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Stuffing more horses into your engine used to take countless hours, cost a ridiculous wad of cash in parts, and usually resulted in the busting of several knuckles. Thankfully, with today's computer-controlled vehicles tuning is about as easy as playing Pong.

If you've seen the TV shows geared at getting every droplet of power out of a classic vehicle, you know they spend the entire show with a load of time-lapsed video of them tearing the engine apart to put in extremely technical and wildly expensive parts. When it's all done, they crank up the dyno and get giddy over the 3 horsepower gain realized after roughly 4 hours of work. That's not exactly how most would want to spend their weekend, and all for a measly 3hp.

Clearly, computer-free vehicles are great because you have complete control over them. On the other hand, if you want to add some power to your car but don't want to spend large sums on it and probably some frustrating weeks in the process, computer-controlled vehicles are your best bet. Most vehicles sold in the last 30 years have a computer controlling the performance of the engine. Your car is most probably one of them. The great news about this is that tuning your vehicle is so easy because of it.

Simply replace your engine's stock programming with some that's geared toward performance and you'll discover power gains almost instantly. Just how can you get these power gains in minutes? The answer is easy, with a power programmer or car performance chip, like those made by Hypertech or DiabloSport. These power programmers are designed to hold performance programs created and tested by the pros. It's so straightforward a caveman could do it. Just plug it into the OBD-II port beneath your steering column, enter a few simple yes or no commands to adjust how you want the engine to perform, upload the new programming, and you're ready to rock with 25 or more horsepower. For most folks, this will take a maximum of 10 minutes to complete.

Some car owners want to have this kind of extrapower, but are worried about this car performance chips. They ask themselves how they can gain so much so easily when the pros in the programs take hours and get just a little. The reason is simple. Modern vehicles are down-tuned for the public. The same engine are programmed to perform the same to car fans as to old ladies. You don't want to be like the general public. You demand power.

Car performance programmers are not your average settings. That's what makes them so great. If you are worried about taking your car to service, the car performance chip manufacturers usually integrate a return original program, so your warranty is not in risk.

What's more, as with all performance mods, you'll be protected by federal law. It basically states that your vehicle's warranty cannot be voided by performance parts unless they can be proven as the source of the breakdown. So, there's no good reason to wait if you're look to easily tap into the true potential sitting under your hood.