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Old 08-17-2008, 06:14 AM
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Default Wet v.s. Dry!!!!!!!!!

I do not have either but am interested, whats the big difference between both?, any long term difference in engine performance? oh yea, and whats faster?!
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Old 08-17-2008, 08:59 PM
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a wet kit sprays niitrous and fuel into your intake, while a dry kit sprays just nitrous... in a dry kit, it relies on the fuel injectors for the increase in fuel... i would have to say assuming you use proper precautions, a wet kit would be better for the average user
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Old 08-17-2008, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by steve0914
a wet kit sprays niitrous and fuel into your intake, while a dry kit sprays just nitrous... in a dry kit, it relies on the fuel injectors for the increase in fuel... i would have to say assuming you use proper precautions, a wet kit would be better for the average user
just adding, there is also direct port which sparys fuel and nitrous right into each cylender
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ive been a firm believer in the wet shot is better then dry shot argument... however, for this car, im debating on a dry shot... so to add to the OPs question and get some more discussion in here

for a 100 shot, no more, no less, what would you do... wet or dry and why
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Old 08-18-2008, 10:04 AM
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i say it depends, on a dry shot you will need to do some tuning where a wet shot you could just use colder plugs... so maybe on a dedicated track car, i might use a dry shot, but on a DD/track car, i would use a wet shot
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Old 08-18-2008, 10:49 AM
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mustangs suck for dry shots.... or at least big ones.. we don't have the tuning parameters to change what is needed to take big dry shots... also I keep hearing our mafs do not respond well to being sprayed.... in anything with a dedicated ems, or something like the ls1 computers and mafs I think dry is geater than wet all day
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Wet is easier and requires less tuning. Dry you have to tune the car to be a slug off the gas because it has to be very rich at WOT. You will more then likely have to upgrade the injectors and fuel pump for a dry shot. With a wet you just upgrade the pump and pull timing.
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Old 08-19-2008, 05:08 AM
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yea i am most likely gonna get the wet, i just want a daily driver with all bolt ons plus cams and heads maybe way down the road, thanx for the info guys
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Old 08-19-2008, 07:05 AM
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Go with the wet. It hits a lot harder than the dry and just flat out performs it. A buddy of mine had a 200 shot dry on his 99 gt auto. It ran 8.3s in the 1/8th. He swaped to a 150 wet and picked up 3 tenths at the track.
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Old 08-19-2008, 11:45 AM
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wet is better, makes more power.. people who say otherwise are either full-o-stuff or are using a different brand for a comparison (different brands pills spray different amounts)
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