Resumen

Blair preguntó: ¿La separación de los anillos para el óxido nitroso cambia a medida que aumenta la cantidad de óxido nitroso que se rocía? Sí, así que lo que realmente debemos considerar es que el óxido nitroso no es más que un aditivo de potencia y, en realidad, lo considero lo mismo que un turbocompresor.

00:00 - Blair has asked, ring gapping for nitrous, do the ring gaps change as the amount of nitrous you'll be spraying increases? Yes it does, so what we really need to consider is nitrous is nothing more than a power adder and it's really, I consider it the same as a turbocharger.
00:15 So we need to consider there's a turbocharger or a nitrous kit, let's say, we'll stick to nitrous, where we're running a 50 horsepower shot.
00:22 Now if we're running a 50 horsepower shot on an engine that's already producing 400 horsepower, it's really not a significant percentage increase over the overall power of the engine so we don't need to make a massive allowance for that.
00:35 The other thing is nitrous has a cooling effect on the intake charge so it actually helps reduce some of the combustion heat, even though because we're combusting more fuel and air, by virtue of that there will be more heat overall produced.
00:48 On the other hand, if we've got that same 400 horsepower engine and now we're putting a 400 horsepower shot of nitrous on it or two stages of 200 for example, well yes now we're going to need to rethink our strategy and definitely we're going to need to increase our ring gaps.
01:04 So there is a range here of where we need our ring gaps to be and we always want to be a little bit cautious.
01:11 If you're ever in doubt, it's always best to give the technical service department for your piston ring manufacturer a call and go through the specifics of your application and they will be able to help you with anything that falls kind of outside the usual guidelines of what comes with your ring pack.
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