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Re: Questions On Nitrous?
Ok.. Now that the thread is seriously off topic... I'll do my best to explain all I know about nitrous systems...
There are 2 main types of nitrous systems-
Wet and Dry
A Dry system does nothing more than spray a certain amount of nitrous into the intake manifold. This causes a turbocharged effect to the engine because nitrous oxide is an oxidizer. It acts as liquid air, "increasing" the volumetric efficiency of the engine. The problem with dry systems is that you will have to run your engine rich at all times, or wire in a controller that will increase fuel output for as long as the nitrous kit is active.
Wet nitrous systems introduce both nitrous oxide and fuel into the intake manifold. This allows for much more power potential, because you are no longer limited to the amount of extra fuel that your vehicles normal fuel system can put out. Wet systems are a bit more complex than Dry systems, due to the extra plumming and sometimes wiring involved.
As far as brands, NOS and Zex are the 2 that I am most familiar with. Zex kits are most often always armed, and activate the nitrous at or near full throttle operation. NOS kits are much more, "do-it-yourself" and are more flexible in applications with a little creativity.
The choice is really up to you as far as what you want/need. I agree with most of the others in saying that you shouldn't go over a 100hp kit for a stock engine. Anything higher and you definitely need an ignition delay box, and internal strengthening.
Hope some of that helps!
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