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How Performance Chips Improves Ford F150 Mileage
The Ford F150 has a lot of advantages over other vehicles. It is well known for its large cab space, a powerful engine and huge cargo and towing capacities. It's also well known for its terrible mileage, but Ford F150 performance chips give owners the ability to improve that substantially.
How Do Ford F150 Performance Chips Improve Mileage?
Modern trucks use electronic fuel injection, which is more efficient than older fuel system designs. Your truck has a computer inside that monitors fuel and airflow, constantly adjusting the engines fuel consumption to balance power and fuel economy. The problem is it doesn't always do this right. You are smarter than your truck and can make better decisions about fuel consumption.
Ford F150 performance chips put control of the fuel system back with the driver. These chips alter the information the truck's onboard computer system is getting and allow the driver to change the fuel flow so the engine runs lean. You still get the power you need but use less fuel while doing it. These optimized control chips can improve mileage by as much as 6 miles per gallon.
Performance Chips Pay For Themselves
A 2009 F150 is rated for 14 mpg in city driving. If you drive 1000 miles per month, that's over 70 gallons of gas and about $200 per month at today's prices. That cost is just going to increase as gas prices rise. Imagine if you could improve your truck's mileage. Even a small increase would be a huge decrease in fuel costs for these big trucks.
Let's do a worst-case scenario and assume you can improve your mileage by 1.5 mpg or about 10%. You save $20 per month. Since Ford F150 performance chips cost about $60 (don't trust cheaper chips because they don't do what they claim), your upgrade pays for itself in just three months. After that, it's all profit.
On the other hand, imagine if you could get the full 6 mpg out of your chip. That's over a 40% increase in fuel efficiency and your chip pays for itself in one month!
Get More Horsepower
The amazing thing about Ford F150 performance chips is they not only save you gas but also improve the power of the engine. They do this in two ways.
The controls for the chip are easily adjustable. When you need more power, you turn the dial to maximum and get up to 50 additional horsepower to your engine. During most driving you want better mileage so you turn the dial the other way and get better fuel economy. However the amazing thing is these chips don't force you to choose one or the other.
Even at low power settings, F150 owners will see more horsepower from their engines than they did before installing the chip. Even at high power settings, they will see a mileage improvement. More power and better mileage? What are you waiting for?
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