Cheap Tricks To Increase Horsepower - HorsePower S12, E9

It's something that everybody wants, and this time HorsePower explores a few of the best and easiest ways to improve performance without putting a big dent in your budget.
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PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
Fitch: Drop in fuel catalysts.
Hypertech: Max Energy Power Programmer and Max Energy E-CON economy Power Programmer.
ITW Dymon: Dykem STEEL BLUE layout fluid, dye remover and cleaner, SCRUBS hand cleaner towels.
Matco Tools: Die grinder.
PX3 Lubricants: PX3 Xtreme oil booster.
Summit Racing: K&N Stubstack.
WD-40: Spray Lubricants.

[@aprilg5530]

There was a time back in the late 90's that the LS engine was referred to as a just a "pushrod engine" and it actually was meant to be a little bit of an insult. The insinuation was that it was old tech and GM was behind the times.

[@b.c4066]

cause everyone was too busy blowing ford for their new mod motors.. nobody had a clue what was in store with the ls engine.

[@trizkial7592]

Bill Chase They are great reliable engines, just not very efficient

[@1000machz]

@@trizkial7592 hahahahaha ok

[@nickelmickel4170]

Lol I thought the shop vac was meant to collect most of them shavings 😂

[@FACEBOOKS-WBDS]

he block 4 of the runners should have blocked 7 of them

[@richardcontinijr9661]

Ring Gap is more important than forged pistons with nitrous. When the rings completely close the gap your pistons will grenade and it doesn't matter if they're cast or forged.

[@cuzz63]

was going to post the same thing

[@dooby1445]

Thanks for the info bro I didn’t know that

[@btchhopperou812]

EXCELLENT point, that also applies to folks that plan on adding a turbo or a supercharger to an engine that was designed to be N/A...when in doubt check out that ring gap! Safe standards are a gap that is about .0065 per inch of bore diameter, which should keep 'em from kissing, and for the 'first-time DIYer's'... gap the compression rings only kids. Have FUN!

[@thomaslindell5448]

If your compression ratio is that high that it requires bypassing the rings or it explodes you might have other issues don’t u think

[@matthewboylez34]

3:34 - "What's your reaction when you hear these kids call this stuff........ NOS?" "Oh boy, man, gee golly wilikers, shucks, heavens to betsy, oh my stars, holy smokes, dagnabit, whippersnappers, jumpin' jahosafat, geez louise, jimminy cricket, dadgummit, frazzle dazzle..."

[@kylapendley924]

Most of those "kids" wouldn't know how to install the kit itself let alone understand the principals of combustion. I was 29 when I first ran Nitrous and I got hooked harder than sticky mickys on a 100 degree day.

[@saleens330]

It’s true though. That would be the same if I told ppl I had “Zex”.

[@grabir01]

Jam nut on throttle linkage is lose.

[@BrassCatcher]

It almost always is if you pay attention

[@charlesbracewell8728]

Loose

[@fredcsensits4476]

Sharpie permanent marker works well in place of Dykem

[@robertsmith470]

And don't forget to port the heads to match the intake and exhaust manifolds. He only did a quarter of the work

[@h2oskiaddict]

@@robertsmith470 What's worse if the heads have a smaller opening then the gaskets he only made an obstruction and made flow worse.

[@mgmjferg89]

Dykem smells better tho

[@johnalarcon5006]

You're correct my friend always used a permanent marker on his manifold port matching

[@johnsonsecure2976]

I got my first nitrous kit when I was 19 . Traded a 67 Fairlane for it and a msd set up and other goodies .for 93 coupe mustang I'd just bought . Well needless to say .the old advice about dont let cousin Bubba tell you how to hook it up .is very very true lol.the reason he traded me .he had a 70s model f150 with a 390 . I said how did it do on it . He said man for about 3 secs it was the baddest S.O.B. you ever seen . Sprayed it and it took off like a rocket. Then 3 secs later parts of the motor flew up threw the hood . And puked the rest of the motor down and out in the road. I said man what happened. He said I didn't know any thing about hooking it up. So when I seen two connections . I just put a Y in the nitrous line .and connected spray to both jets ! Hahaha yikes musta been like a 5000 shot coming threw that bigger fuel jet. He Laffed and said Bubba strikes again .

[@TractorWrangler01]

You didn't give up the HP gain from the intake porting...

[@CatRacer1A2A]

Yea, I noticed that...

