babby on the bottle

[crazy torino]

thinkin about buyin a jdm engine and buyin a pair of those port and polished heads from 3x (along with the nx kit) just wondering how long it takes to hook up a nos kit. also i plan to buy the thick head gaskets and i've talked to a few other people about it and the've told me about head gasket blown so what eles do i need to take the titty out its moth and put her on the bottle.

[Jetts]

try to make a comment that u can actually read

[xXxRocker5150]

^lol

I think polishing and porting is definitly a very good thing to do... as for a NOS kit are you installing it yourself or having a performance shop do it???

as far as I know, there's no difference between a JDM n/a and a USDM n/a engine... so you're just spending extra money that you don't need.

[Stealthee]

Whoever is telling you about blown headgaskets are stupid. These cars blwo headgaskets about as often as a VR4 goes over 300,000 miles.

[Linebckr49]

hey stealthee, do you remember seeing that DOHC NA 3/S on 3si with 400,000+ miles on it?

original engine too!

ya, our cars don't blow headgaskets. once when i was coming home from college, my car overheated... 3 TIMES! and you know where the red mark is on the temp gauge...well the needle was well beyond that point. i thought my heads would be warped, head gaskets blown, yada yada bad stuff should have happened. ...oh no, just everything was fine. my thermostat just melted into one piece. new thermostat...i was ready to go (granted, the car was pressure tested and everything checked out ok).

these engines don't blow head gaskets.

[Stealthee]

Originally Posted by Linebckr49

hey stealthee, do you remember seeing that DOHC NA 3/S on 3si with 400,000+ miles on it?

original engine too!

ya, our cars don't blow headgaskets. once when i was coming home from college, my car overheated... 3 TIMES! and you know where the red mark is on the temp gauge...well the needle was well beyond that point. i thought my heads would be warped, head gaskets blown, yada yada bad stuff should have happened. ...oh no, just everything was fine. my thermostat just melted into one piece. new thermostat...i was ready to go (granted, the car was pressure tested and everything checked out ok).

these engines don't blow head gaskets.

Yup I remember that. There are a few very high mileage 3s guys out there.

[crazy torino]

yeah the guys had just told me about hondas and other motors with high miliage. (my car has 104k). but what about forged parts? i think the 94 and up motors had forged cranks and pistons right for both na and tt.

[Stealthee]

Forged crank, forged rods, cast pistons. The pistons however are a special casting that makes them stronger than regualr cast pistons.

[crazy torino]

so the stock forged crank and pistons will do fine for the nitrous

[Stealthee]

Originally Posted by crazy torino

so the stock forged crank and pistons will do fine for the nitrous

Yup. There are a few guys running 75+ shots on stock internals with absolutely zero issues. Make sure to get a wet kit if you get one though.

[crazy torino]

oh and by the way whats your take on nitrous some people say its cheating others just say its a cheap alternative to a turbo. so whats ur thoughts ?

[crazy torino]

Originally Posted by Stealthee

Yup. There are a few guys running 75+ shots on stock internals with absolutely zero issues. Make sure to get a wet kit if you get one though.

NX Nitrous Express EFI Import Kit w 10lb Bottle this is the one they sell at 3sx
http://www.3sxperformance.com/nitrous.asp
thats the page and it states that it is a wet kit but whats your thoughts

[Stealthee]

Originally Posted by crazy torino

oh and by the way whats your take on nitrous some people say its cheating others just say its a cheap alternative to a turbo. so whats ur thoughts ?

Those that says its cheating are stupid. Its forced induction. If nitrous is cheating then so is turbos, super chargers and any other go fast goody. Tell them to "Quit their bitchin".

As for the NX kit it looks pretty good. I plan on spraing sometime after my car is fixed right and wil end up going with that one.

[StealthModifier]

im not too familar with the nitrous kits. but my cuzin jus had one installed on his car an it onlys sprays at WOT. i thought that was pretty nice so u dont have to hold a button down for it.

[Stealthee]

I beleive they call that a window switch. Defitely something you want with a nitrous system.