may be a silly question but....

[funinthesun]

if you can chip a RR TDV6 to give better fuel economy and improved performace fairly easily, ... why didnt LR just set them up like that in the first place....? I havn't heard any horror stories about the effect on reliability....

Edited by funinthesun on Monday 21st April 15:35

[Steve_D]

LR build and test there vehicles for operation in arctic and desert conditions so driving the leafy lanes of Surrey will always be a compromise.
The chip just removes some of those extremes and plans for you to spend most of your time in the relative neutrality of the British climate.

Steve

[Range Rover Blue]

And it probably shortens the vehicle's life and might make it run outside the emisions regulations in some markets. It might also make it less desirebale as business to insurance companies.

It's far from a new thing in the auto industry. Gene Hunt's Cortina GT didn't get the tubular manifold fitted to the 1600 GT because that would have put the power over 100 BHP.

The MkI Zodiac had a "hockey stick" exhaust manifold to limit engine power in order to prevent the gearbox from breaking.

BL didn't limit the powerof the early TR7 which is why they ate Marina diffs at an alarming rate.

Design is a compramise, by chipping your engine you simply change that compramise, given that your priorities are different from those that the manufacturer perceives to be "average".