My son has nitrous on his formula and uses the retarder box. says you have to.
He also
uses the rev limiter chip msd model and it does limit the rpm. You can floor it
in neutral
and it wont go past the limit set by the chip.
Jon Steiger wrote:
> Just wondering; is it nescessary to retard the spark when using
> nitrous? I was looking at MSD's web page... If I was to get nitrous,
> I'd need something like the 6AL which will give me a rev limiter,
> but they also have a 6BTM which lets you retard the timing up to 15
> degrees with a knob on the dash. (Sounds expensive, so I hope it
> isn't nescessary.) :-) I do know that some people retard the
> timing, but maybe that's only for really high performance stuff? I've
> got the MP SBEC which actually advances the timing, so I wonder if there
> might be a problem there?
>
> Also, seeing as how I have a manual transmission, if I were on the
> juice and missed a shift, would the MSD shut down the engine fast
> enough to prevent damage?
>
> -Jon-
>
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