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What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride?

Posted By: 8urvette

What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 05:52 PM

I'm just a little bored sitting here at work with nothing to do.
I started thinking what else could I do to my car that
#1. is easy
#2. is cheap
#3. has proven benefits
#4. is fun (love tinkering)

So guys what have you done to your car that was cheap, easy to do and you see or feel benefits from?

Home made ingenuity, store bought, what ever it may be lets hear about it. And if its home made pics are encouraged!
Posted By: Pacnorthcuda

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? *DELETED* - 05/19/12 05:54 PM

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Posted By: RemCharger

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 06:25 PM

Hands down , juice.
Posted By: justinp61

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 06:43 PM

Removed weight, it was cheap most of the time, some of it was easy and lighter cars are easier to make fast.
Posted By: Tig

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 06:50 PM

Going from a 26.5 to a 29 inch front tyre. We could loosen off the torsion bars (lower the front of the car), get the same ride height, have more upwards travel and make the Caltracs work.
Started clearing the 60ft beams with the fronts after that
Posted By: moparacer

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 06:55 PM

Drained a qt of oil out of a car once and picked up a tenth.
Posted By: dragram440

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 06:57 PM

Quote:

Drained a qt of oil out of a car once and picked up a tenth.


Just think what it would gain if you drained it all out!
Posted By: forphorty

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 06:58 PM

I traded a 750 vac straight across for a 750 DP, added a 20$ one inch spacer, went two tenths quicker.
Posted By: OUTLAWD

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 06:59 PM

seal carb to scoop...some foam from moroso, bell mouth and some sheet aluminum...

I soon hope to explore the benefits of spray
Posted By: Mr.Yuck

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 07:13 PM

hummm maybe the meth/H20 injection ($280). Lets me run 93 at 11.2:1 with no issues. If you are talking low budget bang 4 the buck headers, intake and a holley 750DP are about the best things you can do to a stockish BB.
Posted By: radar

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 07:48 PM

Home made frame connectors. Feels way tighter, lost a bunch of squeaks and rattles. Cheap.
Posted By: forphorty

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 08:49 PM

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Home made frame connectors. Feels way tighter, lost a bunch of squeaks and rattles. Cheap.

me too, $20 worth of 2x3. Another cheap thing i like to do whenever i rebuild a carb is to use the small button head screws to hold the butterflies to the shafts.I get them for almost free from the guy i buy my kits from. Make sure you Locktite them in. I also like to chop the choke tower off. I can't verify the benefits though. Also bowl port my own heads and recurve my own distributors. I can't say how much i gain from any of this, but it sure is cheap to do.
Posted By: sam64

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 08:52 PM

going from a team g to performer rpm,went from 1.70 60ft to 1.58 and right at 3/10 quicker in the quarter mile.
Posted By: 340B5

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 09:09 PM

I remember working on collector length and picking up, but don't remember how much. The cheap mods are the most satisfying for me.
Posted By: rebel

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/19/12 10:26 PM

nothings cheap on my junk but value for money, i'd say the Vac pump install was well worth the money. we're running .1 faster on average. prior to last season we had only done 9.4 once, on a good day, last season we did more 9.4's than 9.5's.
Posted By: rickraw

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 12:13 AM

coat of wax. no a whole lota fun.
Posted By: Dartin

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 01:17 AM

I had fun doing my mini-tub. Lots of visual bang for no buck !

Randy

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Posted By: gch

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 01:22 AM

Cancel the insurance and park it under the carport.
Posted By: Dragula

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 02:11 AM

Sealed the carburator to the hood, picked up 6mph and a full .15 in the 1/4
Posted By: ahy

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 02:34 AM

I got a leaf added to my saggy XHD rear leaf springs. Insatalled height is good and it drives much better. $140 at my local spring shop.
Posted By: Bigcube

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 02:54 AM

Quote:

Hands down , juice.


X 2
Posted By: 8urvette

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 04:25 AM

i feel the same way, now if i only could do some cheap mods....

mine all start out cheap and either end up costing me 3x more than it should or it doesn't work at all and i have to go buy a new something....
converting to 3 wire toyota alternator- fried the first alt.
upgraded oil pump- fried 6 bearings


the list goes on and on...
Posted By: racer_amx

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 06:47 AM

Quote:

Hands down , juice.


+1
Posted By: Moparmal

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 12:28 PM

Pro Dist re-curve...(not just a spring change)..............gained 2/10ths
Posted By: Dodgem

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 03:23 PM

Moving the battery to the trunk back in the day was really noticable.
Posted By: Dean_Kuzluzski

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 06:43 PM

"BEST CHEAPEST" mod was doing my own bowl/port match grinding to some big block cylinder heads. At the time I also added a 3" dual exhaust that dumped at the rear axle. This brought me a 3-4 mph gain through the traps.

The proverbial " I love it when a plan comes together!".
Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 09:07 PM

For me it was porting my heads.............cheap but definately not easy.
Posted By: fed

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/20/12 10:23 PM

Nitros oxide!
Posted By: jim sciortino

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/21/12 12:08 AM

Scat Pack Bee decals for my windows.
Posted By: Dragger40

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/21/12 12:40 AM

Quote:

Scat Pack Bee decals for my windows.



Posted By: JackGTX440

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/21/12 03:50 AM

80mm turbo... $900=500 MORE horse power.

That's only $1.80/hp lol
Posted By: joelson6

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/21/12 04:26 AM

Quote:

I'm just a little bored sitting here at work with nothing to do.
I started thinking what else could I do to my car that
#1. is easy
#2. is cheap
#3. has proven benefits
#4. is fun (love tinkering)

So guys what have you done to your car that was cheap, easy to do and you see or feel benefits from?

Home made ingenuity, store bought, what ever it may be lets hear about it. And if its home made pics are encouraged!





#1. is easy - couple hours install
#2. is cheap - right around $100
#3. has proven benefits - maximizes HP
#4. is fun (love tinkering)- plenty of tinkering once you install it.


i just put an A/F gauge and O2 sensors in my '74 Challenger. now i'm really gonna dial the carb in. cost me around 100 bucks.

here's the link.

http://www.amazon.com/Equus-8366-Fuel-Ratio-Gauge/dp/B000EVU9RY/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_t_3

it's a dual gauge that you can connect 2 O2 sensors so you only need 1 gauges. it works with both wide or narrow band sensors. welded bung in the exhaust pipes right after the collectors. one wire from each sensor to the gauge and a power and ground to the gauge. i used 2 Bosch narrow band sensors. i gotta break out my carb kits.
Posted By: Red440

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/21/12 05:12 AM



I would say N2O next but not so cheap would be the coverter, getting the right converter can bring big et gains
Posted By: gsmopar

Re: What was the BEST CHEAPEST mod you did to your ride? - 05/22/12 03:01 AM

1. Solid Engine Mounts. Unexpected bang for the buck!
2. Locked distributor advance. Got rid of a lot of head aches!
3. Nitrous
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