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Superchips Ltd is a British company specialising in electronic engine tuning of cars. It was established in 1977 by Peter Wales as P.J. Detection Techniques, and was renamed Superchips in 1991. The company is based in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire,〔(Invest in Buckinghamshire website )〕 and has dealers of its products world wide. Ian Sandford is the Managing Director. The company provides engine control unit (ECU) upgrades to produce more power and torque for a wide range of popular vehicles such as: *BMW 1 Series〔(''Daily Telegraph'' Honest John 28 February 2010 )〕 *Ford Focus〔(''Autocar'' 20 August 2009 )〕 *Renault Clio V6〔(''Evo'' March 2002 )〕 *Škoda Fabia〔(''Auto Express'' September 2005 )〕 *Volkswagen Golf〔(''Auto Express'' November 2009 )〕 The additional power is produced by re-mapping the ECU's settings by changing various settings created by the car's original manufacturer. The company also produces the Bluefin tool that plugs into a car's diagnostic port and allows for re-mapping to be done at home. == American subsidiary == In 1992, Superchips Inc. was established in Sanford, Florida, US〔(''Orlando Sentinel'' September 08, 1994 )〕 and developed products for the North American market. The subsidiary was sold to MSD Ignition in 2005 for $40 million.〔(Carpages.co.uk 23 February 2005 )〕 The company was merged with Edge Products in 2011〔()〕 and the Superchips brand of products is now distributed by Powerteq, LLC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Superchips」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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