make car faster without spending alot of $

[mozzandherb]

Not a lot of money- bolt on's I/H/E, pulleys, weight reduction, daily maintenance of your car.
A little bit more- Nitrous with colder plugs and retard the timing
A little bit more than that-turbo the f22
Much more-h22 swap
Much much more- h22 swap with a turbo setup

[LinX]

even better than the rest IMO
running a built N/A h22(or upgraded motor of choice)

[lucid]

Plastic Intake Manifold Gasket $30-50 = 8+hp (best hp/$ ratio?)
ECU Service $60+
Gutting Catalytic Converter $0 (If you don't have emissions testing)
Remove Sound Deadening Material from under carpet $0
Timing Advance @ Distributor $0 (timing light? don't be scared...)
Premium Gas + Octane Booster $0.20/gal, $2-10
Blowing Past a Slower, More Expensive car $Priceless

[OwninUSince1902]

Gutting Catalytic Converter $0 (If you don't have emissions testing)

wouldnt you just want to take it off, because it is like a botle neck for the exhaust? i might be wrong with this but it seems to me that just having the exhaust go strait from header to the muffler out the back instead of having cat in there also

[aznpnoyracer]

u want free horse power? nextime u change your sparkplugs, mark the top with a sharpie where the gap is and when tightening try to face it toward the intake manifold. it will add an extra pony, its proven, age old technique. do a egr bypass, use fully synthetic oil, add a couple of horse power due to less friction, insulate fuel line with a/c insulation, cooller fuel going in engine is better same as cooler air in intake is better, and finally go at the tracks for your 1/4 in the winter when its 30ish degree's, heheh.

[lucid]

wouldnt you just want to take it off, because it is like a botle neck for the exhaust? i might be wrong with this but it seems to me that just having the exhaust go strait from header to the muffler out the back instead of having cat in there also

.....would be ideal (?) Yeah, but you'd have to pay for a test pipe or exhaust work unless you weld and the thread is about not spending money. It does cost 2 gaskets to put it back together right. The cat isn't a bottleneck after it's gutted , it's an expanded section ==<>==, I usually notice way better pickup in higher rpm where the motor normally gets strangled. I think the performance improvement from this rivals that from a $500 catback system.

[aznpnoyracer]

an also when u flush coolant do a 40/60 instead of 50/50. 40% coolant and 60% water, it will cool your engine better without the worries of corosion. all my statement I made in your post are not B/S and they are from pro auto technicians and race car drivers.

[sonikaccord]

you should use a h23 intake manifold instead of the stock f22 one

[FishyMan]

I can do w/o AC but I dunno how to remove the system.

[UrDoneSRH]

i wish i could take out my a/c, but living in socal, not only in socal but the high desert... cooling the car down is a must sometimes...

[Tatersplz]

nos decals should make you go faster. also get a big apc sticker for your windshield, it should add around 5hp

what color nos sticker. The red or the blue. haha

[mondojackal]

Not a lot of money- bolt on's I/H/E, pulleys, weight reduction, daily maintenance of your car.
A little bit more- Nitrous with colder plugs and retard the timing
A little bit more than that-turbo the f22
Much more-h22 swap
Much much more- h22 swap with a turbo setup

how is a f22 turbo a "little bit more than that" and yet the h22 swap is "much more"?? i dont get that at all...please enlighten me as to how you see that?

[mondojackal]

an also when u flush coolant do a 40/60 instead of 50/50. 40% coolant and 60% water, it will cool your engine better without the worries of corosion. all my statement I made in your post are not B/S and they are from pro auto technicians and race car drivers.

40/60 won't cool better. ethylene glycol cools better than just water.
the only thing is, it takes more power for the water pump to pump it cuz its more viscous. so by using only 40% ethylene glycol, you reduce parasitic loss from the h2o pump.

[OwninUSince1902]

even better than the rest IMO
running a built N/A h22(or upgraded motor of choice)

http://www.speedomotive.com/ps-194-5...er-engine.aspx

this would be close to optimum for making your car fast but definately not cheap



for cheap definatly check the DIY section its helpful and youll save a bunch on the stuff such as the SRI Intake

[aznpnoy]

40/60 won't cool better. ethylene glycol cools better than just water.
the only thing is, it takes more power for the water pump to pump it cuz its more viscous. so by using only 40% ethylene glycol, you reduce parasitic loss from the h2o pump.

thanks for clearing that out. just got tht info from a technician for honda.