What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
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What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
Just curious, from some of your experiences ... What seems to be harder on a motor?
I plan to do a heads cam set up this winter as long as my boss still says he will inspect my vehicle for me that way
. If not, N20 is always an option. But I got into a disagreement with a guy I know.
He INSISTS that a 100 wet shot on a bolt on LT1 is going to be way harder on the motor than if I just do the LE3 heads, and LE1 HL ( For now until I build a stroker to use up them LE3's ... ) cam on ported intake, full bolt ons etc. He swears up and down that the sudden blast of power is way harder on it that a H/C would be.
I look at it this way, with N20, on say, a 100 shot, it will dyno close to the same as what some of the LE1 LE2 cars are dynoing ... Except, on the spray, it is making that power, and can be shifted at 5800ish. With the H/C you gotta spin that bitch up to like 6500? To take full advantage of the cam and heads.
I think Heads and cam would kill it faster than a properlly installed N20 kit ...
And I think I am about to put my foot up this guys *** because he is driving me insane. He keeps blabbing about how his bolt on 5.0 AOD is going to smoke my car once he gets his new TB and **** ...
I plan to do a heads cam set up this winter as long as my boss still says he will inspect my vehicle for me that way
. If not, N20 is always an option. But I got into a disagreement with a guy I know.He INSISTS that a 100 wet shot on a bolt on LT1 is going to be way harder on the motor than if I just do the LE3 heads, and LE1 HL ( For now until I build a stroker to use up them LE3's ... ) cam on ported intake, full bolt ons etc. He swears up and down that the sudden blast of power is way harder on it that a H/C would be.
I look at it this way, with N20, on say, a 100 shot, it will dyno close to the same as what some of the LE1 LE2 cars are dynoing ... Except, on the spray, it is making that power, and can be shifted at 5800ish. With the H/C you gotta spin that bitch up to like 6500? To take full advantage of the cam and heads.
I think Heads and cam would kill it faster than a properlly installed N20 kit ...
And I think I am about to put my foot up this guys *** because he is driving me insane. He keeps blabbing about how his bolt on 5.0 AOD is going to smoke my car once he gets his new TB and **** ...
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
Sure seems like RPMs is what kills LT1's though. Theres an awful lot of guys spraying a 100-150 shot for years that are fine. I think they last because they dont have to rev as high.
I wanna go all motor though and have 100% full intentions of it this winter.
It just happened to come up and turn into an arguement.
I wanna go all motor though and have 100% full intentions of it this winter.
It just happened to come up and turn into an arguement.
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
Nitrous is harder on an engine, when you spray, you gain alot more power down low. But a HC car revs higher too. But what ever you choose, if you do it right, theres no reason your motor shouldn't hold together. Hell I'm a heads/cam car on a 100-125 shot. 
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
I say it depends on how often you use the nitrous. If you spray once a year, then its definately not going to be as tough on the engine. H/C is producing extra strain on the engine 100% of the time. As long as you set them up right I dont think either is that bad for the engine.
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
Originally Posted by HardcoreRM125
I look at it this way, with N20, on say, a 100 shot, it will dyno close to the same as what some of the LE1 LE2 cars are dynoing ... Except, on the spray, it is making that power, and can be shifted at 5800ish. With the H/C you gotta spin that bitch up to like 6500? To take full advantage of the cam and heads.
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
if you dont detonate it, and you stay within the stock rpm range, the compressive loads of the nitrous (or any poweradder) are actually easier on the rods then the extra rpm you run with heads and cam.
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
Originally Posted by MeanGreen97Z
Add in when you go higher in the rpm range its harder on your drivetrain.... so is nitrous.... especially on a auto transmission.
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
From all i've seen, especially with spinning bearings, i'd rather run a 150 shot as long as the owner knows how to set it up and install and use it right, rather than a cam that spins to above 6500.
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
Who's driving it?
It all depends. if your heads cam pkg is for high rpm applications kiss it goobye quick.
If your addiction to nitrous(crack) is really bad then you will have problems too.
In moderation for nitrous it will last unless you crack a ring land because you have stock pistons.
On the other hand if you keep your H/C pkg conservative(under 6000rpm)
it will last a long time too.
Do both and have fun
It all depends. if your heads cam pkg is for high rpm applications kiss it goobye quick.
If your addiction to nitrous(crack) is really bad then you will have problems too.
In moderation for nitrous it will last unless you crack a ring land because you have stock pistons.
On the other hand if you keep your H/C pkg conservative(under 6000rpm)
it will last a long time too.
Do both and have fun
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Re: What do you think is harder on a stock bottom LT1, H/C or 100 Shot
Mine survived a long time on 100-150 shot. Sold my n20 kit to buy my cam and only made it a few thousand miles. Spun 2 rod bearings. That was shifting below 6500, with a 6500 limiter.
