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HOW SAFE/PRACTICAL IS NOS on an
100K+ engine?
Written by: Mike R.
Email: miker@purehonda.com
There is no such thing as
safe NOS for a motor that has 100K on it. Remember that a Honda or Acura
motor is designed to last you 300K without modifications, except for a
tune up now and then. Your pistons and rods may be worn out and forcing
them with nitrous could be devastating to the point where one of them
may go through your hood, or worse, going down and taking the tranny
with it. Plus, the fact that as the motor gets older its internal parts
loose a bit of spunk.
I have 170K on my Honda,
and it has been showing signs of compression loss. Your Honda may be
doing the same and you may not even notice. If you do indeed have
compression loss, NOS will simply make the engine work harder and hotter
and may not produce the results you are looking for. I do not have NOS,
for I was turned off on it when a friend completely took out most of
what was inside his engine compartment when his rods and pistons broke.
He wasn't pushing the vehicle hard, NOS just gives more power in the
fuel line, producing larger combustion, thus creating more force on the
pistons, rods, cams, valves, etc. Sooner or later they can't take the
stress any longer and boom.
To make a long story
short, it is not worth the risk to put NOS on a car with such high level
of mileage. You tempt fate and may end up buying a new car afterwards
when the one you have decides to blow up on you. If the vehicle were
newer and had less mileage, I would say go for it, the risk is
considerably lower.
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