These pictures might help convince someone that Nitrous is safe, done properly.
03-16-2005, 07:24 PM
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These pictures might help convince someone that Nitrous is safe, done properly. I've had nitrous on my car for about 24 months. I've been running a 100/125 dry shot with all the recommended safety devices. I've probably run 15/20 bottles through the car in the 10,000 miles it's been on there. Since i've owned it, my car's a weekend cruise that's been to the track twice and mostly gets just tooling around town street time. 
Today, I had the heads off my car for a heads/cam swap, and I noticed on about 3 of the cylinders on the drivers side, there were still honing marks.
58K on the block/car:
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I know you probably can't see much that's useful from those pics, but the amount of wear on those cylinder walls was just about NIL. No "top of piston" ridge, nothing. I looked them and felt them over pretty good, and needless to say, I'm happy as hell
Just wanted to share guys.
Matt
Today, I had the heads off my car for a heads/cam swap, and I noticed on about 3 of the cylinders on the drivers side, there were still honing marks.
58K on the block/car:
:
I know you probably can't see much that's useful from those pics, but the amount of wear on those cylinder walls was just about NIL. No "top of piston" ridge, nothing. I looked them and felt them over pretty good, and needless to say, I'm happy as hell
Just wanted to share guys.
Matt
03-16-2005, 08:19 PM
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Man i pulled mine completely apart for a rebuild after dropping a valve, and with a 110,000 miles on it there was no ridge and it still has the cross hatching in the block i was amazed i love these engines. this makes me a firm believer in mobil one oil.
good luck with your car
jmac
good luck with your car
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03-16-2005, 09:59 PM
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Guess I'll put pics of my stock bottom when I swap her out, 36,000+ miles, 600+ nitrous passes (in 1st 12 months of ownership, thats a lot of bottles ) and countless "street testing" of systems. Only safety device used is a WOT switch and arming switch.
What H/C are you going with?
) and countless "street testing" of systems. Only safety device used is a WOT switch and arming switch. What H/C are you going with?
03-16-2005, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by CAT3
Guess I'll put pics of my stock bottom when I swap her out, 36,000+ miles, 600+ nitrous passes (in 1st 12 months of ownership, thats a lot of bottles ) and countless "street testing" of systems. Only safety device used is a WOT switch and arming switch.
What H/C are you going with?
) and countless "street testing" of systems. Only safety device used is a WOT switch and arming switch. What H/C are you going with?
Cam is G5x3
I'm hoping to put down 390 RWHP N/A and spray a 100 dry shot on top of that heads running with Mods in sig +
LS6 intake, QTP LT headers, Ported TB, True duals, SVO 36# injectors + alot of tuning by the best local tuner I could find.
Jury is still out. We'll see what happens.
Matt
03-16-2005, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ole1830
Some old 99 casting FFHP Ported/Polished heads i'm really taking a chance on, but I got them fairly cheap. I had them benchflowed and they flow very simlilar to stock LS6 heads.
Cam is G5x3
I'm hoping to put down 390 RWHP N/A and spray a 100 dry shot on top of that heads running with Mods in sig +
LS6 intake, QTP LT headers, Ported TB, True duals, SVO 36# injectors + alot of tuning by the best local tuner I could find.
Jury is still out. We'll see what happens.
Matt
Cam is G5x3
I'm hoping to put down 390 RWHP N/A and spray a 100 dry shot on top of that heads running with Mods in sig +
LS6 intake, QTP LT headers, Ported TB, True duals, SVO 36# injectors + alot of tuning by the best local tuner I could find.
Jury is still out. We'll see what happens.
Matt
03-17-2005, 09:54 AM
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good thread good thread. this helps put my mind at ease deciding whether to get NX or not. thanks! 