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Who has burned up a piston or two from using nitrous?

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Old Feb 12, 2014 | 05:06 PM
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Default Who has burned up a piston or two from using nitrous?

Any fun (or bad depending how you look at it) stories of burning pistons from spraying?
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 11:15 AM
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I chipped a valve because I sprayed too long on the highway. The spark plug broke, then chipped the valve on the way out. Easy fix though.
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 03:57 AM
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sprayed too long


Surely this wouldn't matter if it was all stoich, right?
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 06:10 AM
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Nope, sh*t gets hot anyways.
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