volo performance chip?

9074runner · #11 08-02-2008, 10:22 PM

Ok so the chip came in but my 4runner still has the intirior riped out of it so ill prob be able to put in the chip in a week. Ill keep everyone updated on my progress.

JusBringIt · #12 08-02-2008, 10:29 PM

im very interested in the results!

bearda · #13 08-07-2008, 09:38 AM

I've been looking for more info on the Volo chip for a while, and registered when I saw you had just bought one.

They throw around a lot of jargon that sounds somewhat plausable on the surface, but when you get down to it there's next to no way the thing could actually be doing what they claim. EPROM code isn't sent across the OBD-II port before execution, so there's no way to do a soft-patch at runtime (different than a full reflash).

That's not to say it isn't doing SOMETHING, which is why I'm so curious to hear your impressions. I've been half-tempted to buy one and dump the code on their firmware chip just to see what it DOES do, but I'm not $60 worth of curious yet.

9074runner · #14 08-07-2008, 10:58 AM

Ok well ive almost got my car put back together.

I replaced my nasty carpet with a truck bed liner that you well kinda paint in. It looks great now. Ill try to get everything put back together and then do my base run. I have a place that is slightly uphill for about a mile and ill be running that at 50 mph. Ill most likely drive it 3-5 times and then i should have a good base average. Once ive got my base average im going to install the so called "chip". Ill drive it for a couple days and then do another set of 3-5 runs and see if its any different. The best tank mileage ive ever gotten was 24.4 so if this works i should be getting tanks in the 27 range. Ok well Ill let yall know how it goes asap.

brick · #15 08-07-2008, 11:30 AM

Make sure you record temp, humidity, winds, road conditions, etc.

9074runner · #16 08-07-2008, 02:09 PM

Yes i will be recording weather and road conditions and all that other stuff. If there FE gains are what they say they are it shouldnt matter.

9074runner · #17 08-08-2008, 10:14 AM

Ok i did my base tests and this is how they went.

Base test

1st run 21.9mpg at 50mph
2nd run 21.8mpg at 50 mph
3rd run 21.8mpg at 50 mph

The weather conditions were good, nice and sunny about 70 degrees.

Ive already installed the chip and its not functioning as the manual says it should, so ive contacted the seller and im trying to find out if what is happaning is normal or not. Although it does seem to have a little more power and seems to running smoother at idle and at slightly lower rpm's. So this is getting interesting, I guess well so how it goes from here.

9074runner · #18 08-11-2008, 10:31 AM

Ok ive got the chip installed and its working properly now. As in its led lights flash as they are supposed to at startup and such. Ther is an increase in power and my scanguage seems to agree that im getting better gas mileage while accelerating to greater speeds however the mpg at cruzing speeds have not seemed to change. Ill try to do the runs with the chip in but latly it hasnt been to nice here and id like to have the same conditions.

9074runner · #19 08-13-2008, 10:05 AM

Ok my girlfriend lives about 15 miles away, I would say its about 6 city miles and 9 highway miles. Anyway my previous best for going to her house was 28.6 MPG, I have been trying to get use to how my 4runner reacts to certain amounts of presser on the pedal because it has definitly changed sence i got the volo chip. So ive finally got it down and i decided to see what type of FE I could get on a trip to her house, On the way ther im doing what i would usually do to get the best FE, driveing about 50-55, Pulse and Gliding, timing lights, you know just the usual. Anyway after getting to her house i was shocked at the results, my trip average was 33.1 MPG!!!!!!! Im thinking now that this chip has had to of done somthing cause you dont just gain 4+ MPG all of a sudden, and if your wondering if i had tried to get maximum FE on this rout before i got the chip the answer is yes many times and the best i had ever goten was 28.6 and i was doing exactly what i did when i got the 33.1 with the chip. Ok well i just thought i would share that with yall!!

brick · #20 08-13-2008, 11:18 AM

Well, I'm amazed. I guess the thing to do is log some numbers with it for a while and then see if the numbers decline when it is removed.

**EDIT**
Now that I think about it, definitely run through two or three tanks to make sure that the impact is real. Since the chip supposedly interacts with the ECU through the OBD-II system there is always the chance that it is impacting the SG. Maybe, maybe not...who knows.