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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Bang for the buck N20 FTW!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 11:44 PM
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in the nitrous section your gonna get a bit of a bias...but if money wasn't an object i would have done a turbo in a heart beat. but since im a broke college student nitrous was the only way for me
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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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Nitrous is like a car loan, your making payments for power!!!
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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by calie0
well turbos are $5000+ and nitrous systems are $500+. for a tenth of the price you can get about the same hp with N2O.

Im a n20 guy and i know your wrong. except foir the cost turbo wins hands down. and the amount of boos t to go the same et is allot less stressfull on the block. ask any good engine builder.


at a 400+ shot nitrous is brutal!
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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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If you have the $$$, a turbo is the way to go....

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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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What is you power goals?

branch your decision off of that IMO.
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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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yeah a turbo set up can be worse than nitrous and vise versa depending on how it is set up. both can be safe and run for a long time if they are set up right.
You said it the best way
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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 5301113
You said it the best way

But both set up right and running the same ET the turbo motor will last longer 9 out of 10 times.
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by its turbo time
in the nitrous section your gonna get a bit of a bias...but if money wasn't an object i would have done a turbo in a heart beat. but since im a broke college student nitrous was the only way for me
+1, i would much rather do a turbo over nitrous, but right now, money is tight and can only afford a bottle.
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ShiznityZ28
But both set up right and running the same ET the turbo motor will last longer 9 out of 10 times.
It should because it will be twice as much more to MAKE & FRESHEN UP the system . Turbos i do think are in the MY future( because of the last longer, wave of the future , IMO). Nos with Nano on it helps out us nos guys running 350 shot (together), which will be more then i need plus motor to run a 8.50 index class in the summer. Its so simple, Done right is the key. Nos and Nano this season coming.
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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It should because it will be twice as much more to MAKE & FRESHEN UP the system . Turbos i do think are in the MY future( because of the last longer, wave of the future , IMO). Nos with Nano on it helps out us nos guys running 350 shot (together), which will be more then i need plus motor to run a 8.50 index class in the summer. Its so simple, Done right is the key. Nos and Nano this season coming.
8.5 con juice is no0 joke in a LSX. only a few guys have done it. and to do it in a class setting will get to be hard on parts.
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ShiznityZ28
8.5 con juice is no0 joke in a LSX. only a few guys have done it. and to do it in a class setting will get to be hard on parts.
Its just a hobby for fun . I'm over biult, i hope
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 04:31 PM
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I had n2o and it was really fun, but also really limited. There were a few days where I refilled the bottle three times in a few hours lol. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't.
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 12:49 AM
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Nitrous = Cheap Power For The Money!
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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if bottles are for babies, why are you crying about it. little saying i like

i think n20 is for the guy who wants to go fast on a budget, and thats true in my case. to get the insane numbers off a turbo set up a forged bottom end needs to be their. for 550 rwhp (my goal) a cam and a aprox 150 dry shot will get me their, for a lot less then FI. yea a turbo can make 550 no big deal, but to make that 800+ number a built motor needs to be their and thats when FI owns N20.
and we all know a FI set up with a built motor that make huge numbers is alot of $$
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technically, nitrous is more instant power than most turbo applications....it takes time to build boost, nitrous has the ability to be gradual (like boost) with a progressive controller, or it can be instant, which generally isn't an option with a boosted application...

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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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yeah well I'm running 15#'s of boost and gettin ready to put a 75 shot on for spooling purposes. Large frame rear-mount=lag. 75 shot=no lag! We can work together!
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Originally Posted by nz12's
yeah well I'm running 15#'s of boost and gettin ready to put a 75 shot on for spooling purposes. Large frame rear-mount=lag. 75 shot=no lag! We can work together!


I spray my GN when I'm not worried about traction issues. Instant spool ***!!!!

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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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turbo is expensive. ask me how i know. im going broke trying to get it running. this **** nickel and dimes me to death
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