what to do with $2000
Originally Posted by CJDZ24_Z28
Why are you guys telling him to do NOS on a motor that is 10 years old and has 140k
ALL the Bolt ons and even a cam would be better bet.
ALL the Bolt ons and even a cam would be better bet.
no logic behind that. as long as the car is in good running condition, and a compression test yields good results, spray away.
Didnt you guys ever read the chevy HP article where they took a junkyard 350 and tested it to see how much nitrous it would take before they blew it up?? I cant remember what new gaskets they put on it, (have to find it) but it did take a lot before they finally blew it.
As long as you have safety items and a good tune, nitrous would be fine. Like Caddy said, I know of people who have 160K + miles on their LT1 caprices (a wagon to boot) spraying 150 shots..
My local friend has a 97 camaro. with CAI, Exhaust and Headers, Gears and Stall, with a 150 shot (with just a stupid on/off switch), and some MT ET Drag radials, and he ran an 11.99
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I remember that article. After the intial baseline, and then a 150 shot pull, they re baselined and gained power. likely from knocking carbon off the rings. IIRC, that motor took nitrous shots until a cloud hovered over it from the engine not being able to injest any more. It was creating a positive pressure in the manifold, and pushing the stuff out the top. i think they were at like a 250 shot. AND, IIRC that engine blew because they attempted to purge the lines INSIDE the motor, while it was idleing. 
That motor took a beating, and kept going, until they made a saftey mistake. and that was even a GEN I engine. The thing that likely kept it alive as long as it did was the sub-par heads that couldn't flow more than the 250 shot. I think they said that the car it came from was around 150K. and I think the only prep was new head gaskets. But that was awhile ago. I'll see about finding it. It was CHP? I thought it was carcraft. But those are the only 2 I really read, so they kinda blend together.
but anyways. need a rebuild at 140k, just to support n2o?
That motor took a beating, and kept going, until they made a saftey mistake. and that was even a GEN I engine. The thing that likely kept it alive as long as it did was the sub-par heads that couldn't flow more than the 250 shot. I think they said that the car it came from was around 150K. and I think the only prep was new head gaskets. But that was awhile ago. I'll see about finding it. It was CHP? I thought it was carcraft. But those are the only 2 I really read, so they kinda blend together.but anyways. need a rebuild at 140k, just to support n2o?
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Originally Posted by Dragframe
I jsut say heads and cam it.
uh huh... but that brings us back to, it's gonna need headers, a full exhuast, intake, and Likely lower rear gears to see full potential. and it will still need new rockers, springs, and a tune. so why not start with the bolt ons?
