cheap power

aight so here is the deal:
i work with this dude with an accord. he thinks that his family sedan is fast cause the has an intake. he is always bragging about how he takes down civic and i'm like "1.6 v. 2.2... wow your super fast..."
so one night i was about to run with him after work. i followed him to the highway and as he got on he started to speed up. i didn't want to die that night so i had to wait until a couple of cars to pass until i could get on the higway. so when he seen me come up he started speeding up. i'm thinking hes going to slow down and he just keeps going. so i'm like ok... not worth it so got off. now he's always bragging how he "beat me" but i'm like " you didn't even wait for me to catch up".
so i'm planning to run with him soon and was wondering what little cheap stuff i could do to my car to get alittle more power.
i have a GS, and yes everyone knows that they are slow and not worth modding. i really do not plan on keeping it very long anyways. right now i have a cat-back. i had it put on way before i found out about the potential that these cars don't have. i was thinking of putting a cheap e-bay intake and changing the cone for a k&n. i read somewhere before that they really aren't too bad. and the most important thing is that its cheap. so besides that is there anything else i could do?
honestly i think i can win:
eclipse: 2.0, 140 hp, 130 torque, cat-back, and soon-to-be intake, 5 spd
accord: 2.2, 130 hp, 139 torque, intake, 5 spd
other than that i know he has a new clutch, but nothing special, just something to get his car up and running. also i know that he has more torque but i think i could still beat him. if it comes down to it, my redline is higher so i think i could get him in the end.
what do you guys think and any other little things i could do?

You should be able to beat him as is I would think. Ebay intake + K and N will work. I have had many friends that have done it. Make sure you DON'T get a CAI that puts the filter under the car or you will have to relocate the horn becuase it is in the way. Get a short ram type one. That is the best thing you can do other than make sure your spark plugs, wires airfilter and all that stuff is up to par.

yeah, i wasnt thinking about get a CAI cause i'm not really trying to keep it anyways. i just want to shut him up. but yeah when i got the car i had the plugs and wires changed so everythings good to go.
thanks for the reply and i'll post the results of the race. probably 2 weeks cuz of ebay shipping and all that stuff.

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and some one told me i couldent beat a stock scion xb with my gs. err that upsets me thous things are so ugly and dont seem fast i think they have the same size moter as me to a 2.0 or they might have a 2.2 i dunno. I want to find one to run thou just to see if its true. But omg if i lose to a mobel refrigerator

If you do some free mods (dsm tuners) and up the boost 1 or 2 psi you should beat him pretty easily.

huh? not to sound like an ahole, but are you talking to me or infinity, cuz i have a gs so i don't have boost and i think infinity has a gs too. unless i read his post wrong.

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huh? not to sound like an ahole, but are you talking to me or infinity, cuz i have a gs so i don't have boost and i think infinity has a gs too. unless i read his post wrong.

 
Oh sry, i missed that part, well then lol, umm is the honda have a vtec?  You should be able to take him as long as your a decent driver.

by the power to weight ratio you should be able to win. Not by much though any any of these things you add on really arnt going to make a big difference, just like his intake isnt making a big difference.

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You should be able to beat him as is I would think. Ebay intake + K and N will work. I have had many friends that have done it. Make sure you DON'T get a CAI that puts the filter under the car or you will have to relocate the horn becuase it is in the way. Get a short ram type one. That is the best thing you can do other than make sure your spark plugs, wires airfilter and all that stuff is up to par.

 
where did you hear this information? i had an AEM CAI and i never had to relocate anything.

From Sebba's sig.  And very true.
 
Cheap + Reliable = Not Fast
Reliable + Fast = Not Cheap
Fast + Cheap = Not Reliable
 

um, yea.   we all know that is true.    i was talking about the relocating of the horn genius.

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One of my bodies bought this and put it in his 95 RS apperently hooks up to one of the air sensors and ecu reads cold or something like that with a cold air intake he sad he was impressed so if you wanna give it shot it is only $5. oh yeah before I forget he also said it is only a little wire comes in an envolep so dont expect anything big.

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One of my bodies bought this and put it in his 95 RS apperently hooks up to one of the air sensors and ecu reads cold or something like that with a cold air intake he sad he was impressed so if you wanna give it shot it is only $5. oh yeah before I forget he also said it is only a little wire comes in an envolep so dont expect anything big.

Dude its called a resistor and it DOES NOT work. Do not use it, it is wothless and a waste of time

most certainly is.  bought one, didn't do crap.    but if you REALLY think about it, how could it?    even if it's telling the ecu that it's colder air... it won't make it faster.  that's like getting on a megaphone, telling your car tha it's fast and expecting it to run quicker... lol

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From Sebba's sig.  And very true.

Cheap + Reliable = Not Fast
Reliable + Fast = Not Cheap
Fast + Cheap = Not Reliable

 
i guess you could say this is true to some point.
what i mean is that if you know the right people you can get a fast, cheap, and reliable car.
but... since i don't, then i guess it don't matter. lol

Get a GSX and toast his ass... lol

lol, yeah thats what i'm planning for in the future... just need to get my taxes back before i start hunting for one. but in the mean time i just need this dude to shut up. he mentions that night every chance he gets and its getting really annoying.

dude, it's funny, i have a buddy like that too, except he has a 3.9 v6 accord, and i took him 1st,2nd, and 3rd gear with my first car(96 gs), after that he didn't talk anymore. and i make fun of him, cuz it's pathetic,lol

Just race him and see what happens. There are always these threads like "who will win" and then in the end nothing ever happens...dont you ever see those commercials for IBM
 
"Stop talking...start doing"

lol yeah i guess your right. i'll try and race him again after work tonight, but if he just takes off again like last time then i guess theres no point... i'll let you guys know what the outcome is tonight.

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lol yeah i guess your right. i'll try and race him again after work tonight, but if he just takes off again like last time then i guess theres no point... i'll let you guys know what the outcome is tonight.

 
looking forward to it... will it be the 16.9 1/4 mile car or the 17.1 1/4 mile car?????

aight, so i'm def. through with trying to race this kid. here's what happened:
after work we went to start our cars and let them warm up for alittle but. we started talking and then i asked him if he wanted to race real quick. he started to brag and tell me that he already beat me and he'll do it again. so we got onto the highway, i was in front. i got into the middle lane and slowed down so he could catch up. now here comes the annoying part. i'm thinking he's going to slow down and one of us is going to honk the horn or something. he pulled over to the fast lane, passed me, and kept going. i was like wtf??? i didn't even try after that cause there was no point. then i see him put his hazards on like he won or something. i just get off the next exit and went home. he is probabaly the dumbest dude i know...