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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Bad Habit Bird
I have thought about boosting my vette long and hard. Right now I have a bad *** nitrous kit just sitting in my garage so I am going to put it on for awhile. The thing I don't like about boosting a motor is the extra 70-85lbs you put over the nose of the car.
Mount it in the Rear, will help with Traction, don't have to worry about engine clutter, don't have to worry about weight in front. Not saying its easy to do, (not talking about STS) but definitely a possibility. More and more rear mounts are proving themselves.
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Todd157k
Not for my vette. I don't need to 'push' the motor ALL the time. 90% of the time is just driving. Should last a LOT longer.
Having said that, I'd do s/c or t/c on my truck in a heartbeat. It could use a good 'push' all the time. "Pushing" a hemi means killing most cars.
Turbo's don't push the motor AT ALL unless you put your foot down. Mine drives like stock out of boost. Seriously. And damn, 15psi feels STRONG. I liked the wet kit on my Z though, but that feeling when the T/A gets out of vacuum...... man, the boost comes on like a train.
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 08:43 AM
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im currently in the process of going from Nitrous to Forced induction.
reasons:
1) tired of the bottle filling every week...$60.00 a week or so X52 weeks= $3120.00 roughly.
2) unreliable performance due to bottle pressure issues.
3) kit not activating for whatever reason...blown fuse/wiring/ etc.etc.
4) my personal favorite....having a fuel solenoid stick on you and kissing number 7 cylinder intake and exhaust valves goodbye..

i love nitrous. like previously stated, the instant Torque produced from the hit is amazing and un matched. however...on the high end, bottle pressure will drop and you'll no doubt lose performance. Boost will drop but it wont have such a huge impact on performance like bottle pressure does for nitrous.

in the end ill probably end up throwing a nitrous kit back on the car and have both power adders but for now...FI is what i chose to go with.
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Blown Vert
I did just that. Ran a 150 shot for two years. Got tired of filling the bottle and wanted the power all the time. Wish I did FI first.
That's my feeling in general. I like running nitrous. I think I may do a turbo car next...i'm undecided though. I may do a very hard partying NA motor.

Back to the spray...I think simple kit's are easy to install and go...once you get into the more elaborate kits, for me it took some time and patience to work the kinks out...now nothing wrong with kinky...whoops wrong site. lol.
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