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how safe is a 100 shot on a 5.0

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KasperG

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Has anybody had any luck with not blowing up their bottom end with a dry shot?
I would like to purchase a dry set up for my 95, but I am afraid that soon after I purchase it, I will be in the market for a new motor. Please give me some pointers. What do you guys think about the Zex set up.
 

Swarzkopf

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I've run a 125 shot courtesy of the Zex dry kit for quite some time now with no problem.
 

Black95GTS

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Back off some timing, run colder plugs, gap them correctly, install the proper window switching and rpm based protection, and you can safely run a NOS forever.

There are all kinds of horror stories about the bottle but if done properly you can still have a safe, conservative tune and make great power for low dollars.

Try searching this forum, there are tons of informative threads about NOS setups. Check this out, its written by a StangNet member, GCOMFX.

http://www.100mphclub.com/b_pages/tutorials/zex.htm

Adam
 

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i would also reccomend a bigger fuel pump just to be safe
 

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what is a neccessary size pump....I have been thinking of doing this, so when my pump went bad, i switched to a 190 lph pump...is that enough



jason
 

Swarzkopf

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Definitely. That's the size that I run.
 

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Yep You should be good to go.
 
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