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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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thanks for lookin out portmaster i plan on takin the safer route i want the engine to last me a little while and get the rest of the car ready for a turbo'd 347
Old Feb 22, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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you can run 100 safely 125 is pushing it with no supporting mods 150..is just asking for trouble people get greedy and pay for it when they hear BOOM listen to port he knows his shyt
Old Feb 22, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Portmaster
Sometimes in the rush of things in the pits between rounds things get overlooked or forgotten. If you race enough it's going to happen. If you race every weekend somewhere along the line something will go wrong because you either forgot, overlooked or just get greedy. Thats racing and getting greedy is how you win. It comes at a price. For the 2 cars you know that lived on a steady diet off 200 shots I could name off 200 that didn't survive a 150 shot. If you spend as much time at the dragstrip as I have you can count on at least 2 Nitrous explosions during the day if it's a slow day. Then there are the guys who will risk their stock bottom end 5.0 with a 200 shot and oil down the track and ruin it for the rest of us for a while. Nitrous is risky plain and simple. If it wasn't there wouldn't be any N/A cars at the dragstrip and everyone would be running Nitrous.

I understand what your saying but you can say the same thing with cars breaking under total horsepower plain and simple whether it's with a stock 302 and a 150 hit or an n/a 347 making the same power. I had a 306 seeing 6800R's stock block with 20K hard miles on it that never missed a beat. I know of turbo cars that didn't make 400rwhp and split the block where my "dangerous" nitrous car made 530+rwhp.

I see more guys pushing their gutted out n/a cars squeezing every inch of HP doing oil downs than I do street cars spraying making the pits wait to race. Must be a difference in locations.

I disagree with your n/a versus all nitrous cars as everybody has preferences, some people say it's "cheating" blah blah blah.

To answer the question at hand 200 hit on a stock short has been done thousands of times without worries with all the proper precautions. It's a matter of opinion if you think it's safe your you want to take responsibility to run it.
Old Feb 23, 2009 | 09:15 AM
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i have a nitrous kit for sale if your interested...i just bought it but i'm gonna finish up my rear suspension first...i bought it from a real good friend of mine...excellent shape...its a NOS wet kit...adjustable to 150...the only tghing missing is an arming switch and jets...i paid $250 for it...i'll sell for what i paid

it has all the lines, both solenoids, microswitch, relay, 10 lb bottle, and only 50 hp jets...it has been converted to a nozzle set up...its ready to go minus the arming switch (like $10 at any parts store)

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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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I'd go with the 150...
Old Feb 23, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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hey roost pm me about that kit
Old Feb 23, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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Im going to be spraying a 150 on my stock bottom end (rebuilt). I've got AFR heads, custom cam, Vic Jr, and many, many other things. It'll either go or blow! Some people can break a bowling ball in a sandbox. I think its all in the machining/prep work and the tune.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:24 AM
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engine held up fine under the juice
(well if FOUND weak springs, and gaskets for me )

but the old AOD sure dident.

hopefully i have better luck this time around.

ill be running 100shot 99% of the time btw.
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