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Originally Posted by deciuss
plus his argument is flawed trying to always up what he origonaly said
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Originally Posted by silver04
I don't think there was a civic si in 98, maybe 99-00 is what you mean
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Originally Posted by deciuss
woot im glad im not the only person that saw he just keeped on adding to his (bolt on list) its like the little kid that says ya will if your going to beat me up im gona get my big brother.
Man, I bet you my $1150 set up will be equal or better than your $3000 turbo kit if its not boosted over 10 psi.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
Man, I bet you my $1150 set up will be equal or better than your $3000 turbo kit if its not boosted over 10 psi.
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Rep Power: 289 http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...cat/500/page/3 this guy has 125 whp with i/h/e/dp his exhaust is custom and his headers are knock-offs. Not to mention I still have pulleys, ground kit over him.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
so if your saying bolt-ons add only 5.7 whp, this guy gained 15whp from boltons.
Still, he spent probably closer to a grand on 10 horsepower. Thats a lot of money on 10 horsepower.
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Originally Posted by deciuss
arrg your saying your getting this power that you can feal from just bolt ons not bolt ons with nitros. if your going to spend cash on boltons and nitros then just buy a turbo its the same price.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...cat/500/page/3 this guy has 125 whp with i/h/e/dp his exhaust is custom and his headers are knock-offs. Not to mention I still have pulleys, ground kit over him.
ground kit = even more useless (unless you have dimming headlights from a stereo system)
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Originally Posted by cambo
15 whp from bolt-ons? maybe 10 whp.
Still, he spent probably closer to a grand on 10 horsepower. Thats a lot of money on 10 horsepower.
Still, he spent probably closer to a grand on 10 horsepower. Thats a lot of money on 10 horsepower.
some people spend thousands on just 5 hp.
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Originally Posted by Silver Civic
I stand corrected, I ment what ever year the 2d non hatchback si civic, since summitracing offers a sc for it,
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Originally Posted by cambo
pulleys = useless
ground kit = even more useless (unless you have dimming headlights from a stereo system)
ground kit = even more useless (unless you have dimming headlights from a stereo system)
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
some people spend thousands on just 5 hp.
Listen, what's the point of this thread? to convince everyone on this site that spending $1k on your civic to make 10 whp is worth it? To many people its not.
I'd like to see you get your car dyno'd see what you're actually producing before you start more threads like these. Just because your head is telling you theres an increase in power, that doesn't mean you really are.
what i'm trying to say is, if you want to convince people, you need to show them proof. You're not going to change the minds of 20,000 members just because you say you're making more power. You need to show them some proof.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
then you installed the ground kit wrong. yOu connect it to the intake manifold, alternator, head not only the headlights/stereo.
I'd like for you to explain how changing/adding more wires is going to produce more power from an engine.
Your engine is using mechanical energy to move your wheels. Where does wires come into play in mechanical energy? Yes, you might be creating less of a restriction on the electrical side of things, but even then, you might free up .00000000000001 hp.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
Simple, more ground.
so dump in more fuel without anything else into your engine. Will that produce more power? no.
You can't say that just because there is more paths for electrical energy, you will produce more power. Thats simply incorrect. Using simple physics, electrons will always take the shortest path to complete a circuit. The electrons will still get to their location, maybe more quickly, but that doesn't mean the engine will create more power. If that were true, why don't you just connect a ground wire to your engine to the car frame every 2 inches apart? BECUASE ITS USELESS.
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Originally Posted by cambo
ah yes, the ever so simple thought that more=better theory.
so dump in more fuel without anything else into your engine. Will that produce more power? no.
You can't say that just because there is more paths for electrical energy, you will produce more power. Thats simply incorrect. Using simple physics, electrons will always take the shortest path to complete a circuit. The electrons will still get to their location, maybe more quickly, but that doesn't mean the engine will create more power. If that were true, why don't you just connect a ground wire to your engine to the car frame every 2 inches apart? BECUASE ITS USELESS.
so dump in more fuel without anything else into your engine. Will that produce more power? no.
You can't say that just because there is more paths for electrical energy, you will produce more power. Thats simply incorrect. Using simple physics, electrons will always take the shortest path to complete a circuit. The electrons will still get to their location, maybe more quickly, but that doesn't mean the engine will create more power. If that were true, why don't you just connect a ground wire to your engine to the car frame every 2 inches apart? BECUASE ITS USELESS.
dude wtf you tripping about man, I only paid 20$ for mine. 20$ is pocket change.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
dude wtf you tripping about man, I only paid 20$ for mine. 20$ is pocket change.
You're just making incorrect statements that you pass off as fact and i'm correcting those statements.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
then you installed the ground kit wrong. yOu connect it to the intake manifold, alternator, head not only the headlights/stereo.
Yes Intake manifold is the key. Plastic provides the best grounding point.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
these wires were dynod. Of course you wont notice it, all I noticed was the throttle response. no one would feel 1-2hp
Anyways, now you're contradicting yourself from an earlier post.
Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
this guy has 125 whp with i/h/e/dp his exhaust is custom and his headers are knock-offs. Not to mention I still have pulleys, ground kit over him.
And now to make sure i'm not crazy, weren't you implying in your earlier posts that these "ground" wire you added added more horsepower? Right, You were implying that they do indeed add horsepower. Why contradict yourself now? Wait. Maybe because you have no idea about what your talking about.
Spend $1k+ into engine mods that you think are creating more horsepower. Is your civic still slow? yes. it is.
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Originally Posted by Civic_RedLine
Man, I bet you my $1150 set up will be equal or better than your $3000 turbo kit if its not boosted over 10 psi.
dude....will you post some pics of your car please...for all we know your just a little h.s. freshman ricer...show us what ya' got dude.
