3 Cheap & Easy Ways To Increase Horsepower 

Respect.

I can't......

Adds coolness to

Hahaha I wish it did that for my mark Viii 🚗💨💥💜

What about a chev badge

How about an exhaust bigger than your trash can

matt bauckman yep yep truck got 268000 touched the distributor aftermarket air cleaner from swap meet and a breather cap it does peel outs now

GM jetting often too rich to start with... read the sparkplugs to see where you are on jetting... you tube videos show you how... Changing from points to electronic distributor is least likely to gain any power... but gain reliability... points can need cleaning every 10,000 miles... or can oxidize if engine sits for long periods of time... Advancing ignition timing may give good HP boost... Go 3" or 4" tall air filter if have the hood clearance... and/or go cold air setup... Headers and dual exhaust can free up 25 - 200 HP depending on what was on there before and what engine you have...

Mr Gasket made a great kit for HEI back in the day... it was springs and weights that changed the advance

@@redram5150 they still make them. I always run them because the stock weights and springs are usually rusted and gummed up. Id rather buy a $15 advance kit and make the engine more responsive and a little more low end torque than spend an hour cleaning my stock weights and springs.

You are absolutely correct.

Yeah those EFI kits are a breeze to replace with the old points too! Thank you for sharing the header dimension tips!

I don’t drive with the hood

In a round about way, you are correct. However depending on climate an open air can do a lot of good. When you have -20 degree or colder temps coming through the grille it cools off that air coming off the engine pretty quickly.

Haha very true! Thanks for the comment!

Bruh 😂

Awesome, glad I could help!

Haha very true, that'd do the trick! Thanks for the comment

u also have to make sure there is clearance with the hood

I'll say it, he's wrong. You don't need back pressure.

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you liked it!

Thank you for the tip man, that's a really good idea! While I'm in there replacing timing chain might as well throw a cam in there too! haha

Thanks man!

Thanks for the tip, that's a good one man!

I did this on my Trans Am, big increase. 😃

Total timing, not that much on the harmonic balancer. Maybe 2-3degs at the crank marking with the vacuum advance disconnected when setting timing. With that carb. Go 1 step smaller jets. Another thing , in the distributor. The mechanical advance springs and weights can be changed to move the power around in the RPM range to where you need it. Go from a 180deg thermostat to a 168deg. Just a few more cheep tricks to gain HP.

@@MustangGuru Very cool tip, thank you for the comment!!

Will this cause pre detonation (ouch) with that much advance?

Thank you for the comment!

Definitely, upgrading to HEI is more so for throttle response, but that does increase performance. It's pretty noticeable if you're running a carbureted engine.

Samuel Rosenberg you are absolutely right about that. It will only increase power if your points are screwed up and it is running like garbage.

Samuel Rosenberg yep. It is definitely not something I enjoy doing. I’m not sure how Volvo does it but maintaining some of those points systems can be a real pain.

Yeah, Hot Rod tested about 10 different ignition systems and was surprised the stock points type was among the best HP producers... some of the electronics the worst...

did that in the 70s

Old school is the best.

Is that true ?? Huh 🙊

that's the cheapest way use to do.that back in the 70's love the sound it made especially when it was a v8

Yeah but not particularly good for your engine

Xbox 55

You are correct, thank you for the comment!

I learn that at Uncle Tony's. Thank you You Tube. I'am 57 and I 'm learning like a kid again. Love it.

that,d be app. 24 mpg-Canadian gallon (4.5 Lt.) or app. 21 mpg-US gallon (3.89 l Lt. ). acceptable to me ,probably a little more spunk as well. With all that weight probably better down hill ,ha.

@@cecilsabourin9462 Chev 350

Center dumps : )

Thanks for the comment bud!

Thank you for the kind words!

Midwest Garage you're most welcome

I'd love to see some video of that.

Yeah back pressure is a long debated topic. Some people say it matters and others do not. Either way, with an engine like this that isn't putting out a ton of power it wouldn't matter much anyway I don't think.

Very true! There's always been a big debate on back pressure and if it matters or not. I still don't know for sure and I've done a lot of reading on it haha. Thank you for the comment!

Back pressure does matter on a stock engine..disconnect your exhaust from the exhaust manifold or header then drive it and get in to it..it will be loud but down on power...

@@stevemitchell2252 Retune your fuel/air

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I wanna know where you get this stuff for so cheap...

Samuel Rosenberg , camshaft is under $200, headers is under $200, intake is under $200, heads planed at a machine shop is under $200, and I didn't say anything was cheap, I'm not a RU-vid video, I just said if you wanted to make some serious horsepower and it might not be easy for you, but it's very easy for me because I know what I'm doing, and you didn't have to do all the things at once, first thing you should do is get your heads planed, this will raise compression giving you more horsepower, then when you can afford it, get headers, intake, camshaft, bigger carb, if you got a small block Chevrolet, I got the part number for the single shim head gaskets by Fel-Pro, and NO not the thick blue ones , and again I said if you want to make serious horsepower not just a little more horsepower, and by serious I mean small block 327 making 475 HP

Samuel Rosenberg , I've been building small block Chevys ever since 1979, but telling people and getting people to do it is two different things, two identical 350 Chevys one with 8:1 compression makes barely 150hp , the same Chevy 350 with 12:1 compression makes 375hp , and they both can have the same intake heads headers carb, high compression makes horsepower period , and if you can't afford high-compression Pistons, plane your heads at a machine shop, then get Factory Style single shim head gaskets, your horsepower will go up at least 5 horsepower p e r cylinder, 5 times 8 is 40 extra HP, then add all the other little extra goodies and you add about 25 HP per item headers 25hp, camshaft 25 HP, intake and carb 25 HP, and if your engine can handle it, a little nitrous ain't going to hurt

