Q: More Horse power and performance chips

asked by on January 01, 2017

On my Buick, I like to know how can I get more horsepower? The motor runs great with that many miles on it and also, can I put a performance chip on it too? Only burn 93 octane gas just wanna add a little power to her.Help if can.

My car has 275000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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