100 inexpensive ways to gain 1hp?

I have been reviewing the various threads to get ideas to improve the performance of my 425 when I rebuild it in 2012 or 2013. I wanted to gather as much information as I could before I started. This brought me to think about all the various inexpensive ways to increase the horsepower of my nailhead or other V8's. There are alot of good ideas out there like Doc's mods, distributor mods, indexing the spark plugs, etc.

So with that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to start a thread to get everyone's SIMPLE and INEXPENSIVE ways to add horsepower. My idea is to come up with a list of 100 modifications that could add 1hp or more for a very low cost, or maybe labor intensive only.

What do you say Buick lovers, who wants to share their ideas!!!!!!

 

I could stand to loose 80 pounds thats like adding 10 hp right.

 

Home porting your heads, having the valves back cut, synthetic oil, electric fans, modern power steering pump(less drag on crank) gasket match intake to heads, cut outs in exhaust, cold air ducting, ram air ducting, carb spacers and the most expensive, nitrous

 

You could always do the "only turn right" form of driving. It's been proven to save gas to the point that delivery companies plan routes using almost entirerly right turns.

Could also do the "nuetral down hills" thing.

 

windage tray
crank scrapper
no power anything

Here is one way of reducing weight. Mark every bolt 2 threads past the end of the nut. Cut the bolt. This is what Mark Steilow does on his pro touring cars.

 

cold air induction;uzzled: :laugh:

 

Thats Turbosonic, Supercharged, SuperSport, NASA approved cold air induction designed for the space shuttle and only one example was ever released to the public

 

That set up is only effective once traveling faster than the speed of light.:Smarty:

 

I put a cold air induction on my Corolla commuter car, and gained 1% in mileage. Every little bit helps. But I wouldn't give that a real horsepower number, it started out with very few.

 

Other people use stickers. I think each one is worth 2-5 hp depending which guy you talk to. I would think ,however, that DO NOT belong on any Buick...

 

there are several things listed in my list of cheap tricks.. and the ddp sticky....

 

Yes, keeping your exhaust manifold cool also helps to extend the life of your muffler bearings and improves PCV flow.

 

Well duh.......

 

My dyna flows fine. Right trough the holes in the fender, thank you very much.

 

A properly curved ignition system, manual brakes, electric water pump, ac delete

 

Dump your mechanical fan.

 

1. Make sure you have a good front end allignment and NO brake drag. :Smarty:

2. Make sure you have a clean fuel filter and more importantly a clean fuel tank and lines.

3. Remove extra stuff in the car. :beers2:

 

Throw out the wife/girlfriend..... that is a significant weight reduction.

 

LOL!
The visual I got in my head when I read that.
:laugh:

 

a fuel radiator