More Power for Your Car

For the next few blogs I'd like to discuss some products that can help increase horsepower in your car.

There are various kinds of car owners. Most purchase and drive cars in order to get from point A to point B. A car is a tool and no more enjoyable than any other tool or machine that they might use.

However, for a much smaller group of people a car is more than a means of transportation. I can't put it into words, but its more like an idea or ideal. Yes its made up of steel and other materials like other machines, but some almost seem to have a heart. They give you something extra. They help fill your life. It may be a passion or just a keen interest, but it's something that you spend time thinking about or doing something about or doing something with.

As I read the above, it sounds a little lame. But from my standpoint collecting stamps is something I don't understand, so I don't expect non car people to understand my interest in cars.

Anyway, one thing I have noticed about people who enjoy cars is that almost all of them would like some more power. It doesn't seem to make any difference in how powerful the stock vehicle is. We just want more.

So I'll be blogging about how to get some of this power with after market parts.


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More Air = More Power

Yesterday I started blogging about the correct air / fuel mixture. Now let's continue with more air. Air contains oxygen, and the oxygen is what allows the fuel to ignite and burn. The more air you can get in your engine during it's intake cycle, the more power potential you have.

Anything that increases the air flow or increases the amount of oxygen in the air leads to this increase, anything that restricts or slows down the air flow reduces the power output. So what does each?


If the air's temperature rises it can hold less oxygen and if you can cool the air it will carry more oxygen. If their are any restrictions in the incoming air flow path less air is drawn into the engine. So to solve both of these problems devices called cold air intakes and short ram intakes are designed to pull in cooler, more dense air (more oxygen) and to eliminate as many restrictions as possible.


Another way to increase the air/oxygen flow is to compress the incoming air. Devices such as superchargers and turbocharges are designed to compress the air and deliver more oxygen to the engine. The key difference between these two devices is that the supercharger is directly driven by the engine (belts or gears) and the turbocharger is driven off of the waste exhaust gases produced by the engine.

So far everything mentioned can be done to a fairly stock car for street use. When you want to race a car, other steps involving smoothing the internal engine paths, special tuning, and changing such things as the compression ratio, cam timing, reducing engine part weights and other more complicated techniques, can be done.

I will not be getting into these advanced methods in this blog for a while.

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Stock, Appearance or Power?

Humans like to put things in different categories, so I will be no different, as I talk a little bit about different kinds of car owners.

So I maintain that owners usually fall into several different groups. One type of owner uses a car to get from point A to point B. They buy a car that might offer them great gas millage, comfort, carry a maximum number of passengers or things, etc. The key here is that the brand of car is secondary. If another brand does something better when they are ready to purchase, they will switch brands. A car is a means to an end, and not purchased for pleasure.

A second type of owner is interested in power and performance. It's funny that no matter how powerful the original car is, they want more. I have a friend that modified a Ferrari with twin turbos and internal modifications so that it will dyno out at over 800 horsepower. Guess what - he "needs" more power. Not sure what the next modification will be.

Another type wants the car to look great but it must also be unique and not look like another owner's car. You see these at car shows. Sometimes they are exotics and sometimes low riders. Either way the key is no one looks like you.

In the next couple of blogs I will be discussing how to add both power and unique looks to your pride and joy.

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How About Cold AIr Intakes?

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Still working on my web site and looking around for products that might interest Honda Accord enthusiasts. I'm thinking of starting out with some performance parts, such as air intake kits. I will be looking at both Cold Air Intakes and Short Ram devices. One of these kits will give you more power, an increase in gas millage, and improve the looks of the engine compartment. Let me know if you have any requests for brands.

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