My buddy was racing his 99 si a couple weeks ago with a 75 shot of nitrous from a Zex wet kit. His motor is all stock, he has all the basic bolt-ons, and he had colder spark plugs and retarded the ignition by 2 degrees as was recommended. On his 4th run something happened and his car started smoking and the engine was knocking like crazy! When he got the car home he pulled out the spark plugs and found that #2 was fried. He hasn't pulled off the head yet but he thinks that the #2 cylinder has some major damage to it. Fortunately his car is still under an extended warranty, but he's afraid to take it in. What do you guys think he should do? If he removes the nitrous kit and brings the car in will they be able to tell?

 

they SHOULD be able to tell. god would only hope warranty doesnt take care of this.

 

2degrees? i thought it was about 4-5 degrees for 75 shot, does his car fire up?.....do a compression test.

 

2degrees was fine.. some might even say a bit overkill

ya, do a compression test.

nitrous leaves sulfur deposits in the motor.

try running some seafoam or something through the motor i dont know if that will do it but you can try and make sure theres no signs that nitrous was used i.e holes in the trunk floorboard etc...

 

The car runs, but only on 3 cylinders since #2 is not firing. I think he's gonna rip out the nitrous kit and take it in and try to get it covered under the extended warranty. The car only has 60k miles, he had the 30k checkup and he has record of all oil changes. He was due for the 60k checkup before this, maybe they'll pin that on him if anything.

 

Give it a try, just deny all. The worst that they can say is no.

 

What dealership is he taking it to?

 

He broke it so he is going to try to scam Honda....that's not nice.

 

why did the nitrous fry his engine? i'm looking at doing a 55 dry shot on my b18c1 with just i/h/e. i don't wanna do the same thing! any suggestions? (sorry 4 the thread jak) but ya, if they see excess deposits then they'll say u were up to sumthing. u need to go with the sea-foam and drive it a bit to get it up to normal dirtiness. (if that makes sense)