| Many car enthusiasts who are new to the automotive | | | | and Trunks decrease the weight of your car. A |
| world of today want to make their cars faster, for | | | | carbon fiber hood and trunk doesn't just decrease the |
| both track and street use. From air intakes to | | | | weight of your car, it adds a lot of style too! Carbon |
| turbochargers, I'm going to tell you some of the most | | | | fiber hoods start around $500 and carbon fiber trunks |
| common ways you can make your car faster, starting | | | | start around $550. |
| with the least expensive modifications to the most | | | | Performance Intake Manifold: This is another |
| expensive. | | | | modification that helps increase the amount of air |
| Spark Plugs: Spark plugs? Yes your spark plugs. | | | | flowing to your engine. A Performance Air-Intake |
| Replacing bad spark plugs will instantly increase your | | | | Manifold replaces your stock Air-Intake Manifold and |
| cars performance, and you will notice it. This is | | | | allows a larger volume of air to be pushed into your |
| probably overlooked by a lot of people, but corroded, | | | | engine cylinders with little restriction, making your car |
| rusted, or malfunctioning spark plugs can eat at your | | | | faster. (This is a must if your car is turbocharged) |
| cars performance. Be sure to check/change your | | | | Performance Air-Intake Manifolds cost around 800$ |
| spark plugs every 10-30k miles. Changing spark plugs is | | | | Intercooler: An intercooler is a must if you have a |
| very inexpensive and easy to do. (Spark plugs cost | | | | turbocharged engine. Intercoolers reduce the |
| around $5 for a set of 4) Also, make sure your new | | | | temperature of the compressed air from the |
| Spark Plugs are gapped correctly! | | | | turbocharger. This allows already compressed air |
| Air Intakes: This is usually the first modification done to | | | | molecules to become denser when going into the |
| a car, because it is one the least expensive that can | | | | engine's cylinders. Think of it this way, the more air you |
| give the most gains. Replacing your stock air intake | | | | stuff into an engine's cylinders, the larger the internal |
| with a Cold Air Intake or a Short Ram Air Intake will | | | | cylinder explosion! This means more power is |
| make your car faster. Why? Because factory air | | | | transferred to the crank. Ultimately making your car |
| intakes limit the amount of air that is allowed to flow | | | | much faster! Intercooler Kits start around $1,100. |
| into your engine, where short ram intakes and cold air | | | | The Infamous Turbocharger: I'm sure you've heard a |
| intakes allow free airflow with very little restriction. | | | | lot of people asking if a car has a "Turbo" in it, or |
| Short Ram and Cold Air Intakes start around $80 and | | | | proclaiming that their car is "Turbocharged". What they |
| are very easy to install. | | | | are referring to is a Turbocharger. Turbochargers run |
| Bigger, Better Exhaust System: Another modification | | | | off of your engine's exhaust. Turbochargers increase |
| that will make your car faster is a larger Exhaust | | | | the PSI (Pounds Per Square Inch) of the air (oxygen) |
| Downpipe and Cat-Back exhaust system. Both of | | | | flowing into your cylinders anywhere from 3psi and up. |
| these reduce the exhaust backpressure on the engine | | | | More PSI creates a bigger explosion during the |
| and will increase your engine's power a significant | | | | engine's combustion process, making your car MUCH |
| amount, making your car faster and in some cases, | | | | faster. Turbocharger kits start around $1800. |
| louder. Exhaust Downpipes cost around $250 (Or | | | | Note: Make sure your engine will be able to handle the |
| more depending on the car). A Cat-Back Exhaust kit | | | | extra boost. Always research a product before you |
| costs around $400 (Or more depending on the car). | | | | buy it. You don't want to purchase something you can't |
| Carbon Fiber Hood & Trunk: Carbon Fiber Hoods | | | | use, or something that could be harmful to your engine. |