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nitrous and pistons

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Subject: nitrous and pistons
From: Scott Cowle <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:03:58 -0400
   Well now that my engine is fully disassembled I can tell you that 7 of 8
pistons are beautiful scrap, #8 having suffered the worst meltdown but all
the other 6 were on their way too.All eight spark plugs had the side
electrode burned clean off. So in about a couple of seconds of stupidity on
my part as a driver I have cost myself a lot.But my question is why. If the
nitrous system is jetted properly, and it was-NOS specs, why would
activating it with the throttle closed cause such tremendous heat in such a
short time? To recount , I hit it in second gear, spun the wheels hard and
released the throttle before the button-brain fade!
Scott                

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