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Old 05-18-2003, 11:44 PM
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I have heard of high"er" compression motors running nitrous. However, you have to take into account a thingy called cylinder pressure. As the compression rises, so does cylinder pressure. Think of cylinder pressure as this, if you put so much air into a balloon it will rise to a certain extent. If you put that same amount of air into a slightly smaller balloon, POP!! Think of your cylinder as a balloon, sorry analogy I know. But as you raise the compression which decreases the "size" of the cylinder from the piston dome, you basically make a smaller balloon. As you add more air (boost, nitrous) expect a POP!! If you really want to run nitrous or turbo I would suggest lower compression. Sorry if this is confusing sounding. I really don't know how to say it well.
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