Trust Foreign Affairs Motorsports With Your Auto Performance Upgrades

Performance upgrades can open up your vehicle to a world of exciting new enhancements. Selecting the most suited auto performance upgrades for your car will make all the difference to step up its performance edge. Get the wrong performance advice, however, and your auto performance adventure can go very wrong. Foreign Affairs Motorsports (FAMW) are the experienced and trusted professionals in Pompano Beach when it comes to auto upgrades. Here’s a look at the performance upgrades on offer to notch up your car’s performance.

A Trusted Turbo Or Supercharger

Your engine will thrive on a turbo or supercharger. Fitting either of these increases your power output significantly, giving you that added acceleration. Turbos and supers have some key differences to understand. Turbochargers use a turbine to spin a compressor to force air into your engine. This high-pressure air combined with fuel creates extra horsepower, which translates into quicker acceleration.

Superchargers work differently and are belt-driven, allowing you to access power in the lower rev range. This gives superchargers that torque-driven more immediate response. Superchargers don’t present the challenge of turbo lag, which is a slight delay in response between pressing the accelerator and feeling the turbo work. Having said this, advanced turbos are getting increasingly more responsive, with turbo lag being less of a struggle.

ECU Remapping

An ECU is a tiny computer that optimizes your engine’s performance by managing the actuators on your car’s engine. In short, an ECU controls all aspects of your engine including braking power, idle speed, wheel speed, and the air-to-fuel mixture. By a process known as remapping or chip tuning, your car’s existing software can be replaced with new, performance-enhanced software. It’s amazing how much of a performance kick an ECU can give your car.

ECU remapping should only be done by a professional service facility. At Foreign Affairs Motorsports, we are well-experienced in ECU remapping, and we stock trusted ECU brands such as Cobb Tuning, and ESS Tuning. Considering a performance ECU, you will enjoy a clear performance enhancement.

Steering Upgrades

If you enjoy hitting the corners hard on a track day, then a steering upgrade is a great consideration. What kind of steering upgrades are we talking about? Let’s start with understeer and oversteer. Understeer is a car’s propensity to turn less sharply than anticipated. With oversteer, a car turns too sharply. Some cars struggle with either one of these conditions. The good news is that there are measures to help improve understeer and oversteer.

Another issue may be what’s known as ‘slow rack’. If you have to turn your steering wheel through more than three rotations, you could be suffering from ‘slow rack’. Sluggish steering isn’t optimal for performance driving. The good news is that these steering challenges can be addressed when you take your car to a trusted performance facility. Although a certain steering style or tendency will always characterize your car, these steering challenges can be improved by our team at FAMW.

Performance Air Intakes

Air intakes work on a simple principle. Increased air intake leads to increased horsepower. Start with a high-performance engine air filter. These provide better airflow and filtration, which heightens engine performance. If you’re looking to gain even more power, a performance cold air intake is the way to go. Cold intakes work by sucking denser, cooler air into you’re your engine. Dense air carries more oxygen, which means it will improve your air-to-fuel burn ratio. Cold air is mainly directed from under the front bumper, or from a modification above the hood. A cold air intake is a reliable way to get that bit of extra horsepower.

Up Your Braking Performance

Increased horsepower requires increased braking power. A performance brake kit includes several enhancements for your car’s braking system. These include performance-level pads, calipers, and rotors which offer reliable stopping power every time. Brake fade will also be lessened, which means that repeated hard braking won’t compromise your stopping power. Brake kits are an affordable way to increase your car’s performance. At Foreign Affairs Motorsports, we offer trusted performance brake kits, including Brembo brakes.

A New Suspension Setup

Your suspension setup helps to determine your car’s center of gravity. The closer your car is to the surface of the road, the more planted and stable it will feel. By altering the springs and struts on your car, you’ll be able to lower your car down closer to the road, thereby increasing its cornering ability. This is of course all reliant on your driving conditions and preferences.

Wheels That Perform

New wheels won’t only add to your car’s image, but will also add to its road-holding ability. Rims, wheels, and tires should all be considered to bolster your performance. Several factors need to be considered, including:

Tire Width & Profile

Wider tires will offer a larger area of contact with the road, which translates into better cornering and braking performance. Low-profile wheels are another great consideration. These thinner tires help to improve cornering and road stability. Low-profile wheel sets can also transform a car’s image.

Tire Diameter

Larger wheels can provide better traction and handling. Your braking distance can also be minimized.

Wheel Weight

Lighter wheels will lower your car’s overall weight. The lighter your car is, the better it will perform. At Foreign Affairs Motorsports, one of our recommended brands is Apex Wheels. They boast rotary forging technology, which gives their rims the optimal balance of strength, balance, and weight.

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