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Poor gas milage - is there a good chip for this truck

Discussion in 'Performance and Tuning' started by BossHog, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. Feb 15, 2011 at 2:41 PM
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    BossHog

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    I have a 2011 doublecab TRD and the gas milage is 17 to 18, Has anyone tried any of the chips that are available and do any of them work
     
  2. Feb 15, 2011 at 2:42 PM
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    Rucas

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    Jester243

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    wildjerseyfirefighter

    wildjerseyfirefighter I sell fishing and fishing accessories

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    heard good things, heard bad things about using chips..Not sure if theres even one available for these trucks.
     
  6. Feb 16, 2011 at 8:19 PM
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    island808

    island808 Me l've got brains.

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    Oh .. there's chips for everything.. But for the tacoma they're no better than potato chips. Just generic inline processors that mess with stuff.
    If even that.


    Why isn't this locked?
     
  7. Feb 16, 2011 at 8:25 PM
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    bowhunter11199

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    x2 on rufles. just throw a few in the tank and shes good:)






    had same problem but figured out it was my math... thought i was getting 8 but really 15
     
  8. Feb 17, 2011 at 8:22 AM
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    should have researched the truck before buying
     
  10. Feb 17, 2011 at 1:25 PM
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  11. Feb 17, 2011 at 1:28 PM
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    These are the best!!
     
  12. Feb 23, 2011 at 9:42 PM
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    Night

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    Alot of performance parts take a while to come out, I know that on the aFe website, the intakes aren't there(pretty sure you can use previous years because). What were the changes between the 2010 and the 2011 anyway?

    On topic. I've only have had chips for diesels.
     
  13. Feb 23, 2011 at 10:06 PM
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    If you could get better mileage with a programming tweak, toyota would already be doing it...
     
  14. Feb 24, 2011 at 7:20 AM
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    2011 grill is slightly different
     

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