Engine chip upgrades for added performance

It is a well-known fact in the world of car enthusiasts that engine chip upgrades are an extremely effective way of increasing a vehicle’s performance. There is now quite a wide selection of chip upgrades available to be installed in almost any car.

There are chips which will assist with towing performance and racing performance by providing an increase in both torque and in horsepower. These chips are highly effective in delivering the type of additional power you may be looking for.

But if you are considering the addition of a chip upgrade you may, presumably, also be wondering what exactly it is that these special tools actually do. We have brought together a brief description of just how and engine chip upgrade works and how your cars performance would be enhanced.

These chips are extremely effective in the way they make adjustments to various car components in order to produce additional horsepower. These adjustments can take a wide variety of forms including complex changes such as timing adjustment as well as the all-important alterations to air-fuel ratios.

Put very simply performance chips help the engine to run at its highest possible efficiency. An added bonus is that the installation is very easy, although it must be pointed out that just about any changes made by these chips increase the amount of fuel consumed.

Any decent performance chip will certainly give a much improved ride-quality as well as the added power factor. Another advantage of these chips is that they will cost a fraction of what you would have to spend on the upgrading of a complete engine. As such they are a very attractive method when considering engine performance improvements.

Performance chips are the modern version of, Nitro or supercharging your car. A chip enhanced vehicle really is the 21st century version of the 1970s muscle car. The big difference is that all previous methods of boosting power basically involved forcing more fuel into the engine as quickly as possible. Performance chips are more about making multiple small adjustments to different areas of the engine in order to charm rather than force the best results possible from your engine.

Even high-quality performance chips are relatively inexpensive to buy; another big plus is you do not have to be a mechanical nerd in order to fit them. It is very practical to install chips yourself thus avoiding high garage fees. Installation involves little more than plugging the chip into the diagnostic port, which most on vehicles is located underneath the column of your steering wheel.

Manufacturers claim that if you follow the instructions installation could take around 15 minutes; this seems like a reasonably accurate timescale. In reality of course if it takes 30 or 45 minutes to make major changes to your engines performance it is time extremely well spent.

There are different chips for different makes and models of cars and is of course essential to buy the correct chip for your vehicle. These different chips are programmed differently in order to bring out the best from different engine specifications.

So chips are relatively cheap, easy to install, and will bring a very noticeable change in performance from your engine, so if you’re looking to upgrade your performance you should certainly be considering installing a performance enhancing chip.