1988 4runner

hello, i have a 4 cylinder1988 4runner and i have a few questions. what do you think is the best performance part to buy?or what is the cheapest part that will increase my HP? there are ricers all around where i live and i would like to destroy them, or give some of the faster cars around a run for their money.

Honestly... I wouldnt even bother with a 4cylander. You could probably spend about a grand and it would just get you to where a v6 is stock. Your best bet would be to do an engine swap with a more powerful engine... If you dont wanna do that then you could go with: exhaust, headers, new performance airfilter, new cams....maybee even put a nitrous kit on it. That would be really hard on that engine but it would add alot of power... hope some of this helps

what type of engine would you sugest?web site for it?

Well, I think if your gonna do an engine conversion, I think you might as well go all out. I would go with a 350 chevy, if you wanted something less drastic you could just put a 6 or 8 cylander 4runner engine in. Any way you look at it, its going to be really expensive though. I dont think you would be able to do it for less than 3 grand. You could probly find a good engine for about $1500-$2000. Then your going to need a new transmission. Then you can get the conversion kit at downeyoff-road.com for about $600. After that if you put exhaust, headers and intake, your 4runner would fly, but in my opinon $4000 is alot of money to spend on an 88 4runner. Just doing exhaust, headers and cams would add noticable power to what u have now, but i dont think you'll be able to beat many cars with just that.