What are the quickest/easiest/fastest ways to a car goes faster?
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What are the quickest/easiest/fastest ways to a car goes faster?
I'm wondering what are the quickest/easiest/fastest ways to a car goes faster? Are there anymore? May be engine cleaning fluid might help some how?
From easiest to not-easiest:
Reduce weight both car and driver
AC off? Window up?
Air filter?
Spark plugs?
Exhaust?
Way down the list:
Turbo / super charger
From easiest to not-easiest:
Reduce weight both car and driver
AC off? Window up?
Air filter?
Spark plugs?
Exhaust?
Way down the list:
Turbo / super charger
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Lol...There are many many more, and your list is kinda, well lacking... Ill tell you a clean engine is a happy engine... Inside and Out...
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FROM EASIEST TO HARDEST
1)Regular maintenance - Regular maintenance doesn’t technically make your car any faster, but it will prevent the car from getting slower. It is a bad idea to attempt any of the items on this list without performing regular maintenance.
2)Premium gas - Higher octane fuel burns better, more thoroughly and gives off more energy than lower quality formulas.
3)Spark Plugs - An internal combustion engine requires three things to run: fuel, air and a spark. Better spark plugs can improve combustion, and therefore, improve power.
4)Cold air intake -By replacing an engine’s stock air intake with an aftermarket cold air intake, airflow to the engine is improved.
5)Cat-back exhaust - Cars need to ‘breathe in’, but they also need to breathe out. Like the stock intake on your car, the exhaust is designed to run quietly. Wider tubing and a freer flowing muffler will improve your car’s ability to exhale. In case you are wondering what ‘cat-back’ means, it means that you swap out everything in the exhaust system from the catalytic converter to the back of the car.
6)Tuner module - Not all cars have tuner modules available. By plugging one of these into the diagnostic port, you can reprogram the engine’s computer. Or there are other modules such as hodata ecu's, chipped ecu's, and piggybacks...
7)Nitrous oxide - First let me say that nitrous oxide is dangerous. If used improperly(or properly for that matter), it can cause your engine to blow up. N2O basically operates as extra air (that happens to contain a much larger than average amount of oxygen. This makes the car go much faster, but also increases the pressure in the cylinders, which can cause you engine to blow up.
8)Turbocharger/Supercharger - These are generally safer than nitrous and they never run out. Both superchargers and turbochargers work on the same principle. They are basically air compressors that cram more air than normal into an engine. More air means that you can add more fuel. More fuel means more powerful explosions. More powerful explosions means a faster car.
9)Engine swap - This is probably the single most expensive modification you can do to a car. Usually, it involves taking the engine out of a larger, more powerful car and putting it into a smaller, lighter one.
1)Regular maintenance - Regular maintenance doesn’t technically make your car any faster, but it will prevent the car from getting slower. It is a bad idea to attempt any of the items on this list without performing regular maintenance.
2)Premium gas - Higher octane fuel burns better, more thoroughly and gives off more energy than lower quality formulas.
3)Spark Plugs - An internal combustion engine requires three things to run: fuel, air and a spark. Better spark plugs can improve combustion, and therefore, improve power.
4)Cold air intake -By replacing an engine’s stock air intake with an aftermarket cold air intake, airflow to the engine is improved.
5)Cat-back exhaust - Cars need to ‘breathe in’, but they also need to breathe out. Like the stock intake on your car, the exhaust is designed to run quietly. Wider tubing and a freer flowing muffler will improve your car’s ability to exhale. In case you are wondering what ‘cat-back’ means, it means that you swap out everything in the exhaust system from the catalytic converter to the back of the car.
6)Tuner module - Not all cars have tuner modules available. By plugging one of these into the diagnostic port, you can reprogram the engine’s computer. Or there are other modules such as hodata ecu's, chipped ecu's, and piggybacks...
7)Nitrous oxide - First let me say that nitrous oxide is dangerous. If used improperly(or properly for that matter), it can cause your engine to blow up. N2O basically operates as extra air (that happens to contain a much larger than average amount of oxygen. This makes the car go much faster, but also increases the pressure in the cylinders, which can cause you engine to blow up.
8)Turbocharger/Supercharger - These are generally safer than nitrous and they never run out. Both superchargers and turbochargers work on the same principle. They are basically air compressors that cram more air than normal into an engine. More air means that you can add more fuel. More fuel means more powerful explosions. More powerful explosions means a faster car.
9)Engine swap - This is probably the single most expensive modification you can do to a car. Usually, it involves taking the engine out of a larger, more powerful car and putting it into a smaller, lighter one.
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A while back, I had these "friendly" mechanic replacing my Civic's Bosch spark plugs from the time when I used to get all of my maintenance from a Honda dealership after they recommended it and said that it would run better. It's old so I thought might as well and replaced them. But yeah, I noticed the acceleration differences for sure as in it was even slower than before. The very next oil change, I went to a Honda dealership and told them to put new spark plugs in and hand me those "friendly" ones back and the car run so much better again. Live and learn...
A while back, I had these "friendly" mechanic replacing my Civic's Bosch spark plugs from the time when I used to get all of my maintenance from a Honda dealership after they recommended it and said that it would run better. It's old so I thought might as well and replaced them. But yeah, I noticed the acceleration differences for sure as in it was even slower than before. The very next oil change, I went to a Honda dealership and told them to put new spark plugs in and hand me those "friendly" ones back and the car run so much better again. Live and learn...