Okay is Nitrous a Meat eater.... hmmm not in my opinion or experience...
Man I can hear the growning from here... I lost the first Pistons due to
over enthusiastic clearancing...( .056 isn't enough Piston top for Gas let
alone N2O ) and the second time was a junk set of heads that went to WOS
with a problem....
The C Motor has had lots of Nitrous and shows no Problems and the D Motor
just took More then 50%hp on the bottle... and isn't hurt to the best of my
knowledge.
You have to keep in mind that there is Zero margin for error... and it can
eat parts.... the Tune up just has to be right... and with Dave's help it
is... Mostly what Dave taught me at WOS was how to test the system to the
inth degree.... and since then we have run it Twice at Maxton Doing all of
the testing up front and have had NO problems.... ( very nice feeling to
know it's right before you push the button )
Personally It's not Turbo's and EFI which I believe in my heart is that
absolute right answer to engine management but it's what is avalible to me
on the cheap and it's worked out Very well so far...
I think like most things it's a fear of the unknown that worries us.... and
we all have heard horror stories about folks breaking motors.... If Nitrous
is set up correctly and tuned on the fat side... it works to add the given
amount of Hp based on Jets and the kit design... Keep in mind the bottom
end has to be capable of standing the cylinder pressure of the added HP in
the first place....
Keith ( now there is my 10 cents worth....)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane McMeekin" <jmcmeekin@worldnet.att.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 10:09 AM
Subject: "E" Engine x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
> Keith,
> Nitrous is great for making gobs of power, but it's a meat eater. Exotic
> stuff looks neat, but will it give you enough extra bang for the buck to
> justify the additional cost? From what I'm hearing fuel engines seem to
> be a little easier to satisfy than unblown gas jobs so you might want to
> keep it simple. You could use the 2.8 crank, an iron block, a decent
> pair of iron heads, maybe some steel four bolt main caps and add good
> rods and pistons. Use some of those old parts stashed in the garage -
> the whole thing could be built for a few thousand dollars. Keep the revs
> down to 8500 or so and feed it a ton of gas. Best of all, when she
> blows, you say bye, bye.
>
> Skyhawk will get an "E" transplant for next season. Don't know what kind
> of an engine yet, but if all goes well, it'll be an odd ball. You know,
> limited power potential, no after market parts, and found only in some
> obscure Chinese province.
>
> Keep the "E" ideas coming.
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