TOP 5 HP GAIN MODS (poll)

[sc_customs]

I'm sorry but that's lame.

[tykrz]

How about a Magnacharger. It can turn money into huge horsepower gains

[Slowprocess]

Originally Posted by tykrz

How about a Magnacharger. It can turn money into huge horsepower gains

Magnacharger makes a great product, but its EXPENSIVE. It's power potential is pretty much limited to 500hp. You also need a full exhaust system to make good use of the Radix. There is also a good bit of parasitic drag using the radix. Overall a great supercharger for the average joe that wants to make good power, has basic wrenching skills, and a wallet full of cash.

[bowtieguy]

I have heard filters that require oiling (k&n) the oil effects the MAF sensor. is this true? if so who makes the best filter that dont require oiling?

hey Slow...can you explain this EGR shave mod? i have an 02 with the 5.3. is this something i can do?

[PamzJoe]

I just went today and was asking the same thing of a salesman at 4wheel parts. He told me that the Airaid will do exactly the same thing K&N will do. K&N is about forty bucks more. The filters are almost exact. People who have'nt had either, are just as satisfied with the Airaid.
Joe

[Eric Jensen]

Best bang for my buck so far is the Volant air intake with the ram air option on my 2002 2500HD Silverado. HUGE power gains over 40 MPH and when pulling a 27' travel trailer. Increase in mileage - 4 mpg. Also using spintech muffler dual 3" in and out with resonators. Sounds totally hot.

Eric Jensen

[chuck16]

I just put an AEM Brute Force CAI on my truck this winter and have noticed 3 mpg increase and better performance. Plus it sounds really good. When this filter wears out I'm going to replace it with AEM's new Dryflow Air Filter.

No Oiling required!!!

[hrpark]

My Throttle Body Spacer was a noticeable upgrade for sure... It was like $50 or $100 (It was a long time ago)

[jveik]

lol the best mod you can do to go faster will actually help in more than one way. if the girlfriend/wife is kinda on the heavy side, make her loose some weight, then youll be able to accellerate quicker and your chick's hotter at the same time!!!!!

lol anyways, a good set of headers should net a few more ponies, just dont get too big of ones for your application. bigger is not always better. i saw a test on a 350 smallblock with headers that were 1&5/8 and 1&3/4 inches and the smaller headers didnt make as much horsepower, but they made a killer amount of streetable torque, whereas the bigger tubes lost upwards of 20 lb/ft at certain points to the smaller ones. the horses gained by the big headers were only about 5 or 10 ponies if i remember right...

also, i dont know if it is easy or possible for the home mechanic to do on the newer v-8's, but what about a thinner head gasket. that would net a recognizeable power increase with the increase in compression ratio... anyone here ever done it on a newer style chevy v-8? you can really affect the ratio quite a bit depending on how thin you go.

[silverado122775]

has anybody used the "Tornado" in there v-8? if so, any differance or improvements?

[jveik]

if youre running an old 350, the best thing you could do for it (unless you want to rev it really high) is to bore it .030 over and stroke it out to a 383 with a 3.75 inch crank. then again that's kinda not a weekend venture

[BlenderWizard]

Hey Mods, How About Shutting This Thing Down?

Please, from now on, set polls to expire; this is ridiculous.