[@Onewheelordeal]

Unfortunately I know from Engine Masters that air filter with the filter element on top as well isn't actually a good idea. I was very surprised

[@rikkitiki1666]

I actually had my best cheap improvement with a 4hole to squarebore adapter flipped upside down on an edelbrock performer intake and 650carb. I'm not shitting you... looking at the part vs how it's said to be installed.. go with what looks right...😏

[@RedfishCarolina]

Errrybodeh runnin salad bowls now.

[@dakotastimeout2827]

Can you elaborate on that, I have not seen most of them, did it make less power?

[@carsonchambers5617]

@@dakotastimeout2827 Cold air intakes, aka a sealed box with a pipe in the grill makes more power compared to those style of air filters. The round ones without an air inlet pipe are sucking in the hot engine bay air killing power. Even the round style ones that have the inlet makes a little more power compared to the non inlet versions.

[@billballin6948]

That vette isnt bone stock you duds it clearly has headers in the under side shot lmfao

[@CrusaderX]

port matching ? done correctly, a dowel pin set into manifold AND head, then use gasket paper.

[@albertgaspar627]

The shop vac idea is great. You can also use shaving cream in the ports to capture metal and then flush it out, or use a rare earth magnet to capture what flies. What you should never do, is smooth the intake ports. Unless its a dry intake or its the exhaust port, smoothing the intake port disrupts the boundary level air and results in fuel falling out of suspension with the air. When you port match the intake, try to make each wall you're grinding on as parallel to the corresponding wall of the intake port in the head. The more bends in the flow, the more disruption. While that intake is off, install a V shaped oil splash shield in the lifter valley, to keep your intake from hitting 200 degrees while your engine's registering 160 on the gauge.

[@trizkial7592]

I thought the peaks and valleys in the boundary layer level is what disrupted airflow and such and that you should smooth it down. Do I need to worry about fuel falling out of suspension with port fuel injection ?

[@albertgaspar627]

@@trizkial7592 I should have used a different term, but in airflow tests, a smooth intake port disrupts the rate of airflow, and heavier gas molecules can fall out of suspension in the air (ie, separate from the oxygen) and lead to poor burn rates inside the combustion chamber. This is mostly true for carburator engines, which don't always atomize as well as fuel injection. Tho if the injection is happening at a throttle body or far up the intake port, there's a chance there still may be separation at lower RPMs...every time the intake valve closes, the airflow has to go someplace. It tends to reverse and run back to the common plenum and run to another open valve someplace in the engine. naturally, air flow benches rate air flow in one direction. If you're running individual throttle bodies, then there is no common plenum to worry about. If your injectors are cleaned (not from snake oil in a bottle, but actually removed and sonic cleaned) and balanced to flow equal amounts to each other, and you don't let them get dirty over time and lose their ability to atomize, then fuel separation in the port may never be an issue. If you have a port injection system that's spraying fuel right at the valve, there's no time/room for separation. Otherwise, my personal opinion is if you're running pump gas, its quality may differ over time (transitioning to summer blends, etc) and a polished intake port that runs well on an air flow tester and after engine break in, may cause fuel separation a few years of use and wear 'n' tear later. Will there be a horsepower change you feel? Maybe or maybe not--it could be a gradual change and only noticed by keeping strict records of performance. speed.academy/10-myths-of-cylinder-head-porting/

[@trizkial7592]

Albert Gaspar Okay that makes sense. For my application I have port I injection. I wasn’t talking about mirror polishing it but just going over it with about maybe 120 grit or so. I’m more focused on blending the short turn radius and such I’m not gonna remove hardly any material. My intake ports are pretty good for a stock engine really. The exhaust side is terrible though I’m not sure what to do there

[@albertgaspar627]

