just oreder a darton sleeved block and i can t decide what i want to do. i already have eagle rods, now its time to get pistons. first i need to decide boost or nitrous (150 shot or so) .. please give me some pros or cons of both and help me make this decision. thanks

 

oh and its in a 92 civic cx

 

depends on your budget and how often you want
to be hauling ballz, if you got the cheeze,
i would turbo it

 

im leaning more towards nitrous, jsut do to the cost factor

 

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Why don't you just get 10:1 compression, you could boost or spray both. If the block is strong just spray more n2o for the compression you're missing

 

if you go with just nitrous, what compression pistons
are you gonna be running, because with a big shot
you don't want to have too high of compression, but then
again if you get too low of comp. pistons then your
car won't have as much power when your not boosting......

 

damn this is a big decision, i want to use the blcok to it possibilites cause i spent the moeny for it, isnt 10:1 compression a little high for like 15psi or so

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by c1civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn this is a big decision, i want to use the blcok to it possibilites cause i spent the moeny for it, isnt 10:1 compression a little high for like 15psi or so</TD></TR></TABLE>maybe not if you run some high octane when you
boost, that is if you're still leaning towards n2o

 

you can run a 125-150 with 10:1 no problem....just make sure you gear the car up for the nitrous......If i were you Id do 100 shot and 11:1......give you real good street performance and 300+whp on the juice......

 

Make sure you set your car up for Nitrous if your gonna run it ! get some good tuning equipment like Hondata, that way you can switch from boost mode to N/a mode. Get somecolder plugs,purge valve, bottle presure guage etc, so you can monitor the system!
And look into getting a wet system ! The good thing with Nitrous is that you only use it when you want and it isn't that hard to install.
I would also start off with a smaller shot to be sure you have the system working right, then move up into somethign higher!
And that 10.1 compression is fine for Nitrous, you can go a llittle higher is you really wanted, but I wouldn't go past 11.1 for a street car on pump Gas !

 

ok i guess i'll the odd ball and say go turbo. The only thing i don't like about nitrous is the bottle refills. Let's say u go to the track. People have been know to get up to 15 runs in two day events. Now how many bottle is that on a 150shot?? If your on the freeway and need to pass a line of semi's goin up hill you won't have to worry bout having a filled bottle. All u have to do is just press on the gas and the power is there.

 

I say just go Turbo and NOS, if you got the money.

 

how much does it cost to refill abottle

 

any more inputs, i was think in that 10:1 was a little high, im willing to get hondata, i actually want it. i live in cincinnati ohio and i dont e even know of anyone who has expereince with it

 

I like nitrous simply for the fact that I have the reliability of NA when I'm not racing. Also I like driving NA cars more than turbo'd cars, but I'm the vocal minority in that aspect. You'll be dropping about $2k for a full nitrous setup(controller, direct port, heater, purge, etc.) so I wouldn't go for nitrous just because of the cost factor. In reality you don't save much at all.

 

We will have to run one day man

 

the way i see it is youre building the motor....why not slap on a turbo kit and standalone and make that car a beast