In a message dated 12/2/98 8:04:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, mdubose@vt.edu
writes:
<< Well you gotta think that the force that NOS gives out is alot greater than
that
of a SC. I have seen cars with SC on them go 100,000+ miles with alot tender
loveing care...I have also seen cars on NOS blow holes in the pistons on the
first try...there are alot a variables with NOS as compared to a SC. Yes
there
are alot of variables with a SC but most of them if you make a mistake it
will
not damage your engine but with NOS just a little too much and you can blow
up
your engine. >>
Up where we drag race on Wed evenings in the summer there is a gentleman who
has a Vortec SC and a few other things done to a 94 Dak RC auto. I don't think
he has cranked up the boost but he has been through a pile of head gaskets.
Best run was a 13.4 if I remember right where as Knock on wood I've been
running the Nitrous going on 4th season without a problem and best run of
12.88. I really don't think the NOS is as hard on them as the SC's ????
Also factory installed SC will go for a long time if left alone at factory
settings but aftermarket SC's, from what I've seen and heard, are lots of
problems and lots of expense. NOS kits, at least from NOS, are a quality kit
and well tested and if you install and use per their directions you should
have no problems. It alos appears to me that mod for mod nos vs SC that the
NOS has better gains.
To each their own but my personal opinion is that I'd take a NOS set up for
$600 vs a SC for $4000 + (by the time your get everything to make it work
anywhere near right) any day . I will add one note to that, I don't race on
the street only the track so the NOS works very well for me.
Bill
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