If you're a car enthusiast, then the chances are you are always on the lookout for new ways to improve your car's performance. One of the best ways to do this is to get your car tuned.
Car engine tuning involves adjusting the electronic control unit (ECU) of the engine in a way that enhances it. As the ECU controls many aspects of the engine, tuning it can make a real difference to how your car works. However, your car tuning service must be conducted by a professional, otherwise it can ruin your car or even render it unsafe.
Here are some of the great benefits of a car tuning service.
- Improves horsepower and torque
By tuning the ECU a car tuning service can increase the amount of air and fuel the engine can process and increase the engines efficency, resulting in your horsepower and torque improving. This means that when you put your foot on the accelerator, you will move faster and have more power at your fingertips.
- Better throttle response.
During a car tuning service, a car tuner may adjust the ECU so that the engine responds quicker to your touch of the acceleration pedal. This gives you more control over your car's speed and also allows you to accelerate faster.
- Helps with fuel economy
A car tuning service can actually save you money in the long run by adjusting the ECU so that it improves fuel injection and or ignition timing and the air-fuel ratio as well as removing calibration that unnecessarily causes transients that hurt fuel consumption..
- Improves longevity
A car tuning service optimises your engine's performance in many different ways, protecting its various components from damage and wear and tear. As such, having your car tuned means your car will last longer and it will need fewer spare parts over its lifetime.
- Gives you a roar
Want to sound like you're driving the latest sports car or you're about to take on the next Formula 1 race? A car tuning service can do this for you. The professional simply adjusts the ECU so the engine's exhaust note sounds more powerful, giving you that powerful vroom that we all know and love. Your car will now sound more thrilling, regardless of what you’re driving.
If you are looking for a car tuning service to get your car up to speed, please get in touch. We will be happy to help.