ORIGINAL: 94Cbra

Shame on you Nanaki! A properly setup and tuned power adder used within the engines limits should not decrease engine life. There are plenty of factory boosted cars that run for 150+k miles. Dont over do it (example: running a 200 shot on stock internals), set it up correctly (example: for high shots it would be wise to utilize a quality ignition system, and make sure you have adequit fuel delivery), and get it tuned by a reputable dyno shop. If you do all that, then things will be A-OK.

N20 when used properly is safer than a boosted application. There isnt that drag on the engine durring normal driving like you would get with a S/C. Note how earlier I said "properly", thats a very important word here. A tune is EXTEMELY important with a N20 setup. Ambient air temperatures also wont have such a large impact on a juiced vehicle as they would a boosted application.

As far as Wet VS. Dry kits. They both have their ups and downs. One isnt better than the other. The thing that wet kits enjoy is they dont have to be tuned quite as much because the fuel is delivered with the N20. With a dry kit, on higher shots the computer must be tuned so that it it can be told to pump the extra fuel through the injectors. If your going to run a 125 or higher dry shot, be looking at some 24# injectors too. Between a Dry 150 and Wet 150 shot, if they are both setup correctly and tuned you will see no power difference between the two.

The thing I seriously dont like about the wet kits are that you have to tap into the fuel lines. I dont care how good you are or how many times youve done it, its still dangerous. Also Wet kits are Prone to little "Nitrous hicups", if by some chance that fuel puddles or preignites in the intake tract, youll get to see how far your N20 shot will launch an Intake. With a dry shot you dont have to worry about that. Again, Dry kits using higher shots will require heavy dyno tuning and possibly larger injectors. Either way you go a Flip Chip and dyno tune is extremely important.

Youll also enjoy monster TQ numbers from the Juice that the S/C guys would drool over.

ORIGINAL: DreamKing


Haha, shame on you for arguing through the generalization fallacy. Just because cars have lasted 150k+ miles without power adder does not mean that power adder doesn't decrease the engine life. In other words, how do we know that those cars that lasted 150k miles wouldn't have lasted 200k without the power adder? Or what if the power adder was never actually used, meaning that boost was never activated? These are all variables that make your argument void. For every example that you can cite where a boosted car lasted 150k mi there are probably 500 where the motor blew a few thousand miles after installation of the power adder.

The fact of the matter is that ANY mod that adds hp (even 1 hp) adds wear on the engine, thereby decreasing engine life. Why? Because mods that add hp add boost. An intake provides more air that is also denser for the engine, thus creating a larger, more powerful explosion that generates more hp. Now, granted that the wear from an intake isn't much, it is still extra wear that will kill the engine sooner than normal. Whatever, I don't feel like typing any more. G'night.

ORIGINAL: sk8erdudex

enough with this whole damaging thing. Your scaring the children. Don't be gay, just do what you want to your car. If it blows up then fix it with better parts. If your still worried then maybe racing isn't for you. The fact is driving the car will decrease engine life. Even NOT driving the car will decrease engine life. Engines break. Thats life. Now go get a 100 shot of nitrous and go race some bastards.