nitrous question?
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nitrous question? I have a 97 TransAm with 125k motor runs beutiful doesnt smoke never had to open her up jus normal stuff. I dont want to go all out cause it doesnt get great gas mileage and its my daily driver so i was thinkin about nitrous. Do youll think the motor can handle nitrous i was thinkin about a 100 shot but idk if i should go with wet or dry?
100 shot shouldn't be a problem for your motor if it is well taken care of maintenance wise....
If you're going to do a 100 shot I'd run a dry system.... but i'd think about upgrading your injectors if they are original 125K miles on them.... dry systems run very high fuel pressures and if you injectors are already tired they might need to get replaced....
Get a set of 24lb SVO injectors and call it a day.....
If you're going to do a 100 shot I'd run a dry system.... but i'd think about upgrading your injectors if they are original 125K miles on them.... dry systems run very high fuel pressures and if you injectors are already tired they might need to get replaced....
Get a set of 24lb SVO injectors and call it a day.....
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Awsome thanks exactly what i wanted to hear!! With jus a CAI and 3 inch flowmaster exhaust with a 3 inch cutout and some nice tires she was puttin down some 13.7's what kinda gains should i see from a 100 dry shot?? And could i go higher than 100 like a 150??
With a properly tuned system on a 100 shot I'd say you're looking at anywhere from 8 tenths to 1.2 seconds chopped... From 13.7's I'd say you'd at least run in the 12.7 range.... This is of course assuming you can get it to hook and you're spraying in every gear....
I'd say get some ET Streets, spray it out the hole on a 100 dry shot and you're probably looking at 12.50's easy..... On a 150 12.20's-12.30's are more like it.....
If you drive it like it's STOLEN (I'm assuming you have a 10 bolt rearend still so this might not be a good idea) and you launch the **** out of it on a 150 shot and cut a 1.7 short time or so even 11's wouldn't be a far cry.....
When my car was setup similar to yours (I had a few more bolt ons so i was running 13.3's NA) and I put on a 150 shot, some good tires and a good clutch, I dropped my ET's down to 11.78.... But keep in mind i blew a few rearends along the way
I'd say get some ET Streets, spray it out the hole on a 100 dry shot and you're probably looking at 12.50's easy..... On a 150 12.20's-12.30's are more like it.....
If you drive it like it's STOLEN (I'm assuming you have a 10 bolt rearend still so this might not be a good idea) and you launch the **** out of it on a 150 shot and cut a 1.7 short time or so even 11's wouldn't be a far cry.....
When my car was setup similar to yours (I had a few more bolt ons so i was running 13.3's NA) and I put on a 150 shot, some good tires and a good clutch, I dropped my ET's down to 11.78.... But keep in mind i blew a few rearends along the way
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Does anyone know of a good cheap dry system and of course a 150 jet i am not looking to break the bank here just want a lt1 specific kit for under 700 dollars.
Last edited by buttermantoast; Jan 23, 2006 at 05:09 PM.
A dry shot if tuned correctly won't lean out your motor.... nitrous at all has the possibility of leaning out your motor regardless of wet or dry. I had an NOS 5176 kit on my car for like 3 years.... Put probably 100 bottles of nitrous thru a completely stock internal LT1 and never had an issue.... But I kept my injectors clean and functioning....
I don't know what a 5176 kit costs anymore... I think it's around 700 bucks... Another kit i recommend that is a wet setup is a TNT plate system. The F1 kit is cheap and is adjustable i believe from 75-150hp.... TNT knows their **** but keep in mind they rate their kits at the wheels and NOS rates theirs at the flywheel.... A 100 shot TNT kit is hitting the motor with more like 125hp.... I've run both kits and they were both great. The TNT hit harder i'll tell you that.... And the solenoids were better quality i believe than the NOS kit... But the NOS kit cam with an auxiliary inline pump....
I don't know what a 5176 kit costs anymore... I think it's around 700 bucks... Another kit i recommend that is a wet setup is a TNT plate system. The F1 kit is cheap and is adjustable i believe from 75-150hp.... TNT knows their **** but keep in mind they rate their kits at the wheels and NOS rates theirs at the flywheel.... A 100 shot TNT kit is hitting the motor with more like 125hp.... I've run both kits and they were both great. The TNT hit harder i'll tell you that.... And the solenoids were better quality i believe than the NOS kit... But the NOS kit cam with an auxiliary inline pump....