The “Compromised” 4×4
Like millions of other truck-owning hunters and fishermen, Phillips drives a truck that has been compromised. By necessity truck manufacturers design pickups to appeal to a broad range of users. As a result, outdoorsmen often gripe that stock pickups don’t deliver optimum towing and offroad performance. This is not a new complaint, and ibr years the automotive aftermarket has provided bolt-on products designed to improve engine efficiency.
What has changed over the past 20 years is the addition of on- board computers.And what we are learning fast is that bolt-on performance products (hardware) now need to work In tandem with the computer (software) in order to achieve optimum results.