FI vs Head/ Cam/ Nitrous
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FI vs Head/ Cam/ Nitrous I am at a crossroads and am looking for experienced information. I know yall know your stuff and before I decide either way I would like to get as much information as possible. I would really like to hear reasons for choosing either FI or Head/cam/nitrous. Any particular reason you choose one over the other?? Anything yall would do different? Since my application already includes headers I was thinking if I went FI I would be looking ATI D1. Head/cam/nitrous would prob be a cartek or lgm head/cam package with a 100shot wet. What are cost versus hp numbers? Looking to spend around $5-7k. I would save and make sure I did it right (right heads/cam combo for application.Which would give me the best performance and not be a constant headache to maintain and would also be very reliable? What would I have to do to engine in an FI application to make it reliable at 8lbs of boost of so? Sorry for all the questions just trying to learn. I appreciate your responses and any input you can give me.
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Re: FI vs Head/ Cam/ Nitrous Ive gone the N20 route, and i liked it very much, but on my next fbody, ill be heading down the FI highway.
Its my opinion that a reliable and "somewhat" built H/C and N20 package is going to cost you $7K, and thats with building the bottom-end slightly.
A FI set-up is gonna run you between $5-7K for the "tuner kits", which now-a-days seems like everything you need for the install.
Mr. Raymers kit, IMO, seems to give you the best bang for you buck, and doesnt look like it gets anymore complete then that.
MMS in Cali, had a pretty solid deal on ATI kits, and install necessities back in december i believe.
I think that a H/C/N car will go faster in the 1/4 then any of the above two kits with stock displacement.
However the best thing about an FI car is that the power is always there, where-as if you run out of N20, and fill the bottle back up, your basically driving around without insurance when your next race takes place.
Good luck with whichever route you choose, im sure it run with the best. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
Its my opinion that a reliable and "somewhat" built H/C and N20 package is going to cost you $7K, and thats with building the bottom-end slightly.
A FI set-up is gonna run you between $5-7K for the "tuner kits", which now-a-days seems like everything you need for the install.
Mr. Raymers kit, IMO, seems to give you the best bang for you buck, and doesnt look like it gets anymore complete then that.
MMS in Cali, had a pretty solid deal on ATI kits, and install necessities back in december i believe.
I think that a H/C/N car will go faster in the 1/4 then any of the above two kits with stock displacement.
However the best thing about an FI car is that the power is always there, where-as if you run out of N20, and fill the bottle back up, your basically driving around without insurance when your next race takes place.
Good luck with whichever route you choose, im sure it run with the best. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
