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Old 06-25-2006, 01:09 PM
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I'm trying to decide which way I want to go. It will be mostly street driven so it needs to be streetable. Which one would be safer, produce more power, and be cheaper? sorry for the stupid questions
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Originally Posted by aaron653
I'm trying to decide which way I want to go. It will be mostly street driven so it needs to be streetable. Which one would be safer, produce more power, and be cheaper? sorry for the stupid questions
One thing I'm learning is that big power takes pretty close to the same $$$ no matter which rout you take if you do it right. The only 'cheap' way to do things is fuel and a nitrous shot w/ out forged internals but that only goes so far.
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Head/cam/nitrous will be way cheaper than FI. Thats a promise.
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h/c cheaper but the fi would be better
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Yeah the nitrous route would be cheaper but I think FI would be better.
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h/c & nitrous will be simplier & cheaper, FI will more fun.
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FI no doubt bring $$$ though
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I have done it H/C's and Nitrous. Then switched to FI.

If you have the money FI is the only way to go.
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H/C/Nitrous but refilling the bottles gets expensive after awhile
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Originally Posted by Ed Blown Vert
I have done it H/C's and Nitrous. Then switched to FI.

If you have the money FI is the only way to go.
Interesting...why do you like FI so much better? im torn between the two as well.
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I did Nitrous for two years. Its the best bang for the buck. But I really got tired of filling the bottle. The only time you could use the power was at WOT.

With FI, no bottle to fill and you can get into boost at part throttle.

I always hated running out of Nitrous on the street.
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Originally Posted by lock down
h/c cheaper but the fi would be better
Thats not really true, a big nitrous car can put down a whole lot of power.
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FI may be more fun, nitrous cars are FAST just like us, but it all depends on what you want to do with the car, and how much you want to spend. Nitrous with H/C will be NASTY, but don't overdo it on a non-forged bottom end, like the others said, it'll only last so long.
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go h/c/nos. its easier.....at least it has to be. FI has so many querks to deal with.
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Originally Posted by KAOS
go h/c/nos. its easier.....at least it has to be. FI has so many querks to deal with.
Querks such as what? im trying to learn here
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All of them
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All of them
answer of the day

Oh, if your interested (person starting the thread) ive got some stage 2 katech heads and a thunder racing 224 cam for a good price if your interested

Pm me if youd like.
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take those katech heads and but a bigger cam then spary it. if i had it to do all over again i would have bought my buddies car, the cannibal, and been done.




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