-31.10.10

Well it is in.

Initial thoughts? MY GOD

My previous 3rd gear 40kmk to 100kmh was 9.59 seconds. Easy test to replicate. I am running tune 4, not tune 5 which is the super tune. The setup I went for includes the in cab exhaust temp display and the auto reduction in tune if the exhaust hits 560 degrees. 680 degrees is factory maximum I was informed.

In short…if it gets hot it automatically retards the tune to reduce heat build up.

I undertook the 40 – 100 test and I was simply too scared to put the foot flat but the time was 5.63 seconds. I reckon it would easily get under 5 seconds if I was brave enough with existing tune level. Who knows what with the top or custom tunes.

It is simply astonishing.

Inlet manifold temp is down about 30 to 40 % from the scanguage readouts and water temp hasnt changed. It was easy to drill and tap the thread for the exhaust temp gauge immediately post turbo and the whole thing was very easy to fit.

Economy coasting around appears to be better and there is NO turbo lag. Just torque and loads of it.

There is a dump valve in the fuel injection system that will, if it exceeds a certain pressure, dump fuel to stop the system being overpressurised. I cant really see how you can cause a warranty issue unless you spin your wheels everywhere.

I have gone from being a sceptic to thoroughly impressed. Towing will be a breeze and eliminate the 5th / 4th hunt in head winds.

Craig

Penrith

2010 NT Pajero

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-01.11.10

PS. UPDATE

Some more feedback….

I drove to work this morning and was over 1L/100kms below normal reported consumption. Driving home from a meeting in North Sydney to Penrith, my best ever was 7.3L/100kms. Today I achieved, in some stop / start conditions at time, in rain….

… 6.2L/100kms! I need to verify this with the next fill up but the scanguage will very accurately tell me the truth after a tank or two.

Hmmmmmmm…

All this for under $1300 for the lot.

I didn’t mention before I think but I grabbed the plate to block the EGR pipe off as well. If anyone orders the kit…make sure you ask for this as well.

Craig

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-26.10.10

Thanks again Robert:

I received the chip today and fitted it in a matter of 15 minutes, easy as.

Started it up and went for a drive, holy crap, I thought I was driving my mate’s Audi q5 3.0 6 cylinder turbo diesel. The thing has soo much more grunt, the best thing ever for a diesel,

I will be recommending this to all my friends and family, thank you agin for making a no nonsense product that dosent have all the bullshit around it like the d* chip, which I have tried before and the results were nothing compared to this. Your product is the best out there. People should give your chip a go and not fall into the hype surrounding some of the other diesel chip brands. It’s well worth it for the power and the money saved.

Thank you again

Vincent F.
East Lismore

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-26.10.10

Hi Robert !

Just got back from my initial test drive. All I can say is WOW ! What a big difference. The take-off from stand still has really improved. Gone is the sluggish feeling I always had with my LC200 diesel as compared with my LC100 V8 petrol.

Regards,

Maynardo
Philippines

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-24.10.10

Hi Justin

Just a quick note to say how totally happy I am with your chip. I have a 2009 dualcab Hilux and the extra zoom is noticeable across all operating ranges. It pulls up hills in taller gears and higher speeds, holds higher gears longer and has much better highway passing and all this at 8-10% better fuel economy!!

I haven’t experimented with any of the other tune modes (currently no.4 as supplied) as yet but am extremely happy with your product.

Well done!

Lance
Healesville, Victoria

PS:I am wondering about the benefits of water injection considering I will be travelling all around the outback from next year upon retiring – YIPEE!

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-24/9/2010

Hi Robert,

Some seat of the pants figures for you regarding the DPF Race Pipe for the NS Pajero.

In a several km section of flat-ish road near home, fuel consumption with DPF (stock) was 10.7L/100k.  The same stretch an hour later with Chip It Race Pipe installed = 8.4L/100k.

With DPF in, fuel readout never went below 10.x L/100km – with Race Pipe installed its often well below – and is sometimes as far down as 7.

With DPF in the auto is not often in lockup, but now with it seems to lock up and just lope along happily.

Plus it goes better !!

All the above is without the chip in. Wont be able to accurately give figures with the chip in as it messes with the fuel readout so I did this before it goes in.

Figures were taken doing an indicated 103km/h along the Leneva straight near Wodonga Victoria (see google maps ‘Leneva, Victoria’)

The usual stuff about different vehicles different roads etc etc would apply – but i reckon the 10 – 14% improvement (in a controlled situation) that the NT brags of over the NS can largely be attributed to the DPF I would say.

Our NS auto with Race Pipe in and chip set to 2 out of 10 just romps away from current D4D hilux auto with chip set to 5/10… hee hee… and romps away from ‘08 2.5 diesel Volvo70… even bigger hee hee!

Regards

Gary M

Vic

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-09.09.10

Hi Robert and Justin

Just an update on the chip i bought from you guys for my 2010 PK Ford Ranger (BT50).

It was such an easy fit it was GREAT!! Everything just plugged in with no fuss although it would have been good to have had up dated instructions letting us know that the wire looms were all just plug in instead of having to cut one wire for the map sensor but it is not a great big deal as the end result is astounding, what a different car!!

