Held My Own

[Genopsyde]

Originally Posted by philly rs

smoke on a decent engine that is well taken care of and not beat up, a 100 shot will be just fine. if u do as u say and dont use it all the time im sure your car can handle it. i used it on my stock engine for awhile, started with a 75 shot and raised it to a 120. with the rebuilt engine it takes a 200 shot with a "back up" 100. but ill tell the truth i havent used it with the shot that high. but with what u are wanting u will be more than ok.

how much of a shot do you think an engine with forged rods, pistons, and a cast crank can handle?

[philly rs]

well i have a friend whos ss takes close to 500 with 2 stages, first stage i think is a 250 shot and the rest on his second. but he spent alot of money in that engine and had to build a new tranny twice because he kept breaking it. hes now thinking about getting rid of the manual and also redoing his rearend. so to answer your question of how much would be the limit i wont lie im not sure how much u could take it up 2, we have an 1100 hp viper that runs a crazy sized shot on it so i have seen them pretty high. but for what he wants to do he will be just fine. on a stock bottom end a ls1 is said to be able to run a 150 shot with no problem and i have 4 people doing it and they have been for 2 years and they use it about 3 times a month. anyone running more than a 200 shot has forged internals, its like playing with fire if u dont do it then, its a matter of time before u burn something up. since i havent thought of going bigger than a total of 300 (200 followed by a 100) than i dont know, because when i built the engine, i asked our engine guy and a few other of the older guys could i do it. i play with nitrouse but dont get me wrong im not the big expert because many guys have been doing it alot longer than i have, but i do know alot about what u should and shouldnt do for certain set ups

[philly rs]

dang geno are u gonna add the bottle to your car?

[Link85x]

40% is ridicolous (spelling please), why so much?