rockitman,

Nitrous does not make power (neither is it explosive). The power is made from additional fuel (gas). The nitrous provides the additional oxygen which acts as an oxidizer to use the additional fuel. The nitrous would also help any other fuel burn.

The chances of the nitrous entering the cab is pretty remote. No lines enter the cab and the bottle burst disc vents outside the car by way of a stainless steel braided line. All lines are also stainless steel braided.

 

Chad, I was being humorous!!! You know funny gas???

 

Lou - justto recap - Europaena Car APril issue for SHootout and Excellence February issue for Chad's monster...

 

CJV with 1.4 bar do you have an estimate as to what your power will be? You will have a higher redline as well with the new rods, correct? Are you looking at 650 rwhp off nitrous?

 

sticky,

I would expect to gain with my present turbo's about 30 hp for each one tenth bar raised above the current 1.2 bar.

 

CJV - with the new rods will the engine life be close to stock? May I also ask how much the nitrous setup costs? When I pick up a 996 turbo I would like to do a similar nitrous setup, possibly with a smaller shot.

Another question, how driveable is your car? Is the lag tolerable? The only thing that scares me about a power level that high is the power coming on suddenly not smoothly.

 

sticky,

I don't believe, once you start modding over 500 fwhp, you can expect stock longevity. Aside from the above, I understand the titanium rods have a rated life of 80 hours @ 8400 rpm's. That is alot of time if you are not pushing it on the street. In my situation I would expect them to last the life of the engine which would probably be more limited by the piston rings and liners.

The cost of the NOS parts I used was about $2,200. You can save alot of money simply by using the aluminum instead of the carbon fiber bottle (save about $800.) You would want to use the NOS 5130 kit which includes the 10 pound aluminum bottle. I believe you have a choice of 35, 50 or 75 shot nozzles in this kit. This kit is about $600. The programmer, window switch etc. are extra.

My car is very drivable without the NOS activated. The car was designed (A/R ratio of the turbo's) for very little lag. The response is fast but linear and predictable. It is very smooth, that is without the nitrous. I can turn the nitrous off, it doesn't come on unless the switch is activated, wide open throttle and the rpm's must be over 4400. This is all changeable with the programmer and window switch.