Biggest Nitrous Shot
01-11-2006, 10:02 PM
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Car: 2001 SS
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Biggest Nitrous Shot
Does anyone know what the biggest shot you can run without having forged internals becuase the forged stuff is twice as much 125?150?200?
Thanx for the help!!
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01-11-2006, 10:13 PM
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For a V8, 125 is relatively safe. By 150 you start risking damage more in hammering out rod bearings. As far as I'm concerned, anything above 150 should have a forged bottom end.
01-12-2006, 04:02 PM
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I ran 160 hp shot on my stock bottom end all last season. I ran every weekend. I also sprayed 200 the last two weekends of the season, but I wouldn't recomend that large of a shot i only did it because I knew I was going to be pulling the engine after the season. When i tore the engine done however I was totally shocked at how good everything looked. Anyway if you're looking for reliabilty I wouldn't go over a 125.
01-12-2006, 11:15 PM
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Im not talkin about stock its 5140 Steel SIR lightweight rods, std/std cast crank, KB Hypereutic pistons ist a complete rotating assembly from Eagle.
01-14-2006, 01:18 PM
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^^ what he said . ring gap ! when i was spraying a 350 shot i had the ring gaps out to .030". i broke 7 pistons spraying 300 on .020" ring gap.
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01-16-2006, 11:21 AM
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Yup, I'm running a 300 shot w/ .032" gap on the top ring. Haven't sprayed yet.
01-17-2006, 07:44 AM
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Car: 91 GTA and 85 IROC
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Contact the ring manufacturer, if it's the stock rings/pistons, then run it on the rich side w/ conservative timing.
01-20-2006, 04:19 AM
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150 shot
on my tpi a 150 wet shot has been totally safe. i don't even retard the timing or switch the PROMS... Im on my 27th bottle fill now, which is about 135 1/4 mile runs of juicing without any side effects. My motor is untouched internally and 149,000 miles old. i got the whole history on my cardomain site.....
i beat this car alot too...
i beat this car alot too...
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