Can I shorten this nitrous line?
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From: Lawrenceville, GA
Can I shorten this nitrous line? Can I shorten this nitrous line (the one from the plate)? This is what came in the HSW kit. It seems to be longer than needed.
Bill
Bill
I thought about shortening my line also. The thing is, the line is that length for a reason. Shortening it would increase the possibility of a lean spike when the system activates.
You can shorten it if you want, but as stated above there is a reason for the unequal length of the nitrous and fuel line. There are pretty significant variations in pressure and density of the nitrous and fuel lines. As a result the nitrous will be discharged before the fuel does, causing a lean spike. This is the same as any other system out there, its simply the nature of the game when using a wet kit. To combat this we lengthen the nitrous line to give the fuel a chance to arrive at the discharge points at roughly the same time.
So as i said, you can change them if you want, but they are unequal as a result of hundreds of dyno hours trying to eliminate a lean spike.
So as i said, you can change them if you want, but they are unequal as a result of hundreds of dyno hours trying to eliminate a lean spike.
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Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,597
Likes: 4
From: Lawrenceville, GA
You can shorten it if you want, but as stated above there is a reason for the unequal length of the nitrous and fuel line. There are pretty significant variations in pressure and density of the nitrous and fuel lines. As a result the nitrous will be discharged before the fuel does, causing a lean spike. This is the same as any other system out there, its simply the nature of the game when using a wet kit. To combat this we lengthen the nitrous line to give the fuel a chance to arrive at the discharge points at roughly the same time.
So as i said, you can change them if you want, but they are unequal as a result of hundreds of dyno hours trying to eliminate a lean spike.
So as i said, you can change them if you want, but they are unequal as a result of hundreds of dyno hours trying to eliminate a lean spike.
Bill
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