Tec Power Chip Tuning
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Since the plan is to mount bigger tires there are several disadvantages to deal with. To help turn the rubber and to keep the fuel economy acceptable we got the vehicle chip tuned.
Tec Power offers a 22% increase in torque and 16% in horse power...
First off the laptop gets plugged in and the data is read from the vehicle computer.
It's not a spectacular 'build-in' as the screen shows only the progress of download.
As seen here, they offer tuning for many different vehicles. And the list goes on...
After storing all data, the parameters for the tuning are calculated and programmed. This is a 3-D pic of the parameters.

The process takes about 1.5 hours and then this new data is uploaded to the computer of the vehicle.

This is a fairly simple and fast 'install' - no drilling required :-).