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nitrous question

Old 06-30-2008, 05:28 PM
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my car is bored .060 over, and i want to add a nitrous bottle. is this a bad idea? ive been told that the cylinder all is too thin and that it would blow out. any help would be great. thanks.
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Old 06-30-2008, 05:32 PM
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spray it, your fine

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Old 07-01-2008, 06:46 PM
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with forged internals, just how far could i push it???
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Old 07-01-2008, 08:32 PM
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just spray it.. nitrous is merciless........go til she blows.. start small and go from there..a 100 shot should be fine to start
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Old 07-01-2008, 09:52 PM
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Be very smart bout it tho..... Since your bored .060, your already experiencing higher cylinder temps......
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Old 07-01-2008, 11:28 PM
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high temps are NOT my friend... just got done messing around with overheating issues.... and i really dont want to deal with that again. I want to start small and work up because it is my DD. I dont know i just want it done right and i need to know exactly what to do to be smart with it. any help would be great. thanks guys.
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Old 07-01-2008, 11:31 PM
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are you fuel injected or carb'ed?? either way buy a wet kit
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Old 07-01-2008, 11:36 PM
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fuel injected. I was thinking the same. would it be wise to rig up a nitrous pressure gauge or is that really necessary?
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