More and more people can get excited about the world of tuning these days. They include passionate drivers who want to get more out of their cars in terms of looks and performance. But what to look for to finally make this project a success? We take a look at the basics of the subject.
More performance with less effort
The most popular car brands do not initially require a major intervention to obtain a little more power. Instead, the car’s chip is considered a suitable starting point for pushing the car to its limits. It is possible to exploit a reservoir that the manufacturer does not want to make available to its customers from the factory.
If you want to tune your audi, for example, you can do so with the help of the chiptuning the possibility of getting around 20 percent more power out of the engine. This is directly noticeable in the area of acceleration. Hidden potential can often be tapped here. It is important to have this work done by an experienced professional. This knows the maximum load capacity of the material and can achieve a lasting effect without compromising the car’s technology. You can read more about this in the chiptuning articles.
Relatively simple means can be used to effectively improve the performance and appearance of a car. – © gessingerbildwerk (CC0-license)/ pixabay.Com
The change in appearance
Even some porsche makes a non-threatening impression when it leaves the factory. Although it is possible to choose the color and equipment yourself when ordering, it is precisely the optical accessories are only available on a very small scale. This makes it necessary to take care of these things after the purchase itself. In the field of tuning, there are now countless ways to get your hands on the car yourself and achieve clearly visible results.
A classic intervention that is the first to be considered is the go deeper of the car. In exchange, the springs are changed to make the whole car sleeker from the outside. Depending on the model, the scope that can be used for this intervention differs. It is important to leave the work to a professional. Because with the change of the springs the driving characteristics of the car change at once. It is all the more important to leave nothing to chance here. If the work is carried out by an amateur, increased wear of the dampers is not uncommon.
The lowering changes the appearance and the driving characteristics – Image: H&R
The intercooler
Between 200 and 700 € are necessary, depending on the size, to avoid the influence of an intercooler to secure. Since the compressed air becomes hotter during turbocharging, the oxygen required also drops at the same time. The intercooler cools the air burned in the cylinder significantly, so that more oxygen is available for combustion. This in turn allows larger quantities of fuel to be injected. As a result, the torque and power of the engine are significantly increased. it is said that a cooling of 10 percent will bring about 4 percent more performance. The intercooling is suitable if the chiptuning is not yet enough. By the way, nitrous oxide injection works on a similar principle.
Video from JP on intercooler tuning
Conclusion
The bottom line is that there are a whole range of options for optimizing the car, only a few of which are mentioned here. If you know the exact starting position of your own vehicle in advance, you will ultimately be able to iron out its weak points and pave the way to more driving dynamics, more looks and more performance. It is obvious that this should be within the limits of what is allowed and that an expert should be brought into the bott.