It can be yours for $30,000
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Mudding
Joined: May 2014
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From: Orange County, CA
It can be yours for $30,000
Saw this custom convertible 2003 Discovery pop up on eBay.
Land Rover Discovery s Sport Utility 4 Door | eBay
Land Rover Discovery s Sport Utility 4 Door | eBay
Rock Crawling
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Cumming Ga
Looks nice here is what peaked my interest:
The Engine: I sent the engine computer to England to master tuner Mark Adams at Tornado Systems. He custom remapped the ECU to deliver a smooth 10-12% horsepower/torque increase over the entire RPM band.
Can anyone add anything on this?
The Engine: I sent the engine computer to England to master tuner Mark Adams at Tornado Systems. He custom remapped the ECU to deliver a smooth 10-12% horsepower/torque increase over the entire RPM band.
Can anyone add anything on this?
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Joined: Jul 2013
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From: dallas texas
Just corresponded with the tornado folks. I have also been in contact with a couple of companies that offer the service, to get their opinion. Very minimal gains can be had with the tornado chip, unless you do a buttload of other work..... Open up intake/exhaust and such. With all of that done it will help in getting rid of the flat spots in torque throughout rpm range and maybe possible 10-12% gains. About 5-700. Send the computer to them.
The downside in my opinion is that you would have to get it done again if ever you do other performance work like a cam change. But on the less adaptive management systems, I would probably go for it, after all other performance work. Not on Bosch though
The downside in my opinion is that you would have to get it done again if ever you do other performance work like a cam change. But on the less adaptive management systems, I would probably go for it, after all other performance work. Not on Bosch though
Last edited by dusty1; Nov 18, 2014 at 05:20 PM.
Rock Crawling
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 408
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From: Cumming Ga
Just corresponded with the tornado folks. I have also been in contact with a couple of companies that offer the service, to get their opinion. Very minimal gains can be had with the tornado chip, unless you do a buttload of other work..... Open up intake/exhaust and such. With all of that done it will help in getting rid of the flat spots in torque throughout rpm range and maybe possible 10-12% gains. About 5-700. Send the computer to them.
The downside in my opinion is that you would have to get it done again if ever you do other performance work like a cam change. But on the less adaptive management systems, I would probably go for it, after all other performance work. Not on Bosch though
The downside in my opinion is that you would have to get it done again if ever you do other performance work like a cam change. But on the less adaptive management systems, I would probably go for it, after all other performance work. Not on Bosch though
David
Camel Trophy
Joined: Aug 2014
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From: Southwestern Virginia
This is almost the same thing I was thinking if doing to my '04 parts truck and dropping in a carb'd 350 with a 4 speed manual or a manually shifted auto. Make for a crazy fun beater truck.
Last edited by Alex_M; Nov 19, 2014 at 08:57 PM.
Mudding
Joined: Jun 2012
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previous salvage/rebuilt title
I can understand a custom built or heavily modified vehicle with the accompanying finish work for $30k, but this isn't it. Neat idea, but it doesn't look like it's worth anything near that.
