Be Smart With Cars

The average car draws oxygen into the combustion chamber with nothing more than the suction created by the piston withdrawing from the chapter. While this will draw some oxygen into the chamber, it will not draw in enough to completely combust the fuel injected into the chamber. Thus, your engine will never be as efficient as it could be. On the other hand, there are some upgrades that you could make to your engine in order to get more efficiency than you start with. 

Install a Turbocharger

One way to combust fuel more completely is to force more oxygen into the combustion chamber. To accomplish this, you will need to upgrade your air intake system. One thing you can do to accomplish this is to install a turbocharger, which will have two basic components. You will have one fan which absorbs power from the exhaust escaping your engine to power a fan which forces air into your combustion chamber. This will give you the ability to more completely burn the fuel in your engine, but you will need to upgrade your exhaust system to more completely burn the fuel in your system.

Install a Cold-Air Intake

A turbochager will help to push more air into your engine, but if you push hot air into your engine, you will not be able to compress it as much as you can compress cold air. Thus, you should also consider installing a cold air intake. 

Install a High-Volume Exhaust

When you increase the amount of air flowing into your engine, you also increase the amount of exhaust gases flowing out of your engine, Your stock exhaust system will not be able to handle the volume of gases escaping from your system. If your pipes are too small, a bottleneck will decrease your engine efficiency. To overcome this problem, you will need to install a high-volume exhaust system.

If you are not getting the kind of performance from your engine that you want to get, all is not lost. Regular maintenance will help to keep your engine running well, but if you want to get it to run at its optimal level, you will need to optimize the components of your engine. A good place to start is by upgrading your air-intake and exhaust systems. This will give you more power, but it will also give your the ability to use your gas more efficiently. 

For more information, contact 59 Auto Repair or a similar company.