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. 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.

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.

GunshotZ28

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.

217zenki

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Buy all the bolt ons you can and run a small shot like a 75shot or something ..

buffman

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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!

kellam

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i have 100k miles, im using a 150 shot. you should be ok. just do a good tune up and drop timing, at least thats what im doing.

daniel6718

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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

Vicious95Z28

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Yeah there is a local guy with a full weight car, shorties, a small cam and a catback. He runs 7.20's all day on an 80 shot

nighthawk15

Hence why I said "SOME PEOPLE DO IT AND IT WORKS OUT OK". I said nothing about that it would definitely kill his engine. All I was saying is I wouldn't do it on a car with that mileage that you're relying on to get you around. A small shot probably wouldn't hurt it though. On a car you don't need to trust I'd say go ahead and throw on a 150 shot! But that's just the thing, it sounds like this is his primary car.

donkey mule

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.

GunshotZ28

For now I'm just looking at getting either a Moroso or Lingenfelter CAI, LTs and a y-pipe then a small shot, maybe 100 or so. Oh yeah, can't forget drag radials.

speedylexus2006

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 ****.........................................

Red96TA

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^^^^^


My head hurts now....

teezlr

BWAHAHAHA!

Ironxcross

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It's too many, not too much.

Much better? I think so.

Grammar police F T W

BizZzatch350

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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.

WhyHelloOfficer

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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.

01FbTaWs6

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My god, you arent 'a kidding man! Good god! Step away from teh keyboard please sir!

projekt70chevelle

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When i use the compression tester what should it read in psi (stock motor)?

TDavanzo

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180 I thought, could be wrong. I haven't read compresson on a stock LT1 in awhile. Most of the ones I read are around 215-220.