Performance Chips And Programmers
By Matthew C. Keegan, Tue Dec 6th

In these days of hyped up gasoline prices any aftermarket improvements to your car's performance are certain to negatively impact's your car's fuel economy right? In a word: wrong. Depending on the aftermarket improvements made to your vehicle, your car should run more efficiently and save you fuel, not consume up additional resources. This is all the more true with a performance chip or power programmer installed in your vehicle. Please read on to learn how a chip or programmer can enhance your car's performance.

Your car comes equipped with a special computer chip that controls your engine's output, particularly in the area of fuel delivery. With a performance chip, your car realizes a much more efficient delivery of fuel to your engine at specified times in the course of driving. The result? Noticeable increases in horsepower as well as in torque. Replacement chips from Super chips and Jet Chips will also help your car run more efficiently, resulting in slight increases in fuel economy.

With a power programmer the same results are achieved as with a performance chip, but in a less invasive manner. With a performance chip you must remove and replace the original chip with the replacement chip which typically involves you removing your car's dash to access the chip. With a power programmer, including those made by industry leader Hyper tech, you simply plug the programmer into your under dash diagnosis plug, answer a series of Yes/No questions, and the programmer quickly and effortlessly recalibrates your engine.