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Thinking the time to replace plugs is near and I thought it would be a good opportunity to switch to recommended plugs for my ZEX kit.
I would like to know if one step colder plugs reduces HP when not on the bottle or just simply do they harm the engine when not on the bottle ? My car is an 07 not Turbocharged or Supercharged Much thanks
Last edited by OneSilverZ; 08-24-2009 at 07:53 PM.
One step colder will not hurt your engine when you are off the bottle. You will lose a small amount of HP but it pays off when you use your nitrous. Happy Tuning! How much of a shot are you pushing?
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One step colder will not hurt your engine when you are off the bottle. You will lose a small amount of HP but it pays off when you use your nitrous. Happy Tuning! How much of a shot are you pushing?
right now Im just running a 75shot which I've honestly only used once after I finished installing it for testing. I've never had any real need to use it so far since I mainly use my car for daily driving and weekend joy riding but I'm thinking about going up to a 100 with a tune and some race gas for some drag ass whooping. Being a nice guy on the road around town has got some people that know nothing about my car thinking my car is all show.
Will I honestly need bigger injectors for a hundred shot? I have an HR , I'm thinking with a 100shot + q16 + tune + my other exhaust mods (ypipe back 2.5 inch exhaust and race pipes) should yield very close to 400whp . I 've seen on here people with stock HR motors making well over 400whp with turbo setups so I figure my engine will be able to handle it.
Last edited by OneSilverZ; 08-27-2009 at 05:52 PM.
right now Im just running a 75shot which I've honestly only used once after I finished installing it for testing. I've never had any real need to use it so far since I mainly use my car for daily driving and weekend joy riding but I'm thinking about going up to a 100 with a tune and some race gas for some drag ass whooping. Being a nice guy on the road around town has got some people that know nothing about my car thinking my car is all show.
Will I honestly need bigger injectors for a hundred shot? I have an HR , I'm thinking with a 100shot + q16 + tune + my other exhaust mods (ypipe back 2.5 inch exhaust and race pipes) should yield very close to 400whp . I 've seen on here people with stock HR motors making well over 400whp with turbo setups so I figure my engine will be able to handle it.
One step colder plugs will not affect performance that you will feel. I dynoed my car stock then with injen intakes. Lost like 2rwhp, but different day was it the intakes the plugs idk or do I care. As for a 100shot you don’t need race gas, a tune would be just fine. Be careful when you start comparing turbos and superchargers to nitrous, not really apples to apples.
Cold plugs will not hurt N/A performance in any way you'll be able to detect. It's better to play it safe with nitrous and lose 1 or 2 horses rather than risking it trying to save yourself from "losing" power.
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Originally Posted by izit26
You dont need race gas for a 100 shot. 1 step colder plugs and a basic tune will be fine. I run a 14x shot on a stock tune, w/ plugs, just pig rich.
So, you run a hundred forty shot pig rich? That doesn't sound smart in any way whatsoever. It's better to be in the proper AFR range with maybe a smaller shot than run that rich to avoid detonation, which means you're now risking the mixture pooling causing backfires. Not only that, you lose power when you run that rich - at least, you don't gain as much.
What jets did you use for your "100 shot" in your sig and what do you use for the 14X shot now?
Does One Step Colder plugs affect NA performance?
How much of a shot are you pushing?
