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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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I would love to learn more about nitrous. I know what it does, but I dont know how to use it properly.. i have an 03 monte ss
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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If you dont know what your doing it can be very dangerous... thats all i know
 
Old Sep 9, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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Dont huff, its bad on the brain haha. JK but in all seriousness nitrous isnt one of the better ways to go. Its not price effective.
 
Old Sep 12, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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Not price effective? What else can you buy for $500 that gives you +100 HP?
 
Old Sep 12, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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I guess, refills and stuff though. Ive thought about it and price effective isnt the way to put it. This is how i guess I should put it...

Go turbo or S/C first so you can feel the power all of the time, not just when the tank is on. Then nitrous after, for the added hp when needed. Better? :P
 
Old Sep 12, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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Absolutely... hehehehe

If you just want to go fast at the track, you can't beat nitrous for dollar per horsepower.

If you want something fun to drive all the time, nitrous kind of sucks if your car is slow without it.

It's great on a car that's reasonably quick that you want to take to the next level at the track (like my last Mustang, which would go 13.9s N/A and 12.7s on the spray).
 
Old Sep 18, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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If you just want to go fast at the track, you can't beat nitrous for dollar per horsepower.

If you want something fun to drive all the time, nitrous kind of sucks if your car is slow without it.
I totally agree. Assuming your car is stock- or stockish- your car isn't going to be any more fun to drive every day; you'll still have the same boring performance unless you go through all the steps ahead of time to make the nitrous work (ie fill the bottle, open the bottle, arm the system)- and even then its only faster for so long (until the bottle runs out). Most people I've seen with nitrous don't drive around the with bottle full, open and system armed just cruising around every day.

As said above, if its solely for the track or you're trying to hustle people street racing with a completely hidden system- then its hard to beat the power gains. IMO for about the same price as a complete new nitrous system- I'd rather do a top swap- sure you're only talking about 40 hp gain; but it would be capable of being fast every time you drive (plus blower whine is fun anyways).
 
Old Sep 18, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 03SS/00GSE/93LX
Absolutely... hehehehe

If you just want to go fast at the track, you can't beat nitrous for dollar per horsepower.

If you want something fun to drive all the time, nitrous kind of sucks if your car is slow without it.

It's great on a car that's reasonably quick that you want to take to the next level at the track (like my last Mustang, which would go 13.9s N/A and 12.7s on the spray).
I agree 100% great to drag race, but its like crack, very addictive.
 
Old Sep 19, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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ok thanks.. so nitrous is out for me.. at least for now.. lol
 
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