The inevitable finally happened
02-05-2012, 02:10 AM
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The inevitable finally happened SO after 14 years, 217,000 miles and about 22 bottles the last 4-5 on a 175 shot the my stock ls finally threw in the towel. Hole five lost a piston and the head gasket. Still trapped 120 on 7 cylinders! It was long over due but this is just a testament of how strong these motors really are and the bottom end is still fine, heck even the high-mile stock valvetrain except for the cam and springs is quieter than plenty of the sub 100k motors ive heard!
02-05-2012, 06:55 AM
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02-05-2012, 08:26 AM
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im just trying to figure out how you only went through 22 bottles... when i had nitrous i went through atleast one a weekend... lol
also if it just blew up with the last 4-5 bottles on a 175 it was most likely a tuning problem, especially if you broke or burnt a piston.
also if it just blew up with the last 4-5 bottles on a 175 it was most likely a tuning problem, especially if you broke or burnt a piston.
02-05-2012, 03:26 PM
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She did do a wonderful job! surprised a lot of people lol. I was only guessing could of been more bottles only been sprayin for a year. And people said i was crazy for camming it at 199k lol But what i figure is it had to go lean stock fuel pump, i know
the timing mark always looked good with no speckles on the porcelain. But for the money i had in the nitrous less than 400 bucks with everything it ran good without hiccup until now. I probably could have sprayed 40 more bottles the way i had it with the 150 but i had to get greedy. SO im contemplating my new motor options and i want a lq4 cheap heads and a good valvetrain and cam. Im on a very limited budget but i can wait as i now have another dd, any opinions ideas?
the timing mark always looked good with no speckles on the porcelain. But for the money i had in the nitrous less than 400 bucks with everything it ran good without hiccup until now. I probably could have sprayed 40 more bottles the way i had it with the 150 but i had to get greedy. SO im contemplating my new motor options and i want a lq4 cheap heads and a good valvetrain and cam. Im on a very limited budget but i can wait as i now have another dd, any opinions ideas? 
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02-05-2012, 04:46 PM
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im just trying to figure out how you only went through 22 bottles... when i had nitrous i went through atleast one a weekend... lol
also if it just blew up with the last 4-5 bottles on a 175 it was most likely a tuning problem, especially if you broke or burnt a piston.
also if it just blew up with the last 4-5 bottles on a 175 it was most likely a tuning problem, especially if you broke or burnt a piston.
02-05-2012, 07:37 PM
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My stock w/ BPU 98SS car sees at least one bottle a weekend, count is 17 and will be rising as soon as its warm enough for the 335/30/17 hoosier quicktimes to stick to the cold *** missouri pavement. *(yes the tires fit)*
Actually going to a big direct port setup with dedicated, and then it'll probably be more like 2 bottles a weekend.
Maybe you said, but I didnt see what you broke? just a bearing or a rod or a piston? if a piston, then a crown or land or burnt deck or ring or what?
Actually going to a big direct port setup with dedicated, and then it'll probably be more like 2 bottles a weekend.
Maybe you said, but I didnt see what you broke? just a bearing or a rod or a piston? if a piston, then a crown or land or burnt deck or ring or what?
02-05-2012, 07:55 PM
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Did you have to "customize by hammer" to get those tires to fit? I've got a 2002 and want to go wider than the 315/35zr17 that I have now.
02-06-2012, 12:41 AM
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10 lb and well i got a little excited when i put it on lol... only had the nitrous on for a couple driving months and yea went through about a bottle a weekend until i spun a rod bearing (which had nothing to do with the nitrous.. lol). now its a turbo setup. when i had the nitrous i had no need for a remote opener because before i went driving i just opened it because it was so boring without it lol. the way you said 217k miles i just figured you had the nitrous on a lot longer.
02-08-2012, 01:20 AM
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well the pump was a stock replacement right when i bought the so it didn't have that many miles on it and it worked fine on the 150 shot all day long . And i was saying the fuel pump as a guess, as i wasn't looking at the wideband when it went i heard the motor missing when i pulled up at the ticket booth at the track
