Marriage of computers and cars

This may be out of the ballpark of an idea, but i'm curious. Every car has a computer chip called the ECU (as i'm sure you all know). It is possible to reprogram the chip to make the vehicle perform better.

My question is, is there a program, or a separate machine, out there that is commercially available instead of having the chip shipped away.

clutch wrote:

This may be out of the ballpark of an idea, but i'm curious. Every car has a computer chip called the ECU (as i'm sure you all know). It is possible to reprogram the chip to make the vehicle perform better.

My question is, is there a program, or a separate machine, out there that is commercially available instead of having the chip shipped away.

you are lucky i grew up watching car repair/mod shows with my dad

you are gonna want something like this:

http://www.jegs.com/p/Hypertech/Hypertech-ECU-Power-Programmer-III/748454/10002/-1

YESSS!! and here i am thinking that was impossible! looks like it's only for muscle cars, but this is still helpful information!