Re: nitrous on a 4.7

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Sun Apr 15 2001 - 17:51:09 EDT


How are facts "negative feedback?" If you don't want to hear that
something will be less dangerous on another engine than it is on yours
(alumninum vs. plastic shattering), then don't ask it. Think of where
people would be if they only got "positive" responses and no one ever
said "that blew up on me" - we'd have people making the same mistakes
over and over.

Arnoldo Silva wrote:
>
> thanks marty for the positive feedback there are alot of people here that
> like to give negative feedback on everything that they dont like. I
> understand that some people dont like nitrous and I myself do not trust it
> completely but if you dont have any comments that can help than you should
> not post a reply! if the intake on the 4.7 is plastic oh well than it is
> either way i want to find a way to make my dakota better and possibly alot
> faster.
> arnold
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marty Galyean" <mgalyean@acm.org>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: nitrous on a 4.7
>
> > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > > _______________
> > > Jon Smith
> > > Raleigh, NC
> > > www.fast4x4.net
> > > '94 CC 4x4 318
> > > 344rwhp/424rwtq
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > --
> > "The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
> > -- unknown
> >
> >

-- 
-andy

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