sleepy00

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Want to see if this would be safe and your thoughts. Just aquired a 2 stage system. Would it be safe to shoot a 100 out the hole and bring in a 150 shot couple seconds later. Would you stack the shots or bring them on indepently. My setup stock bottom end ls1, 5.3 heads, v3 cam, ls6 intake, hooker headers, vig 3800, p&p tb, ta diff girdle w/ 3.73's.

stroked383HSR

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wow! a 250 shot on a stock bottom end car that is already making 400+ whp

HCI2000SS

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Uhh...sure go for it lol

armyboyatc

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It's all in the tune!

sleepy00

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So you guys recommend having them indepently come on. When i go to activate the second stage the first stage shuts off.

HCI2000SS

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Okay, now this makes a bit more sense lol! If you want to go through all that trouble to set up 2 stages exactly how you want then that's cool, but if it were me it wouldn't be worth the hassle

brandon@nitrousoutlet

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Why not use a progressive controller?

LSX Power Tuning

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If your going to run 2 stages I always run the biggest shot first and have the 2nd on come on as fast as possible if you want to get e most of out your nitrous.

35th SS

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what he said.stock botton end.your on borrowed time IMO.depends on you hit it sometimes or all the time.

87silverbullet

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I would rather just stack the stages. There's too much going on when turning one stage off and turning another on. Hit both shots and let her eat. Make sure your tune is spot on and you will be ok on a 250 hit. I've asked the same question on here years ago and was advised by the same info I just gave you by some of the big dogs on here.
Doesn't always work that way when you are traction limited. Your first stage will only be as big as the suspension and tire can handle. When that happens your first shot is always the smaller shot. I do agree with you though on bringing in the nitrous as soon as you can as much as you can.

With a good tune it will live way longer than you think. As Cam or Andy how many passes they have on their stock bottom ends spraying 300+ size shots.

sleepy00

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Thanks 87silverbullet, thats what i needed to hear. The 2 stage was a deal hard to pass up. Any more words of wisdom will be much appreciated.

35th SS

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I guess will find out if the OP stock bottom end will live long enough.spray away and let us know.

stroked383HSR

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lol....yeah id like to know too. I sure as hell wouldnt throw 250 on my stock bottom end even with a tune thats right.

87silverbullet

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One more thing is that when I asked that question, it was agreed that it would be better to run 2 bottles. One for each stage because of the pressure drop in the bottle from the first stage will affect the tune of the second stage if you run one bottle. I think you will be ok with a 100 out the hole and a 150 behind it with one bottle. If it were bigger shots then two bottles might be a better plan

He will be ok.
You're just missing out then. There are a bunch of guys here spraying that and then some for years. These motors are stronger than you think. Guys are running 8's with turbo setups on stock motors.

I see you have your screen name as stroked383hsr. In our crew we have a 127,000 mile stock bottom end, head and cam holley stealth ram on a 200 shot as we speak. In a 1992 25th anniversary camaro.

Just to give you guys a little idea, here is a guy on here with a stang with a 5.3 with a 200 shot.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/single-di...p-mustang.html

Here is a stang with a stock bottom end LS3 on a 250 hit running 8's

https://ls1tech.com/forums/single-di...cond-club.html

stroked383HSR

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Lol....I hear ya bud. Yeah I no longer own the iroc ...it was a beast for what it was but my ta is way stronger.
So when you say stock bottom end do you mean un touched with just a top end package added? I just couldn't see hittin my 213xxx mile ride with that heavy of a shot ....I'm scared to hit it with a 100 ...LOL

sleepy00

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Hey 87silverbullet, just seen that you're from slidell, im from waveland. Im about 20 minutes from you, we should meet up someday.

87silverbullet

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Do a compression check and a leakdown test and if it all checks out, spray away. There were a few guys awhile back asking about spraying high mileage motors and one guys started spraying at 173k and is up 198k and still spraying a 150 shot and was thinking about going to a 175-200 shot.

When spraying a motor it just like the old saying "guns don't kill people, people do" well the same goes for spraying a motor "nitrous doesn't kill the motor, people do". 9 times out of 10 when a motor blows from nitrous usage, its always user error in not setting it up right or not checking the tune. Nitrous itself doesn't hurt the engine.

Off topic: the camaro we have runs 11.80's on the motor and you can pretty much guess where the nitrous time is.

Here is another thread of a stock motor with just an MS3 cam and a 200 shot. Check out the vid in the thread.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/single-di...new-setup.html

boostit5.3

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ive sprayed a 200 shot on my stock 1999 5.3 and i've yet to run into any problems (knocks on wood)... besides it eating the pinion gear out of my 10 bolt lol. if you had a nos mini you could set up both stages to just ramp in at set points (traction allowed) thats the route i would go.

boostit5.3

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what kind of fuel system are you running?