Pedal box installed

A Pedal Box or any similar 'throttle enhancer' type device doesn't actually improve the way the engine runs to increase the power/torque outlet of the engine at all, it simply intercepts the 'fly-by-wire' signal between the hand piece and the throttle body, ramping up the signal a little (or a lottle!) depending upon the setting you choose so that you can get your engine to respond quicker and rev out to WOT with much less hand movement than before, effectively making it the reverse of the so called 'Eco Mode', which just reduces/limits the signal so that you never actually get to WOT; while getting the 'chip flashed' or an ECU Upgrade actually changes the way the engine runs, and in the case of our Spyders, allows the engine to access more of the additional power & torque that these engines CAN & DO produce on other platforms where they aren't restricted/de-tuned by BRP's OEM Spyder state of tune.

So a Pedal Box just means your hand movement gives you quicker throttle response, but doesn't actually change the standard power/torque output of your engine, even tho it might 'feel' quicker; while a chip or ECU Upgrade actually does improve the engine's power/torque output by optimising the tune beyond the restricted/detuned version that BRP has permitted you to have with the Factory settings, and if you've got a good 'flash' &/or a competent tuner doing your flash/upgrade, you can likely also get similar enhancements to the throttle signal that the Pedal Box provides, and maybe a bunch more besides!