joutcelt

Well i have kicked the idea around a little bit nothing too serious. I was wondering how safe it would be for the motor if you went to the track about 2 or 3 times a year. Is it worst than supercharging. So lets here your responses

Adam

Is it really worth installing for a couple times per year? I've heard too many horror stories. Just my 2 cents.

Soldier GT

With the technology they have out there today, nitrous seems preety safe. I really thought about it but decided to go with a S/C. If you are just using it for track purposes I say go for it..

joutcelt

yes this is only gonna be for track use. and its not about the money as the previous guy may have been suggesting. I just want ti know how safe it is as i do know everything is not 100% but i would think that if u only use maybe 10 times a year that would ok

Mpaint99

I have been running a 100 shot NOS system for 5 years with no issues. I suggest getting a custom nos tune from Brenspeed and cold running plugs. Holley has a nice system which I am using. The Zex system is much more user friendly. If you have the money get a supercharger. No refilling at $3.50 a pound for nitrous.

joutcelt

It seems like u hear about sc horror stories alot here but i guess thats b/c more people run sc as opposed to nitrous. I have already checked out brenspeed kits and have been kicking it around. I was wanting some input from the forum members that have used it. Likes and dislikes

Soldier GT

One of the biggest reasons why you hear the horror stories about S/C is becasue some guys put them on with out getting them properly tuned. The biggest and most common is running to much boost for your stock internals..

candymanjl

I say for every FI "horror" story there's 30 or more success stories. if every supercharged car automatically blew up there would be none of us left look at the horror posts, find out what they did right and what they did wrong then learn from their mistakes. I think you'll find out of the horror stories a very high percentage of them tried to go boost cheap, go cheap on the tune, or go cheap by not running an intercooler.

I think you'll find that people who spent the money on a good brand intercooled kit, like a kenne bell or a whipple for example, with a good tune from a reputable shop, have very low failure rates unless going over 500whp and pushing their luck. over 500whp and it's anyone's guess as to whether it's reliable or not. some people have had good luck, some haven't. up until 500whp though and the motors are pretty reliable.

anyway as far as nitrous I personally don't see any issues with it. by the time you get a good EFI kit with all the extras like bottle heaters, blankets, purge valves, gauges, remote bottle openers, it'll be easy to get around $1,500 worth of stuff. then like Mpaint99 mentioned you're looking at around $35 a fill for a 10 pound bottle. that adds up unless you truly only use the system at the track.

I had nitrous as the main power adder on one of my cars and I was going through a bottle a week. that gets pricey I know for me personally the way I drive nitrous would make me go broke. that's what I think you have to really take a look at, how much it'll get used. for a couple of track events a year then it makes sense. for a car you drive often and want to have fun with a lot then that bottle is always gonna be empty

157dB

Quite light headed with a constant wow-wow-wow in the ears....

Had a leaky bottle at the drive-in on a cold night.
What a gas...

candymanjl

ha ha, that's what my first post was gonna be but nobody else went there yet