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Old Nov 6, 2003 | 11:33 PM
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Car: 84 z28
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cheapest ways to get more hp and trq?

what are the cheapest ways to get more horsepower and torque
out of a lg4 305
bolt on or anything that is easy enough for a novice to do

well whats some good things that will get me faster for less than 100$ bux or around in that area

thanx for the help guyz
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 01:34 AM
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Car: 1983 Trans Am
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You cant go a whole lot faster with only 100 bucks.
Cheapest bang for your buck? Cut off your exhaust.
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 01:48 AM
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Car: Z/28
Engine: 355
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Axle/Gears: 3.73
Rip as much off the car as possible to make it as lite as possible.
Thats FREE! Then save the money for a nice dinner after your done.
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 02:44 PM
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lol
thats cool
just what i figured
its hard to get fast on a budget
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 03:13 PM
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cheapest way?

dont spend your money when you only have $100 saved up.


save your money until you get a deicent amount, then get somthing worth wild......


a guy with a cam swap or a nitrous kit will be faster then the guy with the K&N, air foil and whatever other cheap bolt on crap there is...
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 04:40 PM
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Car: 1981 Chevy Malibu, 1987 Formula 350
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Transmission: TH350, 700R4
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt ???, 9 bolt 3.27 posi
save a few more $'s and get a nitrous kit......easiest/cheepest way to get power lol
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 05:13 PM
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Drive around the local area high schools and look for the rich kid with a built chevy and steal it.

No one ever liked that guy anyways.
His Dad will just buy him another one.

Matt
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 05:20 PM
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lol good call.....
only thing is, and trust me i dont live in a rich town, noone around here has parents that spoil them with built chevys.......

one girl (a junior at that!) pulled into the parking lot the other week in her BRAND NEW FREAKIN BMW M3 CONVERTABLE....

Last year a few juniors got their parents to buy them new beetle convertables......nothing fancy but still thats what, 20k or something?

One kid has a freakin Escalade.....
another kid has a lincolin nagigator with probably the biggest sound system i've seen, complete with in dash TV, and TV's built into every headrest in the freakin car pretty much, huge spinner wheels.......

Noone seems to like a good ol' muscle car....lol
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 11:47 PM
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or if you're determined to do a quick mod for your car right now... get an air foil... about 40-50 bucks and you can put that on in like 5 minutes... gives you between extra 5-12hp
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Old Nov 8, 2003 | 01:08 AM
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That would be a nice 40-50 dollar waste of money if he bought an airfoil. Seeing how its a lg4 car.

Don't waste 100$ on small mods....maybe a tune-up if it needs it. Save up some more cash and get exhaust or something.
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Old Nov 8, 2003 | 04:49 AM
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Car: '89 Formula, '97 Z28, '88 Formula 350
Engine: 305 TBI(LO3)
Transmission: TH700R4(MD8)
NO2
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Old Nov 8, 2003 | 10:59 AM
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i thought it was kinda obvious, but i'll say it anyway...




before you mod the car... give it a complete tune up.



then save for a real mod.... crap like K&Ns and air foils only give you what i call placebo horsepower..... you only think theres more because you just put somthing on it... the car actually isnt faster.
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