From Air Filters to Camshafts - What Performance Parts Do
Whether you are new to performance parts, or need more knowledge on how certain performance parts can help you, this guide can help you get that street rod or upcoming race car rolling.
Performance parts are designed to increase the overall power and usability of your car. They upgrade your vehicle, improving things like speed and efficiency. If you want a vehicle with a bit more power going 0-60, or to simply run better in certain situations, performance parts help.
So let’s get to some top performance parts to rebuild your car the right way.
Air Filters. Air filters may seem to be boring when you want to go from 0-60 in 4.3, but they actually have more upside than most other performance parts. They give you car more power; a racing air filter can up your power by as much as 10%. They’re quite easy to install; this can be done in a day or less. Also, if you ever want to take this air filter out, like many performance parts it’s an easy job.
There are a few other interesting features in the air filter. For example, gas mileage goes up! That’s right, most air filter systems will actually make your car even better on the gas. Lastly, there is the altogether “Cool Factor” you get when revving our engine; the sound is perfect for a street or race car.
A racing air filter can improve your engine power by as much as 10%. You can install one in a matter of hours in most cases, or no more than a day. Along with many other key performance parts, it’s simple to remove the air filter.
Cat-Back Exhaust Systems. If you really want to “soup” your car up for speed, sound, and engine life, the cat-back exhaust system performance part is the answer. While it has less upside than the air filter, the benefit of additional engine life is hard to beat.
A racing air filter can improve your engine power by as much as 10%. That’s quite an advantage.You can install these performance parts in a day or less. And yes, if you want to take an air filter out, they are completely and easily reversible.
Cat-Back Exhaust Systems. If you really want to “upgrade” your car for speed, sound, and engine life , then the cat-back exhaust system performance part is the answer. These performance parts have less upside than some like the racing air filter, but the benefit of a longer engine life is important. Cat-back exhaust systems are quite popular for performance enhancement, using a larger diameter pipe in the stock system. If you want to get rid of your restrictive stock exhaust system, a cat-back exhaust has major upside.
There are three performance parts your street rod, muscle car, or speedster cannot do without. While this is a good start, don’t forget about other performance parts from the simple, brake pads, to the cool carburetor.
Mike Stone has sold all kinds of performance parts, working in the field in various position since he was a teen.
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