you will switch over to permanent boost like sc or turbo after running out of NOS a couple of times LOL
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If I do an SC (which I want to do - 400 WHP is my ideal goal), bare minimum I'd be changing out the rod bolts and head bolts. Changing out the bottom end right off the bat might be silly, because that power amount isn't that drastic...I don't see why 400- WHP shouldn't be easy for this motor to handle... I ran juice on my LS1, and it was great at the track. But thats it...I don't know, I didn't exactly street race much, it was overrated to me.
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I had a Stillen kit on my Maxima (Vortech blower), and it was installed by a performance shop. The same guy who has installed all my 370Z stuff, in fact. The issue I had in particular wasn't with the SC itself. What happened after the SC was installed was an intermittent fuel cut-off issue. I'd step on it and every once in a while, all power would just cut out. If I lifted off the throttle and nailed it again, it'd come back. But it was really annoying. I had the car dyno-tuned after installing the SC and everything. I have no idea what caused that. Maybe there was a problem with the Apexi fuel controller we were using or something. In any case, it's made me apprehensive about going down that route again is all.
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I was just wondering.
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Actually the oxide is the important part of N2O. Nitrogen is an inert gas, it is the extra oxygen molecule that separates under heat and pressure that is important.
Probably the bigger issue is will the block take the extra heat generated and what are the resulting oil temperatures going to be. |
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Also, running a turbo will require changing out your exhaust manifold, and may make passing emissions testing a royal PITA, and seeing as Im in a state that requires that, its not worth it. Whereas, a supercharger is quite happy with stock exhaust manifolds and a nice cat back Thats a couple reasons right there for ya.
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BTW, why not NX or another brand that gauges its shots based on wheel horsepower instead of crank?
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Actually, it drops intake charge temperature, and the only very noticeable effect is increased cylinder pressures (which is the thing you need to worry about). Particularly, using such a big shot to just blow a rod through the block. Burning a piston/piston ring can happen too of course. Either way, the key is to make sure you're spraying enough fuel to compensate, and to not use such a big shot that your bottom end wrecks itself.
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The blue bottles that NOS uses would match the color of my car better, that's why. (I'm just kidding.) I haven't really researched all the different options on N2O, to be honest. NOS is just the brand that I used on the Maxima, so it's what comes to mind any time I think of nitrous oxide.
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PS - sorry for whoring up your journal btw, RCZ
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It's usually not a problem as you're only doing this for a few seconds at a time typically. |
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its useful info, I dont mind. |
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Oh geez... Hey man, I'm still 15th runner up!!
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