How can I add Some HP???, Easy ways to add horse power? Options

[k-weaver]

Hello Everyone,

First off I would just like to say thankyou for everyone who posts on this web site, I have found out so many different things just by reading other posts. Again this is a great site, thankyou all.

Anyway,
I own a '96 Celica GT with a 5s-fe. I currently have:
NGK Plugs
Catback exhaust 2.25" pipeing
CAI
Header

My car has 148,000 miles on it and I was just wondering how I can get some more horse power out of it without swapping and without throwing in a turbo (seems like alot of miles to turbo, prolly a waste...). At this point I am kind of out of ideas. I was thinking of putting an MSD ignition box in, however I was reading on here that I will see little to nothing by doing so. I also thought about adding one of those "racing chips". Again, I read on this site that these are crap.

I am pretty much learning as I go. Every performance upgrade to my car I have performed (except exhaust) so I am not afraid to get my hands dirty. Any thoughts or ideas will be highly appreciated...

[Redline08]

Turbo was always out of the question so why did u bring it up, and an experienced mechanic INSPECTING A CAR LIKE EVERY SINGLE CAR IN AMERICA GOES THROUGH wont notice his CAI, headers, catback and not take a closer look for the many illegal performance mods there are out there? A yanked out tank isnt going to hide jackkk.

Providing ample combustion? Do you have any idea what you're talking about? Back that one up, cause you're totally wrong.

Are you serious?!?! dude your adding way more oxygen to the engine. The stock engine doesnt know your going to be pumping pure oxygen into it and wont add extra fuel to compensate. THATS HOW PEOPLE BLOW ENGINES UP WITH NITROUS. Read about it before you open your mouth, nitrous is cheap power and anyone who knows anything about cars is going to stay away from cheap power!

and if nitrous is so cheap then why are you worried about him wasting it through a purge?