horsepower
 

i have an 88 non turbo whats the easiest and most cost efficient way to get horsepower

make urself a cold air intake jus go to home depot they got a mandrel bend machine there they could customize any angle pipes for u, then jus buy yourself a cone air filter , there u go have fun

Things I've researched and done
 

Go to FAQs section and read the "exhaust system researched' thread.

Then, a 'cone' air filter kit from an ebay store for your model. I paid $25 shipped 3 years ago. (You need the 3" adaptor in the kit to mount a filter to the AFM).

Go to the SOGI site and look up mods to the AFM. It lightens the spring tension on the trap door. Quicker throttle responce.

Get a 5/16" hose barb splice (I used a threaded brass piipe), or any piece of tubing that will fit tight, and by-pass the coolant hoses to the throttlebody. This allows the air entering the manifold to be cooler.
Cooler air = HPs.

Make sure all vacuum lines are good. Make sure Dist. cap and rotor and wires are good.

Set timing to 15*.

Cheapest and easiest would be to add cone air filter replace cat with str8 pipe and replace muffler with a cherry bomb thats about $40.00 roughly and you can "feel the difference"

cap, roter button,coil and MSD 8.5mm wires about $65-75
Denso Iridium or Bosch Plat4 plugs, Bosch Oxygen Sensor $35-$75
Lucas off-road only fuel additive $7.00 a fill up

I used a piece of rubber hose and the MAF is right on the throttle body, and I have a stock kind of k&n filter, and a modified airbox. I had to take the gas tank canister thing out to put it there. It makes a noticeable difference in sound and power.