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[QUOTE]Originally posted by customN2O: [QB] Well, you are right to an extent. They say a stock block will only handle about 700 hp. I was putting 850 through it for about 4 seasons. Nothing ever broke. I filled the block with block cement, up to the water pump holes. That left about 3 inches of cylinder "unfilled". THe fact that it was a stock block, and bored .060 over, means there was probably only about .150 thick cylinder wall at that top 3 inches. You could see where the cylinders were moving around above that point. Was this caused by nitrous? Yes and no. The internal parts of the motor, and the rest of that car for that matter, dont know what the difference is between nitrous hp,or N/A hp. HP is HP, and will tear things up, when the capabilities are not there. The fact that the nitrous put me over the block limit, could say that it caused the distruction, but then again, there wasnt any distruction....Nothing broke. Old blocks with rusted head bolt holes, tend to soften over the years...Ive seen it happen to stock motors. The fact that I saw what was going on to the block when I took it apart, was the reason I bought an aftermarket block. That and the fact I happened to have to money at that time. Now I can throw alot more power at it, and not have the block as the weak point. No offense to you Sir, but I doubt you are playing with that much power, so my original statement, was directed at that. Nitrous doesnt hurt motors, its the tuneup, or lack of tuneup that does. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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