Sorry for the long post, but I have really gone out of control now!! I want to put in a nitro system. But I don't know what is the best system. I checked all the FAQ (which was helpful) but I must be missing something. I want a system that I can use on the street and strip. So BABolt, Wyldman, HighRisk, N20boy, 1Badtk, please chime in.
It seems the biggest problem with dry systems is that they require a different chip. Soo, here I am going 10 mph and some guy challenges me, I have to say "hold on, let me stop so I can flip my computer chip to nitro to take you on". Not very practical. I think BABolt only uses his for the strip so it dos'nt sound practical for the street. When I read BAbolt's comment and his set up, he has to flip the nitros on, flip another button to turn off the horn, beep the horn when he actually wants the nitro to turn on so he doesnt just spin wheels with all the extra power and also flip a 4th switch for the computer. With my limited mental capacity and during the heat of the moment, I am sure I would be sooooo busy flipping switcbes that when I was finally ready to go I would look up just to see the tail lights of the car that challenged me about 100 yards away laughing his head off!! And all this is only if I remembered to turn the bottle warmer on 10 minutes before I even met up with this guy!!! So what am I missing, or is nitros really not for the street and only for the strip?

I talked to John at Nitros warehouse, super nice and knowledgable but way too much of a used car salesman. Seems like the wet system has an advantage over dry in that it dosnt need a different chip (one less switch to flip) but anything under 80 degrees and you need a bottle warmer which requires 10 minutes to warm up the gas. Does the dry system need a bottle warmer? Can I just rig up the warmer so it turns on when I turn on my truck or will that quickly burn out the warmer?
I would love to just be able to put 2 huge 15lb. bottles in the back of my truck so if and when I want to turn on the nitro they are there, ready for use, with the flip of a switch, without having to go down an airline checklist before takeoff. No offense to anyone, but can it done or am I just dreaming and wasting my time? Thanks, Jeff



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2000 White Lightning
PSP chip
AirRaid with Big Mouth filter
4.10 gears
et 1/4 mi 13.14
Retrax tannaux cover
Bedrug

'65 Mustang with 347 stroker
'67 Corvette, ZZ502/502

 

Well I guess I'll be the first to jump in here.
You can have your cake and ice cream to, but remember if you run Nitrous on the street you are going to have a very big traction problem.

You can have a bottle warmer that keeps your bottle at proper operating temp at all times, and a remote switch to turn the nitrous on/off with. Using a wide open switch you colud race at 3/4 throttle to get started then nail it and hold on hoping it doesn't blow the tires off. Any street performance chip will handle a wet shot, even if its a little lean you can re-jet for a richer mix. I like my setup and have done many a test on the street late at night. It will be a problem racing the street with nitrous.
Have fun, later.

 

Thanks 1BADTK for the reply. I know Nitros Warehouse has a computer program to help with traction called "Fred" where it applies only part of the nirtro at first and then progressively applies the rest. It is expensive though, $500, which is more than the nitro system. Do you know how well it works? If it works well, it could be worth the money. Dos'nt make since to waste all that extra HP by spinning your tires, especially with 4.10 gears. On the flip side, how responsive is the nitro. If I turn it on manually, will it give instaneous boost, or is there a lag time that would effect performance? Aaah, so many questions, at yet only one life time to answer!!

 

The reason nitrous is refered to as a "shot" is because thats how fast it "comes on". a progressive system is probably the best for you with 4.10s and street tires, otherwise anything short of mid 2nd, low 3rd gear, your f1's are going to break loose.

 

Aurghh, auhh, ohhhh. Your only feeding the fire MRBBQMAN!! Instant power that will fry the tires unless your careful!! Got to have it, got to have it!!! Somebody STOP me!


Still interested in what everyone else has to say though. Any problems with the wet system, or any advantages with the dry system?

 

Wet or dry, it is all preferance. I can say from our own testing the wet works better, on our L. We have had no problem with eather the wet or dry system. Also recomind not going over a 150 shot on the stock motor. If you plan on running the F1's you should use F.R.E.D. You dont need it use slicks.