Certain engine designs are known for exhaust ports that suck (pun intended). Fords from the 1960's had shock towers that intruded into the engine compartment, and then there was the Thermactor bump for emissions. Generally speaking, the exhaust doesn't have to worry about fuel suspension, so there, you don't have to worry as much about port surface causing the exhaust to separate its noxious pollutants. The gas is hot, its expanding, it wants to move. Keeping it hot as it goes down the exhaust system helps it move (ie, ceramic coat the headers, or use a wrap, then use the right size piping, an X or H crossover, few bends, free flowing mufflers, etc that not just fail to restrict, but also direct the hot air in a smooth path). A camshaft that keeps the exhaust valve open longer than the intake (usually called a "split duration cam") can help. But what really helps is a good set of headers. They'll move the exhaust so fast, the next time the exhaust valve opens for the next 4 cycle function, there's a low pressure inside the primary tubes of the exhaust, which draws out what is inside the cylinder--helping a bad port that doesn't flow well. the lower the pressure inside an intake or exhaust port, the faster atmosphere flows in it to equalize pressure. Do a search for "David Vizard header design". You'll see a lot of theory, he was perhaps the best. But you can judge for yourself, here's just two: www.chevyhardcore.com/tech-stories/exhaust/designing-an-exhaust-that-pumps-up-the-power/ www.superchevy.com/how-to/exhaust/0505phr-exh/ The interesting theory is, if you do a great job designing a header that scavenges the cylinder of exhaust, what you'll get is a "vacuum" on the cylinder by that exhaust system when the exhaust valve opens, and when the cam has its overlap period (when the intake and exhaust valves are open and overlap), the "vacuum" will draw more intake in, helping the intake port flow more air into the cylinder. to take this to a further level (or more confusing :) ), you can play with angle cuts on the valves. You've probably heard of the "three angle valve job". Its done to the valve face and valve seat. Get the angles right, and the port flows better at low lift. This helps because when the valve events overlap, its when they are at low lift. So, get the low lift flow spot on, and you get a better flow at cam overlap. Add in a great scavaging header design...and you almost have a boost-like effect going on in the head. instead of a turbo or supercharger pushing air in, the exhaust is "Sucking" it in and there's more air/fuel mix to burn when the intake valves close (tho there may be some in the header that backfires if the header is hot enough). or so goes the theory :)

[@trizkial7592]

Albert Gaspar Oh okay awesome! I actually read David vizards porting book!!! I loved it. I wish he had more books that weren’t just on building small block chevys. Unfortunately I’n my application a 2003 Seville STS with the 4.6 northstar their is no aftermarket exhaust headers. So I’m limited to using the stock manifolds and making my own dual design into an x or h pipe. I was thinking about seeing if I can take the heads to get a 5 angle valve job or whatever they call it because the seats according to David are one of the most important if not THE most important factor in flow especially at lower lifts. I’m not looking to turn it into a race car but I just want to give it some more power while I’m rebuilding the engine haha. No aftermarket cams either lol

[@patmcbride9853]

50% is 50%, no matter what the volume is.

[@theeasternfront6436]

Yeah that was odd.

[@Binderbird4X4Firebird]

Do NOT make the intake runners smooth. The intake runners MUST be rough at least somewhat rough. Think about it this way. Only vaporized fuel burns. A rough intake makes mountains and valleys for the fuel to vaporized in and air charge to #1 mix #2 it gives the charge to make a longer trip on it's way to the combustion chamber, kind of like a straight line across country is shorter than taking a curved hiway. You know why the new school intakes are rounded over the top, or the reason old racers had velocity stacks? The longer the road to the chamber the more HP. The exhaust ports should be polished like a mirror to get the used up burned charge out the exhaust with no resistance.

[@btchhopperou812]

Great point- Certainly don't need that charge 'puddling' in the manifold when intake velocities are low!

[@Binderbird4X4Firebird]

@@btchhopperou812 fuel puddling in the intake???? WOW where'd that come from😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@btchhopperou812]

@@Binderbird4X4Firebird pretty sure it was on a guys FZ600... back in the early 90's. He spent a LONG time porting, then polishing the intakes to an almost mirror finish LOL... Ran like shit until he'd get it revved up pretty good, ran ok high in the rpm range. I recall a few guys talking about it in the same building the shop where I worked at the time was. I also recall my boss at the time saying "you can't do that to a 4-stroke, maybe can get away with it on certain 2-strokes... I did make the comment somewhat in jest, although I do believe there is a degree of truth to the statement. LOL BTW, is or was at some point that Firebird a resident of Florida? I swear I've seen one around here a good while back...

[@bigbearvenom6145]

Bone stock ZO6 right ! Had headers, newer exhaust tips, aftermarket mufflers and high flow cats, who you trying to fool.

[@davenelson1571]

It's nice to see Amish Mike has overcome his fear of latex gloves. Apparently his last doctors visit involved latex gloves & was pretty traumatic

[@fmsracing442]

Air is 78% Nitrogen and 21% Oxygen whereas NO2 is 66.6% Nitrogen and 33.3% Oxygen.

