Going to order new camshaft, cam gear, port and polish, valve springs, retainers, head gasket. Has anyone done this? If so what should i expect?

 

from who? gude? they claim bout 40 hp at the crank. depending on your other mods.

 

they told me 45 to the wheels, not the crank. But who knows?

 

gude head huh. if your going thru gude you can send them your original head once you replace it and get like 500 back from them

 

this is a extremely noob question but someone explain to me what the hell vashuba is talking about. Explain what each of those things does and how much for all of it

 

i am not getting it through gude, i saw that but, i am going to this local shop. the i am getting the GUDE camshaft but not the whole package. the new powerband will be form 5000 -7200 rpm so the redline is like a stock lude. i am gonna tear up the street

 

how muh did you pay/ what are your expected gains?

 

I have a friend with a 98 Lude that did a similar setup and was very pleased. I would love to do something like this instead of a swap, but I can't seem to find any shops that will do it for a decent price. Guess I didn't really look that hard though. Let us know how much you're paying, and let us know how it feels once its done. The higher redline should be fun!

 

gude regrinds cams so some feel reliability is an issue when driving hard

 

its $2000 all together. he said 30 whp

 

damn. . . ! 2 grand? how about a h22 swap. all you need is a motor and an ecu. you can use your stock 5 speed tranny. 30 hp is terrible. with a h22 you get 50hp and some torque. plus doing an engine swap cost less than head work.