Re: nitrous on a 4.7

From: Marty Galyean (mgalyean@acm.org)
Date: Sun Apr 15 2001 - 16:17:52 EDT


Would relieve valves be of use here? The normal vacuum would keep them shut. The occasional backfire would pop them open momentarily.

I dunno.

Marty

Jon Smith wrote:
>
> Considering the relative strength of Al vs. plastic, the aluminum is less
> likely to shatter. Although a backfire on a 4.7 may be more likely to blow
> the airhose off, it's still a high gamble to take (given that running n2o
> in the 1st place is a gamble)
>
> On 2001.04.15 01:20 Arnoldo Silva wrote:
> > have you ever seen what can happen to a aluminum intake when its
> > subjected
> > to a nitrous backfire same thing gazillion pieces or bent into a pretzel
> > same thing both are now useless.
> > arnold
>
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