[@aarongray7861]

Thank you. He seems to think that an explosive atmosphere is normal...

[@FordMan-lf8ns]

true about air I don't about nitrous. we test air for confined space and hot work. it's usually 21.5 ish.

[@minimanadam]

I place on the gasket and use a sharpie to color what material can be removed to gasket match , if I wanna then go bigger I mod the gasket some then again match up the ports..imo easiest way to go about it and keeps everything evenly ported.

[@christophersmallwood3944]

What horsepower gain did you get from the port and "polish"?

[@r1nger81]

Cheapest power comes from a bottle...but might be a good idea to run forged pistons, crank, and hardened connecting rods 😆

[@gearheadmoff1232]

I know right.funny

[@NissanTy]

That z06 wasn't completely stock, long tubes and catless mid pipes say otherwise lol

[@wymple09]

I keep seeing this, but I think they were referring to the engine mechanicals & intake stuff. A lot of people don't consider headers & exhaust as straying from basic stock.

[@ThatNoFbody-ch9ky]

@@wymple09 yea people who don’t work on their cars or ever mod that consider exhaust a engine mod 😂

[@bmstylee]

Dom looking at a buring Eclipse: NOS!!!!!!!!

[@peterdarr383]

You still owe me a 10 second car

[@jackjohnson3220]

Carbide burrs, if you don't know, wear safety glasses and a face shield, full sleeve thick shirt button all the way up and some good gloves! still trying to dig out the same steel splinter from my finger from 9 months ago

[@JxH]

@2m20s: "...50% per cubic foot..." Coincidentally, it's also 50% per cubic meter, per cubic mile, per cubic parsec, ...

[@craigarmstrong5291]

The vacuum cleaner tool plate is great 👍 I will be making one

[@inneedofsupervisionshawn7269]

Had an old man tell me that polishing the connecting rods while keeping them all the same finished weight helped create hp. Theory being that a smooth surface wouldn't carry the weight of the oil while rotating creating more power. Any truth?

[@Binderbird4X4Firebird]

Every change no matter how small adds up when hundreds of second can win or lose a race. My secret .5 second adder is SFR 100. Look it up

[@albertgaspar627]

you want to polish down the length of the rod, and it will shed a little bit of oil, but there's coatings that do more. The question is where will it splash and was it designed to do that. Where the C'rod is picking up the most oil is at BDC, when it dips into the oil, and a windage tray can do the same thing for the entire reciprocating assembly. Also, if you remove sharp edges and burrs from the c'rods, you reduce locations for stress, and the C'rods get a ton of stress when they come to a complete stop at TDC and BDC.

[@UploaderNine]

Soooo, a cheap power increase is NOX with beefed up rods and pistons?

[@LandonRoy-cv9rt]

And aluminum heads

[@bri-manhunter2654]

Agreed!!

[@Pereke69]

nos is much cheaper if you buy everything separate, and dont need forged things unless going for more than 100 shot

[@maxwelllevy5760]

Notice how he said racing application, in people would probably be going for more than a 100 shot

[@centraltexasfoxbodies]

There are many other brands besides nos.

[@GnarshredProductions]

until you realize it costs like $100 to get one 10LB bottle refilled and it doesn't really last that long the price adds up pretty quickly. Turbo's and blowers have a higher upfront cost but end up being cheaper in the long term.

[@konnerkramer329]

@@GnarshredProductions a $100 to get your bottle filled... Buddy you've been getting ripped off. They usually charge $50-70 to fill my 10lbs bottle.

[@ThatNoFbody-ch9ky]

@@GnarshredProductions lol I can tell u never ran nitrous it’s like 40$ at most to fill at 10lb bottle

[@egl769]

Adding water to your oil sure helps add horsepower😁

[@markjmaxwell9819]

Match porting inlet manifolds and headers are always worthwhile...

[@garymeljie5596]

Good helpfully tips for sure without having to buy and try ...

[@justa3v619]

That vet wasn’t bone stock. I seen longtubes when it was being backed onto the Dyno 😂

[@albertgaspar627]

An old Mopar idea brought back by a fella with a youtube channel here, Uncle Tony's Garage, is to swap your pistons 180 degrees in the bore, or from bank to bank if you aren't removing them from their rods. The result is like having a longer connecting rod, the piston dwells longer at TDC. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZvHYoN6a9V6grc

[@Binderbird4X4Firebird]

BUT,,,, you shorten the life of the engine and cause "rattle"

[@albertgaspar627]

@@Binderbird4X4Firebird if you watch the video, neither are true. of course, if you're doing a race engine, you're taking it apart often to check on things. and, what's the life of a piston really in a performance engine? The more power per cubic inch you get, the harder you're running the engine, so is 100,000 miles a good limit? 200,000? you may get bored with the hp and add on a blower or change to more displacement before you find the limit of the piston.

