Only problem with the nitro is it likes a slow turning
engine ... the nitours burns fast and loves something that
spins fast. In fact from what i have seen it is much more
forgiving on a high RPM engine. The reason i told both you
and Keith to twist the tail off it at WOS..Another 'speed
secret' bites the dust LOL
Dave
John Beckett wrote:
>
> Hmmm, nitrous, meat eater, interesting thought. Most of us are pretty
> comfortable running carbs and gasoline. We have been doing it a long time
> and its rather forgiving. I will admit, with nitrous, there is a steep
> learning curve. Lord knows we have burned several set of pistons (burned a
> set on plain gasoline also) as well as pushing at least one set of head
> gaskets out the side. Tuning on the Dyno will help to get it right before
> you take it to the track, but there is a lot to running nitrous beside
> changing jets, as I found out a WOS this year. However when it is right it's
> a bunch of power. Don't know what percentage of Nitro/Alcohol you would have
> to use to equal N2O but I bet it would be way up there. And that's a whole
> other learning curve to climb.
>
> John Beckett
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jane McMeekin" <jmcmeekin@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 11:09 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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