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An engine is a machine with many moving parts that work in harmony. When the engine is not running right, it is “out of tune.” Back in carbureted cars, a “tune up” would be new spark plugs, fuel filter, air filter, adjust the timing and the car would be back “in tune.”
The “tune” of the machine can be adjusted to be more efficient or to produce more power, or somewhere in between.
When you “tune” your car, you adjust the components so that the engine aligns better with your needs. Generally is more power.
In the age of computers, tuning a car usually means changing the software so the engine produces more power, but I can also mean changing components, like bigger injectors, or changing the way a (automatic) transmission shifts.
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