Nitrous On Mostly Street Car...Opinions
10-21-2008 | 10:43 AM
#41
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Accessories that I am looking at are Mallory 685 (window switch and timing retard), blow-down tube, FPSS, nitrous pressure gauge, nitrous filter, new jets for 100 shot, nozzle retaining nut for the rubber elbow, and an ashtray switch panel. Added up to just over $500 and I rounded up cuz things always seem to cost a little more for misc. odds and ends.
Let me know if you have any other questions, will be glad to help.
10-23-2008 | 04:40 PM
#42
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From: Bellaire, TX
here is my two cents...
I have a stock '01 Z28 with a Cold Fusion Nitrous system. I bought the system new for $400 and had the 10lbs bottle filled. $435. in the system.
I pilled it to a 125hp (wet) shot. The car has been to the track two times in one year.
I ran a best of 11.70@ 118mph on these set up.
On the street I'm 11-0 beating everything from '03 Corba's to C5 Z06's and sevral others.
A year later I'm on the 2nd bottle ($470 in the kit, as of now) , I have NO safty stuff on the car YET, a WOT switch is all that triggers the system once it's turned on. The next item will be a window switch, then a good tune to run 150 shot. The bottle pressure stays around 925-950psi when cold and 1100psi after sitting in the hot summer sun all day (thats when its fun to spray). I love the nitrous system, it kills every thing I have ever come across thus-far. Bang for the Buck it would take me 175 bottle fills at $35. per fill to reach the price of a turbo kit or supercharger and at the rate I go through bottles it would be about 60 years to equal the cost. now I do know some people who go through a bottle a week. Thats a different story there. At a bottle a week at $35 it would take 3.5 years to equal the cost of a $6500 any thing.
Go with the nitrous!
I have a stock '01 Z28 with a Cold Fusion Nitrous system. I bought the system new for $400 and had the 10lbs bottle filled. $435. in the system.
I pilled it to a 125hp (wet) shot. The car has been to the track two times in one year.
I ran a best of 11.70@ 118mph on these set up.
On the street I'm 11-0 beating everything from '03 Corba's to C5 Z06's and sevral others.
A year later I'm on the 2nd bottle ($470 in the kit, as of now) , I have NO safty stuff on the car YET, a WOT switch is all that triggers the system once it's turned on. The next item will be a window switch, then a good tune to run 150 shot. The bottle pressure stays around 925-950psi when cold and 1100psi after sitting in the hot summer sun all day (thats when its fun to spray). I love the nitrous system, it kills every thing I have ever come across thus-far. Bang for the Buck it would take me 175 bottle fills at $35. per fill to reach the price of a turbo kit or supercharger and at the rate I go through bottles it would be about 60 years to equal the cost. now I do know some people who go through a bottle a week. Thats a different story there. At a bottle a week at $35 it would take 3.5 years to equal the cost of a $6500 any thing.
Go with the nitrous!
11-01-2008 | 12:34 AM
#43
I've been running nitrous for over 20 years, back when WE had to figure out what worked and what didn't. Today I have an 02 SS and I can't believe how smooth and simple this thing works. I have the NX Gemini 2 EFI kit with the tps activation. I later added the NANO system. Purge to 1050lbs and it stays there all the way down the track. Absolutely INSTANT-ON!! And no waste or drop off at 850'-900'. I will say if you haven't used nitrous, definately get it. I already spent enough for 5 tubo kits, (2-5 bottles a week). But, I'm jumping ship and going turbo. Can't wait to see #'s on the new LSX DR heads!!
