How Performance Upgrades Maximize Power And Precision
When it comes to track driving, every second counts. Choosing the right upgrades for your performance car can be the deciding factor of whether or not you’ll edge ahead of the pack. Finding the right performance shop is crucial to giving your car the best-suited performance upgrades. Here’s how you can enhance your performance with these proven upgrades.
Maximizing Your Car’s Power
Increased performance begins by scaling up your horsepower. This is achieved by allowing your engine to breathe and burn fuel better. Whether you drive a Porsche or any other European performance car, here are four ways to increase your Porsche’s power output.
Turbos And Superchargers
Fitting either of these will increase your power output and give you added acceleration. Turbochargers work by using a turbine that spins a compressor, thereby forcing air into the engine. Superchargers are belt-driven, allowing power to be accessed in the lower rev range. Great technological strides have been made in reducing the infamous turbo lag, meaning that either a turbo or a supercharger will substantially improve your response and acceleration.
Performance ECUs
These tiny computers optimize your engine’s performance by controlling your engine actuators to provide more power. Performance ECUs manage performance aspects, including idle speed, braking, air-to-fuel mixture, and wheel speed. A trusted Porsche performance shop will perform an ECU remapping by upgrading your ECU’s software with performance-enhanced software. ECU optimization can dramatically increase your car’s performance while also improving fuel efficiency.
High-Flow Exhaust Systems
Fitting a high-flow exhaust system improves performance by reducing back pressure. This allows gases to exit the engine more efficiently, which adds to your horsepower and torque. Improving your airflow means your engine doesn’t have to work so hard by allowing for better breathing. The increased power provided by your performance exhaust system will be particularly noticeable at higher rev ranges, which is where your engine works the hardest to push out gases.
Better Breathing
Increase your engine’s air intake, and you will increase its power. You have a few options to consider here. Firstly, you can invest in a high-performance engine air filter to provide better filtration, thereby increasing horsepower. You can then take it up a notch with a performance cold air intake, which sucks denser air from under your front bumper into your engine. Dense air contains more oxygen, which means it will improve your burn ratio.
Maximizing Your Precision
Power and control go hand in hand when it comes to your car’s performance. Working on precision gains for your car will increase its ability to stop, turn, and give you, as the driver, continual responsive feedback. Consider these precision upgrades for your car.
Better Braking Performance
The more horsepower you have, the better your brakes need to be. Opting for a performance brake kit will enhance your car’s overall braking system. Performance brake kits include performance calipers, pads, and rotors to improve your stopping power. Brake fade, which is caused by excessive heat buildup, will be dramatically reduced, which means that ongoing hard braking will be better tolerated while blazing around the track. Brake kits are also a more affordable option to improve your car’s performance.
Step Up Your Steering And Suspension
Oversteer and understeer are two real challenges, even for performance cars. Either your car lacks the propensity to turn sharply enough, or it turns too sharply. There are several ways for professional technicians to correct understeer and oversteer, including sway bar adjustment. Your vehicle may also be suffering from what is known as ‘slow rack’, which is when you have to turn your steering wheel too much. This will limit your turning performance on the track and can be improved.
Suspension setup alterations, such as spring and strut upgrades, can help lower your car closer to the road, which increases cornering performance. Be sure to only entrust your car to a Broward-based Porsche performance shop that specializes in Porsche steering and suspension setups.
Precision Through Grip
Fitting your car with performance tires will instantly improve your grip and overall performance. Experienced tire specialists understand that factors such as tire width and diameter play a role in performance. It’s about getting the right balance specific to your performance car. Lighter wheels are another way to shed the weight off your car, thereby increasing speed. Be sure to chat to your performance facility about trusted brands such as Apex Wheels that help to boost rims with optimal weight and strength. You might also want to consider low-profile wheels, as these help to improve road stability and cornering.
Performance Styling
Giving your performance car an aesthetic boost comes with performance benefits too. Performance styling additions can include carbon fiber body kits, titanium wheel bolts or even a rear spoiler. Investing in some tasteful styling mods will be sure to turn heads while also adding increased stability at higher speeds.
Performance Upgrades In Pompano Beach
Foreign Affairs Motorsports is a leading performance facility in South Florida. Our state-of-the-art facility is home to over 125 years of combined auto performance experience. We stock and install the most trusted performance brands, including Brembo Brakes, Race Chip, Michelin, and many more. We’re a full vehicle lineup facility and work on manufacturers including BMW, Audi, Ferrari, Maserati, and Porsche, just to mention a few.
Additionally, we offer tried and tested scheduled maintenance and performance upgrades that have been proven to make a difference, and we know which performance kits are best suited for which cars. Call us at 954-746-0488 to book your performance upgrades today.