Too Much Miles For Nitrous?
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Too Much Miles For Nitrous? I'm wanting to put a shot of nitrous on my car but I'm not sure if my car has too much miles to handle nitrous. It's a 1995 Camaro Z28 with 144,000 miles. Also it's an A4 LT1 with 3.73 rear end gears and a tune, everything else is STOCK. I'm wanting to get her into 12's. I don't care if it's mid or even high 12's, I just want to get there and shut people up. Right now I'm running 13.80-14 flats consistantly. What size shot would ya'll recomend and also any other mods. Thanks for the help guys.
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I personally would not run nitrous with that much mileage. Some people do and it works out ok, but it's really playing with fire. I would take that money you would spend getting a nitrous kit and spend it on an engine rebuild.
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I been wanting to rebuild the engine but I really don't have much time to have my car down. I'm starting college this fall and I'm working right now, thats why I was just going to put that off for awhile.
Originally Posted by nighthawk15
I personally would not run nitrous with that much mileage. Some people do and it works out ok, but it's really playing with fire. I would take that money you would spend getting a nitrous kit and spend it on an engine rebuild.
horse poop. as long as the cylinder compression is good, and the car is in good running condition, you can spray all day as long as you do it properly. There are many LT1 guys spraying 150 shots on engines over 160000 miles!
ive got a friend that started after racing the car at 110k thousand mies at 140k he started spraying 150 shot and has dont about 20 bottles now...on a stock motor as long as it is smoothe and runs well id do it...watch out for the headgaskets though....id do a 125 shot and never look back
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Buy all the bolt ons you can and run a small shot like a 75shot or something ..
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Originally Posted by buffman
horse poop. as long as the cylinder compression is good, and the car is in good running condition, you can spray all day as long as you do it properly. There are many LT1 guys spraying 150 shots on engines over 160000 miles!
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Im in agreement with running a small shot. I would also get full exhaust ( LT'S,ORY, and catback), CAI and a 2800-3200 stall. This with some good tires will put you low 12's all day long and you may be able to dip into the 11's.
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My Brother Got 151,000 That Car Halls *** He Went 13.6 With Lt Headers/magna Flow Exhaust,k&n Cai,new Wires And Plugs
Then He Put A Nos Kit That Is Rated At The Rwd 75 Shoot And He Did A 12.3 With Nittos Drag Radial And He Now Put A 100 Shoot On Yesterday And Nows Hes Going To The 150 Shoot
96 Z28 He Paid 3000 Or 4000 For It At A Dealer The Interior Is 100% Mint Leather And Everything Else The Under Carr.is 95%mint
But Like My Brother Always Says Its How The Car Was Built At The Manufac. Cuz Some Are Built Perfect And Some Are Built Not So Perfect And There Are Perfect One Out The Its Just "hope U Got The Right One"
Miles Ain't ****.........................................
Then He Put A Nos Kit That Is Rated At The Rwd 75 Shoot And He Did A 12.3 With Nittos Drag Radial And He Now Put A 100 Shoot On Yesterday And Nows Hes Going To The 150 Shoot
96 Z28 He Paid 3000 Or 4000 For It At A Dealer The Interior Is 100% Mint Leather And Everything Else The Under Carr.is 95%mint
But Like My Brother Always Says Its How The Car Was Built At The Manufac. Cuz Some Are Built Perfect And Some Are Built Not So Perfect And There Are Perfect One Out The Its Just "hope U Got The Right One"
Miles Ain't ****.........................................
Originally Posted by GunshotZ28
I'm wanting to put a shot of nitrous on my car but I'm not sure if my car has too much miles to handle nitrous. .
Originally Posted by GunshotZ28
I'm wanting to put a shot of nitrous on my car but I'm not sure if my car has too many miles to handle nitrous. .
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I have seen people spray these things at 190K miles. The thing is, nitrous, heads/cam, blower, or even bolt ons, what ever, if the motor has an issue and you start making more power with it and racing it, chances are your going to find it. You could break a stock motor just driving it like normal. If the motors been taken care of and your safe with it, go for it.
Originally Posted by Red96TA
^^^^^ My head hurts now....
But to answer the original post's question:
It's do-able. Do a compression test, and make sure there isn't anything catastrophically wrong that would get worse if you added the extra stress of a hit of nitrous.
Personally. With that many miles, and the rest of the use/maintenance history of the engine unknown, I wouldn't do it. That's just my personal opinion. Especially with not having an extra shortblock ready to replace if something does go wrong.
Last edited by WhyHelloOfficer; Jul 30, 2007 at 07:58 PM.
Originally Posted by WhyHelloOfficer
Yeah. You should read his posts in the nitrous section. They're even more painful.
But to answer the original post's question:
It's do-able. Do a compression test, and make sure there isn't anything catastrophically wrong that would get worse if you added the extra stress of a hit of nitrous.
Personally. With that many miles, and the rest of the use/maintenance history of the engine unknown, I wouldn't do it. That's just my personal opinion. Especially with not having an extra shortblock ready to replace if something does go wrong.
But to answer the original post's question:
It's do-able. Do a compression test, and make sure there isn't anything catastrophically wrong that would get worse if you added the extra stress of a hit of nitrous.
Personally. With that many miles, and the rest of the use/maintenance history of the engine unknown, I wouldn't do it. That's just my personal opinion. Especially with not having an extra shortblock ready to replace if something does go wrong.
My god, you arent 'a kidding man! Good god! Step away from teh keyboard please sir!