Samuel Rosenberg , do you not read what I wrote there, 1 engine had 8 to 1 compression and 1 engine had 12 to 1 compression, you skipped all of that and went right to the bottom of what I was talking about, I'm not talking about a little bit of horsepower, I said serious horsepower, do you know what the word serious means, if you're starting out with a 8 to 1 compression engine, just plain your heads, and you will raise compression up, if you got a 11 to 1 or 12 to 1 compression engine you can skip this part and go straight to headers carb intake and other high performance parts, high-lift cam, you got to actually know what you're doing before you start working on an engine to begin with, I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV, you're not going to help anybody, get some knowledge of auto mechanics, know how engine works before you start playing with it, you don't call a plumber when you got an electrical problem, let the auto mechanics work on the cars, people don't even know how to change their damn oil, letting on give it more horsepower, let someone improve it that actually knows what the hell they're doing, just because you watch drag racing on TV don't make you a drag racer, just because you watch a cooking show on TV don't make you a chef, seems like the only job you have is wanting to argue with someone, and you're not going to get a high performance engine by turning the air cleaner over

Samuel Rosenberg , I built small block 327 that make 475 horsepower, it has 12.5 to 1 compression, double hump heads, with 58cc combustion Chambers, Manley stainless steel valves, torker II Aluminum Intake, 1050 cfm Holley carb , full race cam with gear drive , full length hooker headers , MSD distributor and MSD multi spark box, melling high-volume oil pump, roller rockers, pistons and crank are forged, heavy duty 11 inch clutch, Lakewood blow proof bellhousing, m-21 Muncie 4-speed, 12-bolt posi track rear end with 4:11 gears, that's what I build, I do have a 71 Camaro LT1 Factory 360 HP that I added a 750 CFM Holley carb and headers that now makes 375 HP

Samuel Rosenberg , I don't have a 71 Camaro, I just have a 71 LT1 Camaro engine, I also vette engines

Midwest Garage

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Make sure you don't overtighten the poly locks. They don't take much pressure to tighten down at all. If you overtighten them they will crack.

You're very welcome!

You are correct. This list isn't necessarily specific for this truck, but just stating that installing one of these will help out. I do have an electric fan actually, however it's not helping much since it's supplementary for the plow, and I still have the belt driven. I will definitely look into this more! Thank you for the tip!

@@MidwestGarage fans DYNO proven also the hotter the engine the more HP gain , lots of up grades to the HEI's coils up to 72 K and module improvements ,

I agree. Like I mentioned in the video a tune up will definitely help, these are some things to do after the fact. Thank you for the tip about the timing chains!

'71 - '80's engines used overly advanced or retarded cam timing that was done at the timing chain/sprockets... correcting that helps power and MPG...

Im using a wiend intake on a 350 I'm BIULDING. But how thick should the spacer be.?

Thank you for the comment! Let me know how noticeable of a difference it makes!

460?

Carefull with that 360/390 Valve stems are small and the keepers on the valves will break and drop a valve. We used. To knurl the guides and have the heads worked to use the valves from a 454 Chevy to make them reliable.

@@MustangGuru good to know

Put a 351W in...

Nope 2 1/2 is to big for a stock 350

@@pops3554 To big 🤔...no, not really at all, a hair overkill possibly if we're talking bone stock 350. Most stock pipes are only 2 1/4" which can be a bit restricted especially with any kind of upgrades, it'll do i suppose, plenty people leave that size pipes all the time i guess but its just barely enough my opinion. 2 1/2" is a great size to run and leaves some wiggle room when upgrading things. Now 3" is to big 😆 you need a fully built 350 thats really wanting to breath alot to justify a 3" system my opinion

Single 2 1/2 SHOULD be for 350 or slightly modified 350 ....where a 2 1/2 is big block territory

@@pops3554 reread what you said

@@shrxft meant 2 1/4 Lol

Very cool! Out here we don't have inspections or anything like that on vehicles, but if it's too loud or if there's a reason to look while you get pulled over, then you can get cited for no catalytic converter or no muffler, etc. I would love to remove all the smog stuff though, it's all so restrictive!

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LMAO!!! Okay putz!

Probably the least understood concept I know of. What people really mean is that the exhaust needs a certain amount of velocity, and going too big will reduce velocity - which in turns reduces scavenging.

That is true but most people I've talked don't realize it and when I try to explain it they get shitty because I said engines don't need back pressure lol some will never know

But straight piped gas v8's sound so good!

Yeah so straight pipe em. Back pressure is not a good thing at all

True! I forgot who is was, maybe motor trend, proved that a bigger exhaust (up to a point) increases your hp because the engine can breathe easier. Based on the video, they found that running a 3" exhaust on a sbc will take it within ~5 hp of the factory hp rating. You start to notice real big hp losses when you get around a 2" exhaust.

Awesome, thanks for the comment man. I'm glad you'll be watching! I'll be putting more work into that build in the next couple of weeks!

Thanks for the comment man!

I want my 83 F-150 to be maniacal

You are correct, thank you for the clarification! I misinformed and didn't notice that until the video was published, but you're right it's scavenging not back pressure.

Sean's Garage what is air Cléaner ?

@@marcialgarcia7026 I meant air filter lol

Definitely! And yes, first step is a simple tune up for sure. Thank you for the comment!

I worked at kmart....no clue why it changed to martin

Not necessarily. Some companies will say that their spark plugs increase horsepower but it wouldn't be a noticeable amount. They will help the engine run better and more efficiently but not really add power.