[@fahchouchewazharma3andouch124]

You have big toys to play with in your nice garage

[@96Dak318]

“And this ZO6 is completely stock” meanwhile you can see the longtubes on the undercar shot lmao

[@SA-kc3iu]

12:08 turn on the cc and it will say music to the corvette sound on the dyno

[@mikespillman3075]

lol.....awesome catch///

[@michaelcannizzo1076]

@11:58 - Bone stock?? Negative - 11:51 Longtube headers for starters

[@johnalarcon5006]

Where's you carb spacer plate to raise those carb butter flys above the tops of those runners . Its good for an extra 5 to 8 horses

[@MrHannible]

Never hurts to go a little deeper

[@zackmatulis4094]

Thats what I tell my girlfriend all the time

[@MastersOfMask]

439whp in that Z06 is about right with headers, unlike some youtube channel where their dynojet augments the numbers. Lol

[@infidel335]

So how much power did the manifold make?

[@mikespillman3075]

you me and a few others agree....

[@sireuchre]

If the heads and intake are match ported, or as is often the case anymore the aftermarket heads were already gasket matched, you'll make more power, and how much by itself depends on the motor around it. What you are guaranteed to get, though, is a way nicer throttle response. When you're talking drag racing, that's not that important, as you'll pretty much just open the throttles once, and before you ever get moving. However, on the street or on a road course, tip in matters a whole lot more.

[@11ellswray]

How about put the regulator on the line like every other shop so you aren't adding a bunch of bulky heavy crud to your grinder 🤔

[@Blurredman]

I like Buddy.

[@TheDeadMan3848]

Sorry advice on the gasket match/port work. 1. Don’t open up the intake manifold ports. You’re killing velocity. 2. Open the Head intake ports to match the existing intake ports, this reduces flow interruption.😉

[@chrisdavis9144]

I need to know where the hell you guys got a nitrous oxide complete kit for 200 bucks

[@cuzz63]

craigslist

[@dab5617]

This is also like 10 or 15 yrs old

[@bigbearvenom6145]

Yeah he said they picked it up used.

[@abraxsmith01]

If the rings aren't properly gapped you can kiss your engine goodbye with NOS. Thanks for the tip guys.

[@lucyloo2228]

What if you’re going with 100 shot or less? Are gapped rings still a must ? Asking for a friend

[@warhound7781]

Porting the intake to the gasket is not an good idea unless the head ports match the gasket. And you don't necessarily want to hog out the heads and intake to gasket size if you don't plan to touch the port further. =======

[@yimirivera3629]

Hello guys! I would like to know how increase power in a 3.6 GM engine V6 ?! Thanks!!!

[@jasonlopez4855]

Is it better to full polishing all from carburator too the head gasket. I like to polish aluminum manefaled OUT. How about the head's.

[@derekkeel6329]

It's called port matching. You can't do that without doing the heads too.

[@PeggyParrow]

Why are you running straight leg boosters on this engine ?

[@bcd2107]

Everyone always talks about how much the kit cost but never say how much the nitrous costs.

[@thenewhalogod]

varies wildly by engine, but: Intake, exhaust, get a tune. done. fixed it for you. then NO2, but to do anything over a 50 shot I'd gap the rings. If I was going that deep, just build the engine. edit 3:00 : if your going forged piston, thats not cheap........ buy a K24 for $500 and throw 20 lbs at it. cheap and easy 400hp - 500hp

[@bri-manhunter2654]

I’m rebuilding my 5.7 into a forged 6.4 stroker, I absolutely asked for ring gap to run boost!

[@thenewhalogod]

@@bri-manhunter2654 I build my own engines personally. build an eJ255 from a 250hp motor to a 410hp wheel motor. 20LBS of boost. the car was a rocketship at 2500lbs

[@bigblack262black8]

I got a 307 motor in a 1979 Buick I got 350 heads on I got a big carburetor on there and 350 and 350 intake manifold what more could I do to get more power out of the motor?

