Heavy Z Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 A buddy of mine who has an 8 sec. 2400lb camaro has all the experience and spare goodies lying around to hook me up with a FREE 100/120 shot setup. He'll run it on a carb plate or drill the manifold and get it all dialed in, although I don't like his idea of putting the trigger under the gas pedal. I've got a '67 vette 327 w/ edelbrock rpm heads, performer rpm intake, holley 650dp, msd dizzy and box (which he wants to interface with the nos system) - he says with alot of confidence that I could run a small shot like this "all day long." Is this true? I mean, I won't run it day and night but occasionally. Should I take the opportunity? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny411 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 Go for it. A stock v8 should easily handle a 100hp nitrous shot. It should be great for getting you out of the hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 bolt em up, i did a 100 shot, its very addicting. had to take it off because i would hit the juice to pass people when all i really needed to do was floor it, this my old 327 z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 make sure you are delivering enough fuel...the internals should hold 100...but if you start leaning out and detonating under spray...things are going to begin to break :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Z Posted March 13, 2003 Author Share Posted March 13, 2003 Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 things you should KNOW ABOUT NITROUS YOU MUST RETARD THE IGNITION TIMING ABOUT 2 DEGREES PER 50hp NITROUS SHOT never use a bottle heater without an oil pressure overide switch that turns it off if the engines not running, and/or (an over pressure bleed off valve) this prevent you from walking off and letting the bottle cook ( POTENTIAL EXPLOSION TO FOLLOW SOON) without them (its better to be totally safe with them than at risk without them) always run slightly on the rich side of 13.5:1 under a nitrous load on a street engine to save the pistons/rings never hit the button on a wet street at any speed hitting the button before your in second gear when not useing slicks seldom results in anything but tire smoke and SLOWER ETs on street tires. a switch to turn the system (ON) and a SECOND SWITCH to turn the nitrous ON after a .1 (tenth second delay) after second gear is ingauged are great ideas both a minimum fuel pressure cut-off switch and a engine rpm window switch are worth their weight in GOLD on a nitrous system a minimum fuel pressure cut-off switch cuts the nitrous off if the fuel pressure falls (almost instant very lean condition results that burns holes in pistons if the nitrous flows but no extra matching fuel flows) . . a engine rpm window switch won,t allow the nitrous to flow below a set RPM level (usually 3500rp min my engines) or above a second rpm level. the low rpm switch helps prevent busted cranks and pistons from back-fires and filling the whole engine with nitrous before you hit the ignition or flooding the cylinders at just off idle . the higher limit switch prevents things like fried clutchs, trashed converters,busted drive shafts ETC. from letting the nitrous loaded engine from instantly buzzing to a one way trip to 12000rpm I usually set the upper limit nitrous switch about 300rpm lower than the ignition rev limiter cut in point for what should be obvious reasons(you don,t want the ignition cut off allowing full cylinders of fuel/nitrous unburnt dumped into the headers) http://www.lt1f-body.racenet.net/nitrous.php http://www.krcperformance.net/newcontent/fastsystem.html http://www.geocities.com/stevetoppe/nitrous.html http://www.nissanperformancemag.com/september01/nitrous.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 never use a bottle heater without an oil pressure overide switch that turns it off if the engines not running, and (an over pressure bleed off valve) this prevent you from walking off and letting the bottle cook (EXPLOSION TO FOLLOW SOON) Dont scare the dude...the relief valve will give way long before the bottle explodes (yea ive seen that ONE example of the dudes car blowing up...but thats more than a bit rare) Doesnt even need to be on a heater....even a bottle left sitting in a car on a sunny day will build enough pressure to pop the relief (happened a few weeks back). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Your Car is Slow your correct,(Dont scare the dude...the relief valve will give way long before the bottle explodes) true but theres been more than ONE screw up altho everyone has been IDIOT induced, and with just a partly functioning brain would never have happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumo Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Are you guys talking about this nitrous explosion? It's about a 91 Maxima and something about a faulty relief valve and him wiring the bottle warmer wrong or something like that. http://www.enhancedhealth.com/explosionPic1.jpg http://www.enhancedhealth.com/explosionPic3.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Yes..that was the one in question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Z Posted March 14, 2003 Author Share Posted March 14, 2003 Great info, I really didn't want an exploding Z suprise, just a little extra power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 THERES almost ZERO CHANCE of problems if you use safety valves, carefully follow the correct instalation procedures and use safety solinoids and don,t use a bottle heater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigWhyteDude Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 does your vett 327 have the cast iron block and the stock starter on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Z Posted March 15, 2003 Author Share Posted March 15, 2003 Cast iron block, gear reduction starter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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