Hey ScotsItalian,Just let me know when you blow the drivetrain!
ScotsAustralian here. The vehicle I used in Namibia came with a DTE PowerControlX chip tuner - It was in use for the whole of my 3,000km Namibia self drive trip. I thought it was fantastic. I have the same spec vehicle at home in Australia (Diesel Trialmaster) except there's no DTE on mine (yet). The difference in performance and fun was noticeable and an even bigger grin when driving a grenny. Loved it so I brought one from mine. Can't beat tried and tested... and I really put the Namibian gren through its paces - it never missed a beat. I'm still waiting for enough free time and dry weather to do the install on my Gren without rushing the job. The Namibia vehicle had done about 20k km and I believe more than half of that was with the DTE installed. Worked without a fault my whole trip. The owners are main car dealers and haven't had a problem with DTE installed on Ineos, or on Mercedes either which is another of their big brands. I'll only use the mid setting on the controller as that's plenty fast enough for me, better performance for not much increase in fuel consumption is perfect. App controlled via Bluetooth so it will be easy to switch to boy racer mode if I really wanted to - but I mostly won't.
I also had my Puma Defender 110 ECU tuned back in the day - from Pete Bell in the UK. Added springs from the 130, and a red booster clutch assist to it, and it went from slug to something quite respectable that went round corners amazingly well, and yes more grins - even getting a speeding ticket in outback Australia couldn't spoil the fun (Proud moment ;o). lol) Have ECU tuned my current BMW X6, and a Range Rover in the past. All became far nicer driver vehicles. In my experience, the extra power takes a lot of the hard work out of driving in extremis, I don't go crazy, just enough to make it fun (and often safer driving) without cooking the engines.
In summary, I am a massive fan of both chip or ECU tuning. As long as they perform well and I've driven both types, I don't really care which is in place. My opinion - do your own research, select a good quality reputable brand name, and they will add to the fun without killing your precious.
