Could nitrous be the way?

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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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Default Could nitrous be the way?

Hey i got a prelude vtec with 129 K miles on it.. RUNNING strong

with some simple boltons and a few other thigns:
-Intake
-2.25 " exhast
-shitty header
-VAFC 2
-JUN flywheel and exedy clutch
-C& R racing radiator
-New spark plugs and wires

I think tahts it for motor parts


and im wondering if a 50 Shot (wet) would be a good directoin to go to, for the best improvement of 1/4 time... Its considerably cheaper than MOST mods.. and idont think i have the money to go turbo......

which companies would u reccomend? Id prolly go with nx, or zex, unless someone says anything otherwise


Is the installation difficult or should i have it taken somewhere to be installed?

I will be going to a dyno... For the vafc 2.. but i know that if i got the vafc 2 and the nitrous tuned together it wouldb emore successful.. correct?
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 05:56 PM
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Default Re: Could nitrous be the way? (DarkspeedVtec95)

what year Prelude?
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 05:56 PM
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Default Re: Could nitrous be the way? (DarkspeedVtec95)

Well, I had the ZEX 75 shot on a stock LS motor and it was awsome until 14 lbs later . Nitrous was a pretty good bang for the buck, but now I think of all the bottles I wasted, I could have turboed quicker. Install was super easy, three wires, a switch, tap the fpr and tap the intake pipe. ZEX was super easy and very reliable. I would recommend ZEX, but turbo comes first.
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 05:59 PM
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Default Re: Could nitrous be the way? (97hb)

its a 95 vtec


so u think that

300 for the kit

<100 for each time to fill it right?


how much do u fill?

becaus eid only use nitrous on the track..
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 06:02 PM
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Default Re: Could nitrous be the way? (DarkspeedVtec95)

I paid about $26 with tax to fill my 10 pound bottle. Got about 10-12 1/4 mile passes before it started to die down. One the bottle goes below 3 pounds it doesn't hit as hard, regardless of bottle pressure.
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 06:08 PM
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you only use it on the track, until you want to pass the jack *** in the mustang on the highway. a bottle fill shouldn't run that much but..... your at the track, you have a full bottle and race all day, you are so close to braking in to the next lowest second ( I.E. 14.1 or 14.0 ) and you know with a few more runs you could do it, and then it happens, bottle goes dry, no more juice and it's to late to run and have it filled. you now have to leave knowing you could have done a 13.9 but you have to wait till next time...

go turbo, it's there all the time, with a boost controller you set the power you want, and fuel economy doesn't have to suffer, plus in the long run you'll spend enough on the bottle to get a turbo kit, and a built bottom end.
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Old Oct 4, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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i think ill go with nitrous because it will only be on my car for about a year, and then the car will be sold.. or dead?


nx or zex?
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