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Old 03-07-2011, 11:32 AM
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Default Nitrous Oxide and Nikasil - results?

Hey guys, sorry if the question has been asked before; but I didn't find it during a search.

As I'm learning more about Jags, I'm seeing that the Nikasil engines had issues with high-sulfur fuel. Automotive nitrous oxide has Sulfur Dioxide added to it. How has that affected the life of the Nikasil? Is the amount too small to matter; or does does this put on borrowed time?

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nitrous has 100ppm thats pretty small, I would wory more about the increase cylinder pressure than sulfer on an engine that suffers from ring seal issues due to nikasil
 
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Thanks. If I can find an XJR; I was considering playing with the bottle until the LS/4L80 swap.

I have somewhat changed my search, though; and am trying to find an XJ6C for this conversion.
 
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