Getting your Car to swirl like it has never done before is nothing less than a dream come true. Therefore, you decide to attempt an engine – tuning project, or simply – modifications. Now, this would require a good plan-of-action – once you’ve done your homework and researched about what you want your car to do. You could either hire professionals to do it, which would burn a crater in your pocket (I like to believe that these people using unicorn-blood and Adamantium instead of your regular motor oil and regular metal – which is the only possible explanation). So, if you have a pocket big enough – voila! Nothing there is that you have to worry about after you know what you need. Otherwise, I ‘d suggest you put on your utilikilt (or not!) and get right to it. You’d need good research,a good plan (and to stick to it), and someone who has done it before to help you.- Turbochargers
Or turbo kits are basically gas compressors which force air at a greater pressure into the car’s engine. Initially designed for airplanes, these give a significant boost in the horse power without any significant increase in its weight. Working on a forced induction system,basically a turbine inside the turbo increases the airflow to the engine. Spinning at up to 150,000 rpm, the turbine causes air to flow about 30 times faster than most car engines can go. More air means more oxygen for the explosions going on inside your car’s engine, which means more power. Superchargers also work on the same basis.Water-Cooled Turbo - Air Filters
A very basic method to increase the acceleration is to replace the factory Air Filter with a high-flow Air Filter. This benefits just about any type of car and is a relatively cheaper car modification option. Increased throttle response, extra Horsepower plus some smoothness is added to the performance. - Better Fuel Injection
Adding a performance fuel injection adds to the power of your engine, which means better acceleration, and also increases the fuel-economy. It gives better distribution of fuel inside the engine, from cylinder to cylinder, smoother engine response to throttle transitions, and more reliability.
Fuel Injection Diagram - Camshafts
Located at the top of the engine. It is a long shaft with a series of lobes along it and it rotates relative to engine speed. The lobes push close the valves in the head and allow the engines cylinders to suck in air/fuel and expel exhaust gases. Most modern engines have a double overhead cam and configuration with one controlling the intake side of the engine and another controlling the exhaust side.It’s timing is based on 2 turns of the shaft - choosing cams with cam duration of about 257 degrees to 285 degrees will ensure an optimum performance enhancement.Camshafts
Camshaft – Basic Operation - Fuel Pumps
A Fuel Pump is an essential component on a car or any other internal combustion engined device. Fuel has to be pumped from the fuel tank to the engine and delivered under low pressure to the carburetor or under high pressure to the fuel injection system. Some fuel injected engines have two fuel pumps for this purpose: one low pressure/high volume supply pump in the tank and one high pressure/low volume pump on or near the engine.
dual-Nitrous Oxide system
- Nitrous Oxide is an oxidizer and not a fuel. It breaks down to increase the saturation level of Oxygen in air from its normal level (from 21% to 33%). Nitrous systems can increase power by as little as 0.5 hp (0.37 kW) or as much as 3,000 hp (2,200 kW), depending on the engine type and nitrous system type. Dry nitrous systems induce the gas through a fuel injection process, while the Wet Nitrous System induces it with the fuel using more sophisticated systems.
- ECU
Engine Control Unit is basically a computer chip installed in a car that reads information through various sensors, and uses it to control the ignition systems – like fuel pressure and timing, ignition timing, throttle timing, boost controls- allowing the car’s performance to be controlled in great detail. This is primarily the edge that cars from our generations have over cars some decades back. It also accounts for ambient conditions, and more variables from second to second than traditional systems. Chip Tuning, would mean upgrading the car’s ECU for better performance. Reprogramming, adding an external device to it are the general ways of doing it. We’d suggest you take help of a specialist here, “backfire” and other accidents may quite as well occur.
