3 Tips To Improving Performance With Intake And Exhaust Upgrades

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If you want to get the most out of improvements to your car, areas like air intake and exhaust are some of the first upgrades that you will want to do. When you do upgrades to the air intake, it will not make much of a difference if you still have a stock exhaust and mufflers. Here are a few tips to help give your car better performance with simple intake and exhaust upgrades:

1. The Choices of Air Intake Upgrades for Enhanced Performance

When it comes to choosing after market air intake upgrades, you have a couple of choices. The standard choice that can be found in most auto parts stores are ram air systems that have a short intake and high-performance filter. There next choice that you may want to consider is a cold air intake system, which is a system that takes air in outside of the engine compartment to give the engine colder air and improved power.

2. Upgrades for Your Exhaust to Improve Flow and Get Enhance Performance

When you upgrade the air intake, you will also want to install upgrades for the exhaust. This can start with something as simple as installing and after market catalytic converter and muffler that improves exhaust flow. In addition to the muffler, you may want to consider installing high-performance pipes and replacing the exhaust manifold with headers that increase the flow of exhaust directly from the engine. 

3. Tuning Solutions to Finally Tune Upgrades to Maximize Performance and Power

The improvements to the air intake and exhaust system of your car can be further improved by tuning your car. If you have a classic car with a carburetor, you will have to do manual adjustments to the carburetor or consider a fuel injection conversion kit. For modern cars with fuel injection systems, you can have a tuning shop do the adjustments to the settings of your car's control module or have a tuning chip installed to get maximum performance. Tuning chips will give you the added benefit of specifying different performance settings for driving conditions and fuel economy, as well as for road and track settings if you compete in amateur racing.

These are some tips that will help you get the most out of your investment in air intake and performance upgrades for your engine. If you have installed an after-market air intake, contact an exhaust service to have the right muffler installed to ensure your engine has good intake and exhaust flow.

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