more horse... less money Options

[zakinabox]

Hey guys I was wondering, what's the cheapest way to get some real extra horsepower, I plan on eventually doing a turbo and such but for now I'm sick of my dweeby friends blowing me away in there silly stock cobalt ss's and lancers

[Nartanian]

Higher octane gas is less prone to pre-detonation aka knock. There really is no way to get huge power gains. I think what you could do though is advance your timing and you might net a few ponies doing that. Also a well set-up CAI with a full exhaust job would net you a bit of power. Then you can tune a bit using an safc if you have a logger and wideband. You couple all that with a bit of weight reduction mods and you'll be a bit quicker. When all is said and done you might gain like 15-20whp spending around $200-$400 on a good day I'm assuming. So its really up to you.

This post has been edited by Nartanian: Aug 8, 2010 - 9:33 PM