[@wymple09]

Stroke it

[@MrCdiddy13]

350 heads are probably costing you power, less compression cuz of bigger chambers they say. Could be wrong but everyone seems to say 350 heads on a 305 is a bad idea, but 305 heads on a 350 boosts compression.

[@shanemcclaran3012]

A blue sharpie works just as good as the die chem

[@fredrickmiller5165]

Porting an intake without port matching the heads will lower the power because airflow will hit the wall at the head interface and reverberate back slowing incoming air. Bad idea.

[@CrusherZGaming]

Have you guys ever tried ZMax on a Dyno?

[@gurdeepkaur9117]

I was waiting for a vedio like this

[@fudgumz1369]

I am loving the amount of boomer lore in these vids.

[@Aeroking7]

"As we can see on this Excel spreadsheet, our stock dyno number plus the Hypertech advertised gain equals..."

[@jorose95]

Do these guys have a shop that I can bring them my cars to work on? I have a 1973 Plymouth barracuda that is stock and fully restored that I want to have a new high output motor done on it. If anyone has any info that can help me make this happen it is greatly appreciated

[@chevyman8578]

us here simpson drag racing were so old school if you need a baby bottle its something off

[@raybradley4722]

please show ways to get more hp out of a 4.6 2valve pi engine please and ty

[@02autogt]

Boost... Plenty of 700rwhp 2v running in the streets...

[@bri-manhunter2654]

Easy, trick flow heads, cams, and intake manifold with long tubes. Big gains from this setup, also save up for boost.

[@ThatNoFbody-ch9ky]

It takes a lot to make big power out of those 2v I use to have own I got like 320-350 hp and it took a decent bit

[@m.pietro9087]

It seems more a promotional video. They never mentioned how much power, if any, the ported intake manifold made. They were more interested in advertise products.

[@Thumper68]

Port heads intake and exhaust same as intake for free

[@gneric85]

Engines don't make ft.lbs. of torque. That is what you tighten something to. Engines make lb.ft. which is a work over time measurement.

[@meorge9359]

Never seen a “bone stock” c6z with long tubes and no cats

[@aldoavak9]

12:04 "the car is bone stock" with long tube headers and aftermarket exhaust!?!?

[@MrClassiccarenthusia]

This is sooooo old! The laptop, garage equipment and the car puts this in the mid to late 2000s..

[@sparkplug1018]

Hard to miss the 2010 copyright at the end.

[@kencohagen4967]

The LS was designed and first offered by Holden, GM Australia! Gotta love those Aussies! The onlyproblem I see with the engine is that as first designed the platform had massive potential for horsepower. You might have noticed I’m not a Chevy fan, but this engine has me thinking what if! I like those Volvo LS swaps. They’re perfect sleepers! Anyway, they started off with the Cathedral headed small displacement motors and it took years to get to a medium displacement and cylinder heads that use all the space left in them for larger ports. Back in 1929 Chevy Management decided that their marketing strategy would be to sell their customers a new model every three years. In the interim years they would offer small improvements to offer customers something better each year of that model run. By the third year they had finished adding all the bells and whistles they had designed for the car to begin with and the next year they would introduce something new, again. That became a little difficult to do and WWII put their entire staff to work building supplies for the war effort, but when the war was over the tried to pick up where they left off. Only now they kept a model longer than three years, still adding improvements along the way. With the LS it took nearly 20 years to tap into the potential of this new motor and there’s still room for improvement.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I thought they said cheap?!? Aluminum heads, nitrous...I can't afford that stuff

[@cuzz63]

the heads were supposed to be the baseline. N2O is considered a cheap power adder.

[@zman86turbo]

@@cuzz63 you’d have to pay to have it fitted and set up which would cost more than the nos set up itself?

[@cuzz63]

@@zman86turbo Most people DIY it. In fact N2O is the easiest to DIY.

[@rhyskolaric1747]

Stay away from those sketchy tuners

[@E85_STI]

Ethanol and timing for power.

[@anthonyjulson8840]

Boost helps, especially using ethanol!

[@schmidtygt]

Calling nitrous nos is like calling a different centrifugal supercharger a pro charger

[@bryantcurtis2665]

Thanks for the tip about the vacuum cleaner. I never knew you could use a vacuum cleaner like that before.🤪

[@MrWhytboi]

Anybody see the oil on the oil filter?

