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Jan 17, 2011 | 05:08 PM

SargeZ06

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So today...

I'm at a garage crawl and this old timer (by that I mean late 50s...lol) is talking about how he was using a 150 dry shot and it would work about half the time and when it did it would blow the tires off the car. He said decided to pull the plugs one day(not to read them but just because they were old) and said "all the gawd darn straps thingies were nubs" so he said that was enough nitrous for him and he pulled it off.

When I asked him about heat range, timing and reading the plugs, he looked at me like I hit him in the head with a baseball bat. Then I told him he did the right thing taking the nitrous off. That **** will destroy your motor.

I'm by no means an expert on this but it made me laugh to myself.

Jan 17, 2011 | 05:14 PM

sherm6998

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Too much money; not enough brains.

Jan 17, 2011 | 05:23 PM

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Dang a 150 dry shot and no clue on what your doing? Lucky he got that kit removed before it cost him big time!!!

Jan 17, 2011 | 05:43 PM

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Ignorance has destroyed many more engines than nitrous ever will

-Will

Jan 17, 2011 | 07:22 PM

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I'm waiting for someone to bring a car to me with e3 spark plugs and n20 wanting to know whats wrong.

Jan 17, 2011 | 07:49 PM

My98MGTransAm

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wow cant believe it.

Jan 17, 2011 | 09:24 PM

TARZAN

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Originally Posted by thedudeZ

I'm waiting for someone to bring a car to me with e3 spark plugs and n20 wanting to know whats wrong.

You'd be surprised.....Awhile back, I was in a local performance shop (that claimed to specialize in LSx), and they had installed a 150 shot on a H/C/I car. They could NOT figure out what was wrong. I asked them to pull a plug and let me see it.

The shop had put stock plugs back in, gapped to .060. Spark blew out after about 5200 RPM

-Will

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Jan 18, 2011 | 11:33 AM

Brett777

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Please run a window switch if you don't run an aftermarket ignition, or you know your running an aftermarket ignition, make sure your running nice fuel.

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:48 AM

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Gotta love some people's ignorance...

Jan 20, 2011 | 05:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TARZAN

Ignorance has destroyed many more engines than nitrous ever will

-Will

Couldn't have said it better........

Jan 20, 2011 | 06:35 PM

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^you got that right

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:36 PM

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Couldn't have said it better........

Thanks...I know it's a real plain statement, but after I typed it I thought "I wish I had just started telling people that years ago" lol

-Will

Jan 21, 2011 | 12:24 PM

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What a dunce

Jan 21, 2011 | 01:22 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Brett777

Please run a window switch if you don't run an aftermarket ignition, or you know your running an aftermarket ignition, make sure your running nice fuel.

Dude this is the second time you have said this. WTF are you talking about?

What does running aftermarket ignition have to do with running race fuel?

I have run 116 VP on the stock ignition on my 87 T-Type without issue so I know damn well an LS1 ignition is more than capable.