Nitrous?

[Marlboro_Man]

so a wet kit is safer? why is that?

IMO the wet kit is safer because you are basically injecting fuel with the nitrous instead of relying on the injectors and vacuum to do it for you, as well your injectors won't be seeing 60-90 psi fp when you spray. Again this is just MY OPINION.

oh, and what kind of tuning is necessary? just a little timing?

2* of timing for every 50hp of juice. 1 number colder spark plugs for every 75-100 shot.

Of course you can play with these things to see where you make the most power or where is the safest for your setting. Having a REPUTABLE tuner burn a chip and tune your car on a dyno would not be a bad thing at all, however it is not a neccesity.

 

[91ghp5.0]

what does FR stand for? im not always in the loop when it comes to some of the abbreviations. i priced out an NX wet kit, the "next gen" heater and purge kit, 2 gauges, a fuel pump, etc. for about 1700 on jegs. does that seem right to you? i dont really want to have the permanent stress on my engine of something like a blower, but i certainly want the power to be there every once in a while. this is, however, my daily driver, and i cant afford to sacrifice it. what do you guys think?

edit: oh, and that price includes the edelbrock digital window switch i found on jegs

second edit: I'm not worried about making optimum power. i just want a little more go, very, very safely.

 

[Marlboro_Man]

Nitrous is as safe as you make it! However if your shortblock isn't in that great of shape you can help it crap out with the extra power.

FP= Fuel Pressure

AFPR= Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator

FR= Fuel Regulator

When tuning, the right size jets is a must (almost forgot that lol).

 

[Curse]

FR=fuel pressure
The kit priced right for all the NX stuff if you buy the NX separate it will cost a bit more. But you can buy all the stuff from another brand for a lot less. Does that NX kit have the heater/coller combo?
Beat me to it.

 

[Danman765432]

Ill see if my brother can help you out and find some prices out for you on the N/X kit...Some guy on his Camaro forum is a N/X dealer and from what I saw it was decently priced, and isnt Jegs normally marked up higher then normal places on parts. Shoot me a PM of all the parts that you want.

Just a question have you run a compression test or anything like that on your car to see how decent of shape your motor is in?

 

[92GreenGT]

Just find a used dry kit and slap it on, no need to get crazy spending money on something that can be had for super cheap. You can find a Dry nitrous kit for cheap if you just look around on Ebay. Probably find a kit for $200-250, then a fuel pump and a bottle heater and your good to go.

-Edit-
If you wanted to spend $1500 id just piece together a turbo kit.

 

[91ghp5.0]

The motor was just recently rebuilt (has less than 5k on the clock i believe). Stock block, TRW pistons, B cam, all new internals. Nothing crazy, just brand new.

Turbo is my ultimate dream, but I dont have the time, money, or skills to put a kit together.

 

[Danman765432]

some used/new kits i found looking at corral/ebay...just some if you take a quick look around...

http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=836690
http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=833858
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-Mustang-Nitrous-Express-Wet-Kit_W0QQitemZ230030467994QQihZ013QQcategoryZ33740QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Also I though with wet kits with our cars that they caused puddling in our intake manifold, am I mistaken?

Also just to let you know it would be a heck of a lot cheaper if you bought a dry kit and you can piece together items off ebay, like the bottle heater and opener for not that much.

 

[91ghp5.0]

FR=fuel pressure
The kit priced right for all the NX stuff if you buy the NX separate it will cost a bit more. But you can buy all the stuff from another brand for a lot less. Does that NX kit have the heater/coller combo?
Beat me to it.

Yes, NX sells a kit with an automatic bottle heater, pressure gauge, blow down tube, and a purge kit. Will the purge kit (and all the other stuff for that matter) work with an NOS kit for example? It says the purge kit is for an "iceman" solenoid, but I can't imagine it wouldn't hook up to another system.

I'm probably going to end up piecing this system together. Buying the kit at first, then the "next gen" NX "goodie" kit, then the digital window switch, and on it goes. Being a college student isn't fun when it comes to cash!

Again guys, thanks for all the help. I've been back and forth about this for a long time, and nitrous just seems like the way to go when it comes to A) bang for the buck, B) price, and C) safety.

 

[92GreenGT]

Turbo is my ultimate dream, but I dont have the time, money, or skills to put a kit together.

Dont say Dont. I thought that too but I finally made it happen.

 

[91ghp5.0]

Dont say Dont. I thought that too but I finally made it happen.

never say never, i know, i know lol. eventually a turbo is on the way. a much needed forged stroker will be in place before that happens though. this will hopefully get me through college, till i can spend some realllll money.

 

[Danman765432]

ok here is the thing that happened with the kit i had, my brother had it on his camaro and took it off so now i took it...we looked at all the kits and decided to model it after the NOS kit. http://www.holley.com/data/Products/Technical/A5130-SNOS.pdf#search=%2216244-A-SNOS%22
The parts I needed were these to transfer it over to the nos kit:
17500nos-2.99
15850nos-57.25
16244-A-SNOS- 6.25
17538-59-SNOS-15.99
17242-NOS

Also with the NOS kit you need 3 solenoids if you plan to purge or 2 if you dont.

This is also for a Dry Kit.

The bottle heater should just hook right up and so should the pressure gauge. I'm not to sure about the purge kit but i dont see why it shouldnt hook up.

Also i know about being a college kid on a budget since i am there now. If you want a budget nitrous kit I would buy a used Dry 05115 NOS complete kit and then add all the goodies to it, if it doesnt come with some.

Here is one for sale:
http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=834004

 

[Curse]

Also I though with wet kits with our cars that they caused puddling in our intake manifold, am I mistaken?

If you activate a wet kit below 3000 rpms then yes, puddling can occur. That is why I feel a window switch is so important. You can have the system armed and WOT switch down, but the system will not fire unless the rpm is in the range you want the system to fire in.

The argument between wet vs dry has been around forever with valid points on both sides, but on our cars I feel a dry kit is too risky. Jacking up the FP to feed the system is just asking for trouble.

 

[MyBad70]

Zex makes a nice dry shot. adjustable from 50-125hp i believe. comes with the computer so its real safe. wires into ur tps so it activates at wide open. the guy at our performance shop was trying to sell me one, just because of the computer that comes with it.