I have a close personal friend who is a PowerTrain engineer for Ford Australia, and was Very Impressed with the performance gains from the chip for the dollars spent ( we would be both be interested in seeing what your chip will do to the NEW V6 Turbo Diesel Ford Territory that is on its way)

I am already seeing savings on diesel as we gave it a big run Saturday and i have instantly seen an extra 100k’s (approx 720km/Tank 58ltrs) from a tank on the factory CHIP IT setting.

I now just want to get back to driving my new Animal, I LOVE IT!!

Regards
George T
Melbourne
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-03.09.10

Hi guys,

I gotta say I am so wrapped with the ChipIt product.

Overtaking is so much less daunting, I do a lot of country miles sometimes 500k a day. Both cars (Captiva and Triton ML) don’t tend to kick back as easily as they used to when going up hills on cruise control either.

Both vehicles are easier and more relaxing to drive. The delivery time was less than 24hrs! Unreal. After sales service and support has been excellent. I will happily promote your product where I can … love it!

Cameron S

Coutts Crossing NSW

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-01.09.10

Hi Robert,

Chip has been in for a couple of weeks now. I love it!!!

It’s a heaps better car to drive, fewer gear changes and fuel consumption has improved slightly after I stopped playing around … with a combined average of 8.9l/100km.

I had a 3 inch exhaust installed 2 weeks before the chip and noticed good improvements with that, then the chip made an incredible difference, I’ve set it to custom 2.

My brother-in-law is a service manager at a Holden dealer in Melbourne and he and his foreman were extremely impressed with the improvements.

I’m keen to put the boat behind it and see the difference.

Thanks again.

Kind Regards,

Anthony P
Project Engineer

Mechanical & Electrical Team

Transfield Services

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-21.08.10

Just a follow up from the previous post (below)……..

Have done over 1200kms so far with the Chip, EGR blank, MAP sensor connected to chip.

Have done a fuel test combined city and hwy (Sydney to Cessnock). 9.3 ltrs / 100 kms. Before Chip it I couldn’t get under 10′s.

Doesn’t make sense. does it … more torque and better fuel economy!!! Go figure!

To drive, the torque curve comes on smother and earlier. From 1500 rpm on is wild! Imagine this…. Behind a truck on a hill in forth doing 60kmh. Just plant the foot and its picks up, will just keep going. No need to change down.

For comparison…On the golden Hwy, between Jerrys Plains and Denman a steep climb after a sharp sweeping bend near Arrowfield winery. Before Chip It Module the 2.5 hp wouldn’t hold the hill at 100kmh in 5th gear on cruise control. It just ran out of torque at the lower revs. Now with Chip It Module and set on 100kmh in 5th it just flew straight up the hill no worries.

Been the best and most rewarding mod I have done. The vehicle is now fun to drive in many ways.

Cheers Tony.
Mudgee

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-09.08.10

VEHICLE: 2.5 HP manual GLX-R running 32″ tyres………

Just put my Chip, MAP mod and EGR blank in last night. What can I say! Was very easy to install, Less than 15 mins.

I haven’t played with tunes yet but think mine is set on tune 4 ATM.

This thing now flies. Had no limp modes or engine lights etc. (Lots of care was taken to fit the plugs right)

Jumped in and went on a 400 k trip to Sydney last night. Still cant wipe the grin of my face. My missus recons we need a spare set of back tyres (truck does cherpies in second) and a neck brace.

Seriously, it has made the truck so much easier to drive. First thing we noticed was how much quieter the engine is. The pickup in forth gear while over-taking B double’s etc is unreal … even up hill. Driving in the City is so much better too as we now have got rid of that horrible turbo lag.

Has so much torque I found myself short shifting the gears and still pulling away from the traffic.

If you floor it first and second the TC and ASC lights come on and the back end weaves side to side It’s the stock suspension winding up. This will be fixed when the Ultimate goes in.

Can’t comment accurately on fuel usage yet but have done over 500 kms so far and the fuel light is not on yet. I anticipate it will be doing mid nines.

As mentioned above, I haven’t played with the tunes yet and probably don’t need to.

Will be interesting how it does whilst towing.

Great product Chip IT.

Well worth the $$$.

Cheers Tony
Mudgee

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-08.08.10
Chip and EGR plate arrived yesterday, fitted EGR plate went for test drive felt great bit more power … all good. Fitted Chip It Module … started up idle felt so much better. ACS “off” and gave it a bit and WOW this car goes like a beast now. Tune level 4 only. I will do MAP Sensor hook up on the weekend, Thanks Guys.

Tiler32

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Thanks Robert

I appreciate the excellent customer service.

Cheers

Tony Sinclair
Graduate Program Coordinator
Employment Services QLD

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-28/07/10

Just to let you know the new chip that I received is working well. It is now worth driving the car as it was very annoying with the old competitor’s chip I had.

Thanks again

Joe Manitta

J & V Machinery Repairs P/L

Arana Hills Qld

I’m in business myself and my theory is that it’s not such an issue when there is a problem with a product or service, more so how the after sales service is to rectify any such issue.

Your help has been much appreciated and has made me feel so much more comfortable with this product.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kind regards

Martin Jennings

PO Box 2009, Seaford, Victoria, 3198