Can't seem to make the search button work and I'm sure this question has been asked before. Anybody using these on there tow cars and do you really think they work or are they just more snake oil? Towing a 16ft outback hard top van with a 2024 Pajero Sport and its dismal to be polite.
-- Edited by jade007 on Wednesday 14th of May 2025 06:51:41 AM
I have one. I don't think they're snake oil. They don't make my Prado more powerful, but they make it much more responsive, thus creating the impression that it's more powerful, esp when towing. And that's even in my Kakadu variant with sports mode.
Any actual performance improvement is purely in your mind. They plug in at the accelerator and feed into the same wiring to the ECU.
They can be set to amplify or reduce the signal to the ECU, thus simuilating a heavier or lighter right foot. They certainly make the car feel like it has more power, but it is ian illusion and is identical to just planting your foot a bit more.
For someone who likes to go offroad in real 4WD territory, the adjustment to reduce sensitivity could be worthwhile for when you get bounced around a bit.
Dean, up to recently, I had a Pajero Sport towing a 2600kg Coromal van. There were times when I felt the Pajero Sport was under-powered but most times it was adequate.
One way of getting a better throttle response that costs nothing is to set driver's seat forward one notch. More response needed? Seat forward 2 notches.
Cheers,
Roy.
