Car Tuning Transforms Cars into Real Racers

Looking to improve your car with more power than ever before? A lot of folks are peering into the ever popular hobby of car tuning and making impressive power gains on relatively normal cars with a measure of ease.

The best cars for tuning are forced induction cars as these are already built to handle a larger power figure and with a a remap you can increase the power from 30% to 40% with diesel power gains being slightly less than that for petrol models.

High cc engines always give a greater return on your tuning outlay with proven gains of 20% on NASP engines depending on the mods selected. Typical tuning mods would include a fast road camshaft, induction kit, sports exhaust, sports catalyst, custom headers and fuelling upgrades.

Remapping the ecu after these mods offers more power and quicker acceleration. Many people have made mistakes tuning their cars and we strongly urge you to consult a specialist for impartial advice.

Mistakes can be costly. There are various stages of tuning with stage 1 meaning a single bolt on part, stage 2 which usually requires more parts if you want the full power gain and for competitions the full stage 3 which is not suitable for road use at all{due to the reliability issues and the requirement to use the higher rev range|because of reliability issues and generally higher operating speeds}.

We see many people spending lots of money on rather modest cars, hoping for a dramatic increase in power and ending up with an uncomfortable and noisy car instead. It is also true that the bigger your base power the larger the gains on offer will be with most power gains being quoted as a percentage of base power. Don't be fooled you end up paying a lot more if you use cheap parts.

It is fair to say that many people are attached to their cars and this might explain why they spend so much on tuning them up and trying to get more power from them. For impartial advice you really need to go to specialist tuning forum and chat with their members. We can heartily recommend that you join a site called TorqueCars (http://www.torquecars.com)as they have one of the friendliest forums and communities we have ever encountered. Most car specific forums rarely offer good quality tuning advice and instead you need to consult with an enthusiast car site focused on car tuning where the members are used to performance modifications and the problems associated with them.

Whatever you decide there is no substitute for the voice of experience. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others a fool makes his own. It is also handy if you know which parts work well as sadly many performance parts are worse than standard ones.

Modding cars can be a bit of an obsession when you get going and it really does pay to get good advice before starting to modify your car.

There are a number of legalities involved in car tuning where some governments have really clamped down on modifications but even this applies to you you can see benefits stripping down and reconditioning the engine and tweaking the insides to a better than factory spec.

Modified cars can also be hard to insure with many insurers declining cover. If you change the engine capacity or colour of your car you may even have to get the car re-registered. This often requires some paperwork or sometimes and engineers report.

To go the DIY or enlist the services of a specialist garage can be a hard decision to make but with practice and a good guide book and a dose of common sense you will generally be able to tackle whatever comes along and the advantage of doing it yourself is that the costs will be so much lower plus you get the satisfaction from doing it without help!

Which ever modifications you go for it is worth getting some extra advice and opinions. The wise after all learn from the mistakes of others whereas a fool makes their own mistakes. Beware of marketing hype and manufacturer claims as sadly many performance parts are of a very poor quality cheap is not always best and certain not cheerful.

Tuning cars can get to be a an obsession and it is easy to overspend or go over budget when you get going we recommend you seek good advice before starting your tuning project.

We wish you every success in your car tuning project and look forward to hearing about your experiences through the many good quality online forums and sites out there.

About the Author

Carlh Tunertone is a consultant for sites like Custom cars and Peugeot engine tuning and is a car tuner with extensive experience on V8, inline four and turbo charged cars, he has rebuilt a number of small and large block engines to full race spec.

Author (Entrypointarticles). Submitted on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 Time: 3:56 PM

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