What's the cheapest and most affective way to boost the power of a 1998 honda accord?

Looking to get a little more power out of my 98 honda accord. By no means am I trying to make it a rice-rocket or any sort of streetracer, everything else is stock and will stay that way.

Its just the passing power is so bad! Getting on the freeway takes almost all its got.

I would really just like to get a little more out of it as cheap as possible and without doing any sort of extreme mods on it. I was thinking maybe a turbo?

Any input is appreciated!

Premium fuel will give a very slight increase of performance. A little nitrobenzine in the gas will give a nice power boost… Until the pistons melt.

Have a compression check done, that old of car may need a clyinder hone/bore and new piston rings, possibly new pistons also.

For about $30 at Harbor Freight you can get a decent compression meter to know about where things are going

Replace the plugs. Replace the wires. Replace the cap and rotor. Replace the air filter. Replace the fuel filter. Get the valves adjusted. Check timing. In short, get a "tune up".

The cheapest 'power booster' is a NOx system, but still would be 600 ~ 800 bucks. Get a tune-up & see if that helps.

Floor the accelerator

Hi so a 20 years old car which has lived 3 lifetimes is never going to last long if a turbo or supercharger is added. Up the street and a loud bang will bring it to a standstill.

Have the transmission checked for slippage.

Yikes get a new one

Any of the simple mods won't increase power significantly. To really get more power out of them is to maybe swap to a more powerful motor, or forced induction. Those options are clearly what you are avoiding based on your post.