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| Topic subject | pretty ironic |
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43987, pretty ironic Posted by guest, Apr-11-01 12:26 PM LAST EDITED ON 11-Apr-01 AT 05:27 PM (PST) | |
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43988, RE: pretty ironic Posted by Nitrous_RS1997, Apr-11-01 03:35 PM Not being a dick, but that applies to any form of forced induction. Nitrous gets its bad name cause its cheap. most people can afford a 500 dollar nitrous kit, so you get a lot of idiots with them, that blow their engine and blame the nitrous cause the 100-shot on their car with no fuel upgrades blew up. All these places say "nitrous is bad" "it isnt reliable", but a nitrous kit doesnt come with the upgrades to the fuel system like a turbo kit does...it all boils down to knowing what u r doing. but im sure there are people out there who have had a 50-shot, used it wisely, and blew up their engine anyways, just like im sure there are people with a turbo kit at 5psi that have blown their engine for one reason or another. i guess im rambling now...:-) itsl ike Stan said before, shit happens, no matter what kinda power adder you pick. personally i think nitrous is just as safe as anything else... IF its used properly. | |
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43989, RE: pretty ironic Posted by Stan2gnt, Apr-11-01 04:20 PM Correct me if I'm wrong but is that the same 2gnt.com site that says 50-70hp gains from headwork? Just cause its Team2GNT doesn't mean its right (as you can see there is alot of incorrect data and its several yrs old. Also note the power page update planned in the performance section). Go over to the turbo section and count the number of people getting or already have new bottom ends due to blown engines (for whatever excuse) and then come back here. Enough said! | |
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43990, RE: pretty ironic Posted by 96NOS_Eclipse, Apr-12-01 12:15 AM LAST EDITED ON 12-Apr-01 AT 05:15 AM (PST) | |
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43991, I agree... Posted by Skrilla, Apr-16-01 02:32 PM ...50-70HP just from Head Work. | |
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43992, RE: I agree... Posted by VxROxV, Apr-16-01 05:45 PM Hmm... true... Alot of people are quick to jump on the fact that NOS is bad and harsh for any motor... And its also true that alot of this sayings come from people who has never had NOS personally and/or have only heard from other people or have friends who blew up using NOS... From what i see (and my own opinion), just ask anyone who's ever tried using NOS and blew up, they are quick to blame NOS... but what they dont realize is 98% of the fault was on the person, not the system... mainly caused by abuse/carelessness or some sort of electrical which is probably hooked up wrong by... THE PERSON, not the NOS system... and that 2% is probably poor maintenance of the car... Sure, most of them will say, "ALL I DID WAS FLOOR IT AND IT WENT BOOM!!!", but then after a closer look and a quick teardown of the motor, you will see if its either a human error or a mechanical error... And my point is, its still not the NOS system's fault... See, with any forced induction, youll have the same problems and challenges, just different methods of going through it... If you use it as recommended, keep your cars and all the components in top shape, and be sure to know your limits, your car will last, if not the same as a regular stock car... Im not being a smart ass or acting like i know it all, but think about it... Im just getting tired of all the lame excuses alot of people use... Sorry to vent... just wanna say what i had in mind while i still remember it... | |
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43993, RE: I agree... Posted by phatGS, Apr-30-01 01:06 PM I've said it before, and I'll say it again.... PHAT CAR RO | |
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43994, RE: pretty ironic Posted by RS_Guy, Apr-30-01 06:28 PM Yup, being a Turbo'd person, I can vouch that turbo's do screw up engines... About 5 of us did within one month. | |
