100-150 shot
03-17-2006, 01:07 PM
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off the shelf forged slugs would be happy with 150 shot. You could spray more but most off the shelf forged pistons are mostly 4032 material and you'd run into problems if detonation occurred. Get a set of custom 2618 material forged pistons(any custom nitrous piston is forged out of this material) and spray to your hearts content really. Custom slugs would be good for 100-125+% of baseline power.
Personally I don't think that the 2 degrees for every 50hp is necessary on todays engines. 10+ years ago, yea. But now cylinder head/combustion chamber design has made GIANT leaps. To give you an example, someone I know has a LS1 with a decent hit on it. Based on the 2 degree formula a total of 8 degrees was pulled out on initial tune, well the car was sluggish on the gas. So 2 was put back in, the car picked up. Put another 2 back in it, it picked up some more. Said **** it, ran stock timing, BAM car felt like it should. That was on pump 93, no detonation registered on the knock sensors. Put 100 octane in the tank and through more fuel and 4 degrees MORE timing and the car went DEEP 11s. Still does actually. A friend of mine runs nitrous avidly in his SBF Capri, and was using nitrous when it wouldn't kill you(huffing it) and says that with today's aftermarket and new factory designs that rule is pretty much nonexistent below 200-250hp worth of nitrous. And I agree. Now if you're still on double hump irons you'd better pull that timing, otherwise I wouldn't worry about it.
Personally I don't think that the 2 degrees for every 50hp is necessary on todays engines. 10+ years ago, yea. But now cylinder head/combustion chamber design has made GIANT leaps. To give you an example, someone I know has a LS1 with a decent hit on it. Based on the 2 degree formula a total of 8 degrees was pulled out on initial tune, well the car was sluggish on the gas. So 2 was put back in, the car picked up. Put another 2 back in it, it picked up some more. Said **** it, ran stock timing, BAM car felt like it should. That was on pump 93, no detonation registered on the knock sensors. Put 100 octane in the tank and through more fuel and 4 degrees MORE timing and the car went DEEP 11s. Still does actually. A friend of mine runs nitrous avidly in his SBF Capri, and was using nitrous when it wouldn't kill you(huffing it) and says that with today's aftermarket and new factory designs that rule is pretty much nonexistent below 200-250hp worth of nitrous. And I agree. Now if you're still on double hump irons you'd better pull that timing, otherwise I wouldn't worry about it.
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