NavaraNoob
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standard D22 kW is around 98 at the flywheel. Keep that in mind. I added a 3" exhaust with 3" dump pipe, a high flow filter and a SPT chip. This gave me a gain in kW to 106. I blocked the EGR, this resulted in heaps more air being sucked down the snorkel and I can hear the turbo and air through the snorkel, it's noticeable, and not an unpleasant sound! However I did not notice any power increase from blocking the EGR, seems to me the engine was getting more fresh air but it may have needed more fuel to generate more power? Anyway I did not adjust the chip to test my theory.
Last week I ditched the chip, and had the ecu remapped to suit my mods. BOOM !!!!! Golden chalice. kW jumped to 130 and I have 6 more kW available from idle. The engine now pulls solidly all the way to redline, not that I rev out much above 3000 but it's there if I want it. Before the remap the chip would give a real boost at around 2250 but the power band was very narrow and at around 3000 it would continue to rev but with no real increase in power.
So in answer to the myriad of questions in regard to exhausts, chips etc, the answer is, forget the chip, spend roughly the same on a custom ecu map and get real, and safe power increases. My D22 now drives like a D40!!
Last week I ditched the chip, and had the ecu remapped to suit my mods. BOOM !!!!! Golden chalice. kW jumped to 130 and I have 6 more kW available from idle. The engine now pulls solidly all the way to redline, not that I rev out much above 3000 but it's there if I want it. Before the remap the chip would give a real boost at around 2250 but the power band was very narrow and at around 3000 it would continue to rev but with no real increase in power.
So in answer to the myriad of questions in regard to exhausts, chips etc, the answer is, forget the chip, spend roughly the same on a custom ecu map and get real, and safe power increases. My D22 now drives like a D40!!
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