nitrous guys
Melting Slicks
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From: Nashville TN
People don't talk about the bad things. They try to forget them. Nitrous backfires occur. Intakes turn in to small bits. It happens. Part of playing with nitrous. Its happened to me, it happened to my friends. Its a gamble. You might spray the car 10 times or 1000 times, but the possibility always exists.
Racer
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From: Phillipsburg New Jersey
People don't talk about the bad things. They try to forget them. Nitrous backfires occur. Intakes turn in to small bits. It happens. Part of playing with nitrous. Its happened to me, it happened to my friends. Its a gamble. You might spray the car 10 times or 1000 times, but the possibility always exists.
however, My ls1 GTO and my LS1 C5 respond very well to the nitrous. but I am overly cautious with safety features in my kits, rebuild solenoids regularly and run a wideband.
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Drifting
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Hoffman Estates Illinois
how regularly do you rebuild your solenoids??
i have a window switch,WOT,FPSS,,lean shutdown,wideband..car is being tuned thursday for the nitrous and i plan on hitting the track the next day for the first time using N20. any other tips of safety you recommend?
i have a window switch,WOT,FPSS,,lean shutdown,wideband..car is being tuned thursday for the nitrous and i plan on hitting the track the next day for the first time using N20. any other tips of safety you recommend?
Burning Brakes
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From: Oldham County Louisville, KY
Read your plugs to tune it. Don't rely on the wideband for tuning. It will help if something goes really wrong for lean/rich shutoff but that's it.
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Drifting
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From: Hoffman Estates Illinois
im gonna have first gear locked out..and the window set at 3000-6200..i have no idea how to read plugs..i don't have a hand-held, i'm having it professionally dyno tuned this thursday
Last edited by Badd LS6; May 3, 2011 at 03:24 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Oldham County Louisville, KY
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Drifting
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i have NGK TR6s with the proper gap..put in when the kit went in..i been running on them for a couple weeks now..i plan on starting off with a 100 shot..im having my tuner take out the proper degrees of timing for a 100shot..and when the new version of the lingenfelter controller comes out i'm gonna bump to a 150 shot and have my tuner put back in the timing and than adjust the timing retard on the controller..
Burning Brakes
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Phillipsburg New Jersey
yep, the TR6 is a projected tip plug, essentially acting like a blow torch tio the top of your pistons if temps get hot enough. its a safe plug for a small shot but i would go with the BR7EF for 100+ shots. make sure your timing pull coinsides with your nitrous shot, or about 2 degrees per 50 hp on stock timing is my rule of thumb, and is pretty "safe".
100 shot
window switch 3k+ -6000 (before the limiter)
you CAN spray off the line if your clutch holds it
pull 4 degrees of timing to start
run a BR7EF plug
check the jetting with a wideband
track tune by shutting down right after a quick nitrous gear pass pull a plug and read the plug reading sticky to go from there. timing marks are very apparent on new plugs, and a wideband should have you really close on the fueling. always make sure you have consistant nitrous pressure and never let that be a variable when jetting. (low pressure =rich, dont jet down if your bottle is low...when you re fill, it will be lean)
100 shot
window switch 3k+ -6000 (before the limiter)
you CAN spray off the line if your clutch holds it
pull 4 degrees of timing to start
run a BR7EF plug
check the jetting with a wideband
track tune by shutting down right after a quick nitrous gear pass pull a plug and read the plug reading sticky to go from there. timing marks are very apparent on new plugs, and a wideband should have you really close on the fueling. always make sure you have consistant nitrous pressure and never let that be a variable when jetting. (low pressure =rich, dont jet down if your bottle is low...when you re fill, it will be lean)