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Old Aug 27, 2003
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Originally posted by Turbulent
Let's face it people.....

We drive Civics, not lambo's. You can get your car to go fast yes, but your goin to be puttin out more then 1600 to hit 13
Putting out 1600 whats?
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Old Aug 28, 2003
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Yeah, I remember more than a year ago this guy installed the GUDE package on his 7thgen. He said that the results sucked, that he could barely feel any difference at all, and that it was a waste of money. Since then, I haven't heard anything about GUDE. Maybe they improved their products and are back on the market. Thats just my $.02
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OMG Have you even looked inside a nascar automobile? those things are light as hell and stripped to the bone man. You are seriously mistaken that they weigh a lot. They even have painted healights
GJ on your research my friends works at a track where they clean those cars. Those are some big giants but they do not weigh that much, I guarantee that over 400-500 will bring it up to 200 mph area, probably lighter than our civics.
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" Not to nitpick or anything, but NASCAR engines are actually pushing about 375-400 at the wheels. "



I don't think so man. No way 400 HP is gonna take a car that size to 200 MPH.


And I seriously doubt those cars are losing half their horses from the flywheel to the rear wheels.



NASCAR



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I'm not sure that they are lighter than our civics but somewhat to the accords, I'm just making a point they do not weigh that much, and they are super easy to push, so I'm guessing its light
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Gude Performance/Bullfrog products are for off road use only and may never be used on any public highway. Gude Performance/Bullfrog does not meet any expressed or assumed fitness for any particular purpose. Due to the nature of the sport of racing and/or high performance applications, or the manner in which they are installed or used, there is no warranty expressed, implied, or assumed to the purchaser. It is the sole responsibility of the purchaser and installer to determine the specific fit or usage of any Gude Performance/Bullfrog product. Gude Performance/Bullfrog, shall not be liable for any special, consequential, or incidental damages, including but not limited to: loss of profits or revenue, bodily injury, and/or loss of life. Gude Performance/Bullfrog will not be liable for towing, replacement, or repair cost for any part damaged, or any labor charge which might arise from the usage of any items in this catalog or any product produced or supplied by Gude Performance/Bullfrog.

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Old Aug 28, 2003
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So if I drive off the road, the Gude package is going to kick in and give me the extra 50 horsies?
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Originally posted by Elite
OMG Have you even looked inside a nascar automobile? those things are light as hell and stripped to the bone man. You are seriously mistaken that they weigh a lot. They even have painted healights
GJ on your research my friends works at a track where they clean those cars. Those are some big giants but they do not weigh that much, I guarantee that over 400-500 will bring it up to 200 mph area, probably lighter than our civics.
NASCAR cars weigh around 3500 pounds.
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The engine in today's NASCAR racecars produce upward of 750 horsepower, and they do it without turbochargers, superchargers or particularly exotic components. So how do they make all that power?

Here are some of the factors:


The displacement is large -- 358 cubic inches (5.87 liters). Not many cars have engines this big, but the ones that do usually generate well over 300 horsepower.
The NASCAR engines have extremely radical cam profiles, which open the intake valves much earlier and keep them open longer than street cars. This allows more air to be packed into the cylinders, especially at high speeds (see How Camshafts Work for more details).
The intake and exhaust are tuned and tested to provide a boost at certain engine speeds. They are also designed to have very low restriction, and there are no mufflers or catalytic converters to slow the exhaust down either.
They have carburetors that can let in huge volumes of air and fuel -- no fuel injectors on these engines.
They have high intensity programmable ignition systems so the spark timing can be customized to provide the most possible power.
All of the subsystems like coolant pumps, oil pumps, steering pumps and alternators are designed to run at sustained high speeds and temperatures.
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look at the date of the start of this thing, : 03-05-2002 at 12:36 AM
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look at the date of the start of this thing, : 03-05-2002 at 12:36 AM
thats what i'm saying
let this corpse rot where it belongs, until someone has something new to say about the freakin gude package. I don't want to sound like an a$$hole but, take the nascar discussion to gen auto ramblings or something.
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Originally posted by djmota
thats what i'm saying
let this corpse rot where it belongs, until someone has something new to say about the freakin gude package. I don't want to sound like an a$$hole but, take the nascar discussion to gen auto ramblings or something.
If you read and comprehend you'll see that the NASCAR thing was here before too. It was part of explaining how an NA engine can be built up to a relatively high power output.

OTOH, it appears there are two choices.

1. A noob can start a new thread and you can bish about it.

2. A noob can resurrect an old thread and you can bish about it.

The solution.

Once you see that thread title, just don't click on it.
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haha^ now he's gonna see the thread title again
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BTW i have the gude cam & it is impressive.

The ported intake manifold doesn't work, as our intake manifold is plastic & can't be ported.

The way the deal works is you pay full price & they send you a head (or individual components) from another source. Then you send them your stock bits for the refund of the stock bits.
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Have you run your car in the 1/4? Im curious to see what you run it at.
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BTW i have the gude cam & it is impressive.

The ported intake manifold doesn't work, as our intake manifold is plastic & can't be ported.

The way the deal works is you pay full price & they send you a head (or individual components) from another source. Then you send them your stock bits for the refund of the stock bits.
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Originally posted by cdmx
haha^ now he's gonna see the thread title again
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Originally posted by cdmx
haha^ now he's gonna see the thread title again

i needed a good laugh on a friday.
sounds like thier cam is decent. I can't wait to see the results from crower on thier regrind.
Once you see that thread title, just don't click on it.
you know i just could'nt resist this time.
i was just dissapointed to see a thread as old as this come back and not have anything new.
I guess it did come out as bitchy. my apologies for that.
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We're just having fun.
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