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With rising cost of fuel these days, it’s no surprise that you find the average Joe tuning his car to squeeze every last bit of performance out of it in an attempt to increase its fuel economy. Even with the high cost of fuel, the majority of automotive tuning enthusiasts are still the ones who are trying to get speed and performance out of their machines, with little or no regard for fuel economy. There is a vast array of automotive accessories available to the “speed junkie” to pep up his or her ride. What used to be a hobby for men with muscle cars, has changed dramatically. It’s not only men you’ll find getting all greasy under the hood of their car on the weekends anymore. Women are becoming a common fixture at the track or the local quarter mile, racing their heavily modified street rods, which are quite different than they were a quarter century ago. Modifying cars has become a multi-billion dollar industry in past decade.
Just walk into any local auto part store, look around and you’re bombarded with parts, tools and additives that are guaranteed to greatly increase your fuel economy, which in this day and age can be very appealing to anyone. However, when I think of tuning my car, I’m not thinking about saving a few bucks on gas. The part stores that car tuning enthusiasts go to are a little different than your local part store. These stores carry mostly high performance parts. Parts that make you go fast.
A lot of the cars being tuned today are not your daddy’s GTO, instead it’s quite common to see foreign imports being tuned for the track. Take a stock four cylinder import, throw a few thousand dollars into it, and you’ve got an exciting new weekend hobby.