Good but cheep ways to gain more power

[Santos]

For a while now I've been trying to find ways to gain more power to my 2002 ford ranger 6 edge but dont wanna spend to much money. What do y'all suggest

 

[Ranger850]

3.0? = Turbo \\\\\\\\
4.0? = Supercharger /////// 5.0 swap.





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[Blmpkn]

Give it a tune up. That's honestly going to be your best bet. There is NO way to give a naturally aspirated motor good CHEAP power sadly.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Tune up... new plugs, new air filter, proper air inflation for the tires. remove any extra weight such as the 10 sandbags in the bed for winter traction.

Not much you can do inexpensively to gain power, but the little things like tuneup and proper tire inflation may give you more performance boost than you think.

AJ

 

[Dirtman]

You could remove the bed, doors, passengers seat, hood, fenders, spare tire, bumpers, and windsheild.

The weight saving should help increase performance. And it would cost nothing.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Yep, lose weight.

 

[91stranger]

Just put some really small tires on your truck then your speedometer will say you are going much faster!

Honestly, depending on the motor, there isn't anything cheap that is going to give you HP. That's like saying you want a big steak dinner for the price of a kids meal.

 

[Blmpkn]

Give it a tune up. That's honestly going to be your best bet. There is NO way to give a naturally aspirated motor good CHEAP power sadly.

I should of said, no way to give THESE n/a motors good cheap power.

If you had something powered by any sort of small block v8 you could realistically gain at least 100hp for under a grand, or gain close to 1000hp for a few grand.

 

[91stranger]

It would just be cheaper to buy something with more power than to try to get more power out of a ranger. These stock engines are around 150-200hp stock (depending on year, make and model) so to get an extra 50-100 hp you would be spending $500+ if you did the labor whereas you could just buy something that has more power from the factory. I love them old rangers but they were pretty short on power compared to other vehicles of the same years. I recently sold my ranger and bought a gmc envoy that was only 4 years newer but has 130 MORE hp than my truck plus 4wd, better seats, better ride, better gas mileage, way more space and way more power..... It's kind of funny when you are so used to an older truck that seemed nice when you were driving it and then get something better and just shake your head at yourself over what you thought was nice....

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Cheapest way to get on demand power is a wet nitrous kit. $200-500 for a small kit. You will know the moment it kicks in.

Another cheap way is methanol injection. I have it on my 1988. its mildly noticeable when it kicks in. Was around $50 to do.

Power adder on a 4.0 SOHC runs $2,000 to $3,000 depending on kit, parts, etc.

look up the zip tie mod to your throttle cable. $0.03 to have your full range throttle back.

 

[sgtsandman]

Other than the above tune up recommendations, there really isn’t any cheap way to get any real horsepower gains.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Removing your heads and doing an effective port and polish job is worth 7% on average as well.

Avoid performance chips. Most do not work.

There is also the option of the basics like headers, high flow exhaust, and high flow intake. Combined with porting, may get you to a 8-9% overall increase IF combined with an aftermarket ECM (speeduino, megasquirt, microsquirt, holley, etc.)