To be more competitive, car manufacturers face pressure to place more emphasis on reducing fuel consumption and maintenance costs rather than performance optimization. Therefore, some car models have their maximum speed capped at a given value often between 200 and 250 km/h. However, to satisfy thrill seekers, there are ways to remove the maximum speed of the car without having to change the engine.
Methods to increase the power of the vehicle
Several methods exist to increase the power of the vehicle. These include:
– lighten the weight of the car to reduce the load and propel the engine,
– install performance tires for better grip,
– change the original turbocharger, modified for an improvement of the exhaust system,
– install an additional gearbox or a power module,
– change the air filter with a cold air intake kit,
– chiptune the motor’s computer.
These methods also improve acceleration and handling. However, to remove the maximum speed of a car without risk to the engine, you chiptune the engine’s computer.
How to remove the factory-set, maximum speed of a car?
The computer is an electronic control and engine management unit on which the chiptuning operations are carried out. The chiptuning simply consists of connecting a laptop via a compatible connection cable to reset or modify the original settings (or map), into a new engine map.
It’s then possible to eliminate the maximum speed of a vehicle by eliminating or modifying the various speed caps installed in the manufacturer. However, for an effective result on driving and handling you must seek to harmonize power evenly by removing other parameters such as injection time, torque turbo pressure, etc.
