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im just talking! i was agreeing & learning
Might I respectfully suggest that you spend a bit more time learning and a bit less talking as you'll make a lot more progress that way.
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Only a fool wouldn't after 40 years involved in engine/performance work, with 30 of that in nitrous. I've spent all those years learning and even now I still keep my eyes and ears open for an opportunity to learn more. I don't rule out the potential to even learn from fools, because a stupid question or statement can trigger a thought process that leads to something new.
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in my humble opinion any extras such as nos, bigger turbo, higher revs do put strain on the engine tho... nothing is perfect
That as you say is "your opinion" but the point of learning is to be prepared to change your opinion in the face of convincing evidence, something you seem reluctant to do.
Had my original response not vanished from my computer before I could post it, you would have been able to read 2 examples of why nitrous is NOT like the other examples you mention, so unless you accept my brief statement on the matter, I'll have to make time to re-type it for you.
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it is making me consider a small shot of nos for my project but i have to compare it against the other aspects first. ie im going to have more displacement & more grunt by using lpg (higher ron
How exactly is lpg going to give you more displacement???
In my experience lpg will give you LESS grunt.
It is NOT appropriate to compare LPG with nitrous and even if you did it is not possible in the simple manner you have a tendency to use.
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ideally itd be nice to have a supercharger for low end, a turbo for upper end, have it na tuned for max efficiency anyway
A supercharger can't match nitrous for low end torque (a supercharger uses the first 20% or so of the power made JUST to drive the blower), a turbo would have horrendous lag if it were big enough to make more power than nitrous and both blowers and turbos don't work well with highly tuned NA engines (whereas nitrous will) and when you've built your highly tuned, blown and turbo creation, I'll still beat you with my nitrous ONLY creation. You will have spent tens of £1,000 and be at huge risk of such a complex combination failing, whilst my cheap and simple alternative will run forever trouble free.
To be continued
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use lpg (/ hydrogen) and a small shot of nos. making use of each at its best
lol.. What the hell has LPG to do with hydrogen, apart from the hydrocarbons that are produced as a byproduct of combustion, the same as any other fuel?
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ie you cant get full power gains from nos alone; ud melt the engine
You've not been listening/learning have you,
as I stated earlier, a CORRECTLY DESIGNED, FITTED & USED NITROUS system will NOT melt your engine, any more than a correctly designed, fitted and used turbo will.
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no engine is designed to run nos..... all engines are designed to be mildly na tuned. (ie a 4500cc v8 is designed to be taken out to 5000cc over its lifetime to be 'new & improved' in the next car) so running nos does do damage (how much depends how mad u go
Still not listening/learning,
forget NOS and for now we'll even use your own INCORRECT assumption that "power is power regardless of how it is generated", therefore it makes no difference if the extra power is generated by NA tuning or nitrous.
I hate repeating myself but as you insist on not taking notice, a CORRECTLY DESIGNED, FITTED & USED NITROUS system will NOT damage your engine any more likely than if the power was generated by any other means, in FACT as I've stated previously the REVERSE is the case.
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a GOOD QUICK shot of power may be fun but your also putting strain on other car parts
To keep it SIMPLE at this stage I'll agree with you on this point (although it's not strictly true and certainly different when dealing with nitrous) but again it's no different to when extra power is made by any other means, so what's the problem?
Trevor Langfield