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Nitrous Oxide is a very violent means of producing power from a Chevy V8. It is readily available here in the states and is used almost exclusively by drag racers. Please do yourself a favor and talk with your local speed shop as to what type of power you are looking for. The application of Nitrous on the street is very dangerous!!!.
keithl said: Nitrous Oxide is a very violent means of producing power from a Chevy V8.
Great !!
It is readily available here in the states and is used almost exclusively by drag racers.
You Yanks have all the fun !!
Please do yourself a favor and talk with your local speed shop as to what type of power you are looking for.
The application of Nitrous on the street is very dangerous!!!.
Excellent !!
Thanks Keith I have 640BHP and need more .....
Here ya go G Man; visit this link. These guys have been building nitrous kits for a long time - and they're British. They uses Pulsoids (pulsating solenoids) to inject the gas with much more precision than the American counterparts, so you save on wasted gas, and control more accurately what goes in.
www.highpower.freeserve.co.uk/
www.highpower.freeserve.co.uk/
Ultimasimon. We have a variety of Nitrous injection systems available to us Yanks. I must admit it is commical to apply nitrous on the streets. First you activate the nitrous switch. This does not start the nitrous going to the engine. You slam your foot on the accelerator and a switch under your gas pedal sends nitrous to your engine at full throttle. The noise is horrendous, the smell is worse. The cops will stop you and haul you off to jail, and over here they carry guns.
Gman. Just happened to do a little research on this side of the pond. Go to SummitRacing.com Under air and fuel delivery they have several nitrous kits. Everything from a paltry 50 extra hp on up to an additional 400HP when you mash the throttle to the floor. It also has a multitude of additional speed products, cold air inlet boxes that you put ice in to cool the air & fuel mixture. Order a catalog, i'm sure it will be worth every pence for overseas delivery. Also under fuel and delivery check out the fuel fragrance additives. This is no Joke!!! They come in just about any flavor err.. scent you can imagine. Just imagine the fun you will have with a 1000HP Nitrous sucking, tire shredding, gear stripping Ultima GTR that smells like fresh lemons. Or if you like cinnamon, orange, pina-colada, strawberry, blueberry. Whatever smell you want to blow into the atmosphere at terminal speed is now available in a handy easy to mix bottle.
Enough of the rumors, Here's some actual facts: I've been using nitrous oxide on all my cars on the street for 20 years. Even my Cadillac. There is no smell, You're confused with nitro-methane that Top Fuel dragsters use. I've never blown an engine with it. The key to no engine damage is having an adequate fuel system (a separate fuel pump/system just for the NOS). It does tend to wear the rings and bearings a little bit more. My 87 firebird had 87,000 miles of regular nitrous use with no engine repairs and ran perfectly when I sold it. My 455 Oldsmobile ran 16 years with a 225hp shot of nitrous on top of it's 550 hp, it now needs new rings and bearings, which you might need even without nitrous. You can select a system with very gentle power delivery, progressively or all at once. I found anything above 250 hp instant shot to be too violent for the tires. I won't be putting it on my Ultima GTR since 138 mph in the 1/4 mile is adequate. Which is due to the superior symetrical cylinder head ports on the gen3 LS6 small block chevy.
superflid
Thanks for the link. That looks easy to achieve and explains how to make sure the mixture is correct which was the one thing that would have prevented me from trying it for myself.
I cannot see anything expensive in the system.
Still, I had better build the car first!
Steve
Thanks for the link. That looks easy to achieve and explains how to make sure the mixture is correct which was the one thing that would have prevented me from trying it for myself.
I cannot see anything expensive in the system.
Still, I had better build the car first!
Steve
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