Tips For Easy Modifications

Current Advanced Automotive Technology
Today's car is derived from a complicated technology, every bit of its parts was designed from more than a century of engineering experiences. A multiple of engineering disciplines which have shaped the current auto technology advancements. Much of technology application is predominantly driven by digital language the basis of any computer running software.

Hence for any kind of primary motor a car has and for whatever type of engine it has, a car engine operation is dully commanded by computer. The computer calculates the precise amount of air fuel ratio into the combustion chamber for the designated load characteristic at the precise moment of delivery. Without such computer any ordinary engine would not be able to pass the current restrictive pollution emission.

Piggy Back Chips
Respectable horse power output and low fuel consumption are mere by-products as for your engine is operating at its optimum running condition. Any new modification work done to such engine must be followed by re-tuning its mapping management, the heart of optimum combustion process. A chip add-on to ECU allows for re-programmable work on any existing engine's map. That is why adding piggy-back chip for a 21st century car to its ECU is the most versatile modification. Any other serious modification work will largely depend on the capability of such chip.

Unlike modification to your air intake, piggy back chip must be installed at a certified garage workshop. And what you need to ask for is to have multiple mode of driving style to be programmed into your engine's new mapping management; primarily for every day economical mode of driving and maximum horsepower as its secondary mode.

Popular Chip Product Comparisons
Depending of type and make, on some model you could have more than two options. Should more options are available you might consider to include for top speed as well as maximum acceleration mode, though it might necessitate for other heavy modification such as turbocharger or NOS applications. Top brand for piggy back chips are amongst other ; Apexi and Superchips. Make a careful selection to suit your need and make a wise planning as whether to suit a basic modification or for a future heavy modification expansion. You could find a three brands comparison at the above mentioned Chips and Superchips links.

The Superchips Cortex allows you to have 3 main tuning level modes where as Apexi AFC Neo has been popular choices for older car's applications.

There is a good example of utilizing the Apexi AFC Neo on a 1984 Toyota Corolla SR5 AE 86 project, and it is a modification conducted by well known tuning magazine! Turning a classic subcompact car into a muscle car beater would have been an exciting project, and with crisis still around us it is a much better bang for your buck than purchasing a brand new car!

Then you could forget about this old fashion Cobalt AFR meter, people installed this meter to monitor her Air to Fuel Ratio. That's 14.7 read out indicates an ideal stochiometric composition. On both Cortex and Neo the new mapping management has taken care of maintaining such composition at any load, thus you could focus on driving your car!