FIND A LOCATION HOME TIRES WHEELS AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES COUPONS ABOUT US CONTACT Previous View All Posts Recent Posts Top Performance Upgrades Give Your Family the Gift of Safety - New Tires Car Maintenance Items you Should Always Leave to the Professionals Holiday Travel Tips Driving Safely with Nature Categories Company News (1) Tires 101 (11) Auto Repair 101 (13) Top Performance Upgrades December 28th, 2017 0 Let's talk about automotive performance. This term means a lot of things to a lot of people... from better handling, more speed, more off-road or track capability or even better fuel economy. For the purposes of this list, performance means one thing; getting where you are going sooner. Consider the following top pick performance upgrades if you want to put more power to the ground: Cold-air Intake - Factory air boxes are restrictive and are usually more about packaging under the hood than feeding your engine much-needed air. A less restrictive intake is an instant power adder. Bigger Throttle-body - The intake feeds the throttle body, the modern equivalent of the carburetor. The more air and fuel you can stuff into the engine the more power you can make. A higher CFM throttle-body allows more air to pass through your engine. Forced Induction - Turbos and Superchargers essentially have the same purpose; to stuff more air into your engine by creating pressure. Whether you create pressure with a belt, like a supercharger, or by turning a turbine with exhaust gas like a turbo, the end result is the same. Big power. Controllers - Your onboard computers have a lot of extra power locked up by the manufacturer. You can free up this extra power with a "chip" or power programmer. With a programmer, you can also change transmission shift points, fuel injection curves and other parameters that return better performance as well as deriving telemetry information for fine-tuning your results. Free flow exhaust - You get more power from pushing more air into your engine, but if you can't get rid of the exhaust, you can't make room for the next air and fuel charge. Free flowing exhaust systems get rid of the old, burnt stuff to make room for the new stuff. Simple physics for big power. Better Grip - As the saying goes, "smoke ain't speed." If you are going to make big power you have to get it to the ground or all you will do is make a bunch of tire smoke while sitting stock still. With every power upgrade you settle on, make sure you have the matching rubber to get it to the road. Potent power can be just an upgrade away and there are many products on the market to help you get the horsepower and torque you are looking for. Start with this list to get the most bang-for-the-buck right out of the box. Tags: auto service, tips, performance upgrades Posted in: Auto Repair 101 Pope-Davis Tire & Automotive 421 McNulty Street Blythewood, SC 29016 803-714-6773 View Location Pope-Davis Tire & Automotive 631 S. Assembly St. Columbia, SC 29201 803-771-4637 View Location Pope-Davis Tire & Automotive 1155 Lake Murray Blvd Irmo, SC 29063 803-407-7687 View Location Pope-Davis Tire & Automotive 1007 W Main St Lexington, SC 29072 803-399-9790 View Location Pope-Davis Tire & Automotive 4513 Hard Scrabble Rd. Columbia, SC 29229 803-714-6161 View Location Make A Tire or Auto Repair Appointment Today At Pope-Davis Tire & Automotive, we take the hassle out of getting your car fixed or buying new tires. We satisfy all your automotive repair and tire needs. From oil changes to engine repair, the ASE-certified expert technicians at Pope-Davis Tire & Automotive have you covered. Let us help you choose from our large selection of tires. We feature tires that fit your needs and budget from top quality brands, such as Michelin, BFGoodrich, Uniroyal, Continental, Falken, Bridgestone, Cooper, and more. We pride ourselves on being your number one choice for any auto repair. Let us earn your business. Schedule an appointment at any of our 7 convenient locations in Columbia, Lexington, Irmo, Blythewood, and West Columbia, SC. Home Tires Wheels Services Coupons About Us Contact Privacy Policy Terms of Use Sitemap Accessibility Powered by