I spent some money on my car this spring. I broke a bolt on my car taking the resonator off my intake, so I bought some flexible intake duct ($15) and created a cold air intake for my car. It already has a K&N filter in the stock airbox. Later I was on craigslist and some one was selling some wheels. They came off a 98 neon l that had been sitting in his garage since 2006 when he tore the transmission out of it. They fit both my hubs and the exisiting tires on the car so i bought them for $35 per wheel. They are 5 spoke borbet wheels that are 15x7, the exisitng tires are 205/60 Nokian i3. Another $100 in mounting balancing and lug nuts resulted in this:
The air intake sits behind that black inlet in the bumper. The wheels increased the track width such that the tires are flush with the fenders at the top of the arch where before there were flush with the fenders at the bottom of the arch.
The air intake made the car louder, and resulted in a increase in mileage 30 mpg over my previous 28 mpg.
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The actual definiton of a "Kentucky Go-Faster" item is an accessory or modification to an automobile that was intended to improve performance but actually had no result other than being decorative.
A recent popular example of this is the rear deck wing. Many added to cars only results in increased drag which produces lower gas milage and slower aceleration times. The intended downforce and increased grip in cornering is seldom achieved. Wing shape, placement height and angle of attack are criticaly related to the shape of the car. Universal "bolt on" wings often do not work because they are not designed for a specific car model application.
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