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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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Nitrous and Carbon Apex seals

Well what i am wondering is how much nitrous or if anyone is running nitrous with carbon apex seals, i would run steal apex seals but i would hate to have it blow and destroy my mfr pp housings, thanks, mike
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 09:37 AM
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Mike the most I've ever ran was a 150 shot on my old peripheral engine. I know for a fact that some people have ran upto a 200 shot for short periods. Rob at Pineapple said 150 is on the safer side, but the motor could hold more. CJ
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 04:35 PM
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How much nitrous can the stock seals handle without getting too brittle?
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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i have heard of people running 100-150 on stock seals but they were brand new stock seals, my freind blew his stock 12a seals on a 50 shot, but the car had like 70,000 on it
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 01:53 AM
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I know what nitrous does and I have used it in a variety of cars but what I'm trying to understand is do the seals just get brittle after a lot of mileage? I know the sudden change of temperature with nitrous puts some formula for disaster on the seals if abused but I am gonna experiment maybe. My FD only has 27k miles on the stock motor so I don't think there should be a problem with a 100 shot. I'll post up my outcome, unless I go single first .
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by iluvmy3rdgen
How much nitrous can the stock seals handle without getting too brittle?
Proper nitrous injection does not make your apex seals "brittle".
I have run upwards of staged 250hp shots on stock 2mm 3-piece and 2-piece apex seals without problem.
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 05:26 AM
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So just keep fuel in mind and I'll be fine? Because I plan on getting a wet kit, is there anything else I should do for the fuel maybe a FPR?
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