[@PeterPiccolo]

so can anybody help me get a ballpark price on what it would cost to rebuild my motor on my 01 mustang cobra? i guess the engine is blown but nobody can seem to pin it down any further than that... can neone plz help>???? -peter

[@brodielarsen4098]

Depends on the shop and what you want to do, at my shop for a 0.030 over piston line hone decking rebuild heads and some other stuff it's 2,000 plus parts

[@bri-manhunter2654]

Without parts on my 6.4 Hemi stroker the rebuild is costing around 2k. Also, those 4 valve motor parts are expensive.

[@ViewThis.]

Oh. I thought this video was gonna tell me where I could go to buy a few cheap horses for my Buggy. Nevermind

[@paulmccoy2908]

They must think we’re dumb as hell.

[@PastorJack1957]

The ideas you put forth in this video is confusing. You say Nitirous is not expensive. Yet, you also said to efficiency to run it, one must use forged parts that would require an engine rebuild. That's not cheap. Nos on its own, yea, but to effectively use it? Priceless!

[@almichenfelder2912]

How about dodge viper

[@johndcramblit3045]

I think the perfect truck motor is the chevy 305 because it can make enough hp to get the job done & it reaches peak hp a lot faster than the 350 & for a work horse that is important, but I haven't seen anyone stroke a 305 out by putting an sbc 400 crank in the 305? why not? Do you know of any videos I can watch of a 305 motor with the 3.75 stroke crank so I can see how it compares with other stroker motors?

[@TheYouTubeMechanic]

Why is there an air filter on the valve cover?

[@stayfocused9466]

it's a breather to release crankcase pressure

[@stayfocused9466]

all newer vehicles use a pcv valve and run a vacuum line somewhere before the throttle body for emissions. And that area on the valve cover where you saw the filter is where the pcv valve would be instead of the small breather filter. they both release crankcase gases and pressure

[@SBlackhart]

This man says “die-kam”

[@RedfishCarolina]

Wait whoa. So atmospheric air is 23% oxygen but Nitrous is 50% "per cubic foot". What the hell is the point of the "per cubic foot" comment? Does the atmospheric percentage not apply when discussing it in terms of cubic footage? Is Nitrous suddenly only 50% oxygen when measured in "cubic footage"? Is it a different percentage when measured in cubic liters? Does saying it that way add as much power as putting a NOS sticker on your car?

[@JDMricist]

What's the estimated power gain from the port matching?

[@philipmazzuca2269]

Not much......... all the power gains are in the plenum just under the carb pad and they didn’t even touch it. He should have stopped at 40 grit finishing the runners also. You want it rough for atomization not baby ass smooth.

[@FloridaCaptains]

*Cheap tricks* *Shows nitrous kit then list 5-10 grand of work needed to run efficiently*

[@Braveheartman123]

1.6 Million viewers. 1.5 Million of them probably don’t own a set of tools.

[@greenman7yyy]

Make up your mind(s), is it RPM or RPMS...revolutions per minute or revolutions per minutes? Pretty simple isn't it 😊 Just sayin, 9 is NOT 5% OF 350; the real message is to use synthetic oil.

[@Guy_that_likes_waffles]

Am I the only one that realized that , that dell laptop had win xp

[@mikespillman3075]

LX7?

[@bigbearvenom6145]

Joe all out of source !

[@ppernett1]

Why not use pure o2?

[@tylerdavis2516]

Good way to get a shitload of detonation

[@akallio9000]

Nitrous has 50% oxygen per cubic foot? How much is the percentage in a cubic inch, then?

[@tjlovesrachel]

Math

[@donniebaker5984]

50%

[@lukejohnson9142]

Heard it from a friend who,....

[@stevanjakovljevic8390]

If you tune engine like u know math and chemistry , pls dont . Air is 78 % N and 21% of O2 , and 50% is half , quantity doesnt play role

[@davidsegovia2397]

Mo powa Bahbee

[@Hawlkeye-e9p]

K&N.....hold filter to sun...good luck

[@ShyFx8]

Sees that many use nitro to increase horsepower. But it is also the most devastating to the engine over time.

[@hansjakob9495]

Not nitro, that's a totally different ball game. They used nitrous oxide, it's classified as an oxidizing agent, it's not a fuel or flammable, it's used to enable the burning of much more gasoline on the power stroke.

[@apsb21]

that engine must have some issue that an additive gave 9 HP gain. that is the first time I have ever seen.

[@toycoma98]

1:39 sprays camera man.