all of a sudden I have nitrous on my brain, tax return time is coming and thinking about going either a 50 shot dry, zex or nx, anybody have any input that could sway me to get it or stay away from it, thanks
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all of a sudden I have nitrous on my brain, tax return time is coming and thinking about going either a 50 shot dry, zex or nx, anybody have any input that could sway me to get it or stay away from it, thanks
You could try searching because there have been more threads about the benefits and drawbacks of using nitrous than I can count on my fingers and toes. BTW, that's actually how I count :D
x2 .... And he was nice about it. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI
sorry, close the thread, I guess I'm an asshole for asking, I'll do a search, just wanted to here from some live people
Well, I'm alive... :D
I probably owe a bit to never using nitrous. :wink:
You could upgrade the injectors and maybe get an exhaust for the money and use the additional performance ALL THE TIME.
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Why on Earth would you recommend upgrading the injectors on a car with just exhaust? That would be one of the biggest wastes of money... this isn't NFS, you don't gain +15 WHP just from upgrading your fuel system which is already more than you need on most N/A applications :lol:
True... :smt017 I went the "baby steps method"...
I filled my closet with parts over a years time and taking 3 months of a little here, a little there installation. Injectors were one of the first closet filler.
Come on man :( Inject fuel, inject nitrous. I have a very simple mind and low resistance to the power of suggestion. :lol:
Eh, but that was assuming he wasn't going to have nitrous :P
Injectors are nice you you plan on going FI.
if you run a 50 shot dry, you dont need to upgrade the injectors, thats just wasted money. if youre concerned with running lean, just get a wet system. my .02 cents, you wont see much difference with a 50 shot on a stock tranny even with bolt ons.
I would not spend money on nitrous and shit if you havent even lowered your car yet...
Have you done any mods whatsoever? Or are you just mechanically inclined?
Ummm, my car was making 350-400 WHP before I was even lowered. Some of us have different priorities.Quote:
Originally Posted by Distort
Well I just meant that his first step shouldn't just be to throw on some nitrous...Quote:
Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI
And you are the authority on Galant modding, apparently. He can do whatever he wants.Quote:
Originally Posted by Distort
i would piece together my own turbo kit personally, it can be done relatively cheap if you take the time to find the right parts and you will have to worry about less especially if its a dd plus the power again... will be there all the time
not to mention turboing an i4 is relatively easy to find the parts for
just my $.02
i have absoultly no desire to lower my car, I love the nice smooth ride it has now, That's the last thing I want to sacrifice, no auto crossing for me. The only time I would have to upgrade the injectors is if I decide to Turbo the car, doing it for a dry nos setup would be pointless. I don't believe, w/ intake exhaust and a 50 shot you wouldn't shave at least 1.5sec of 1/4 mile times. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Distort
I think it would be alot more helpful if you could say exactly what you wanted your car to acheive. If its speed for cheap, then nitrous is your best bet. However, id seriously recommend upgrading your suspension and brakes. It doesnt make sense to make your car faster, if you aint got the brake power to bring you down from speed. :lol:
Read here...
https://thegalantcenter.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36312
i know a little bit about nitrous, I have done the research, I am just curious about people's personal oppinions. The brakes on the G are fine, its not like I,m going from a 17.5 second car to a 13.0 second car, were talking maybe, and I mean a big maybe about breaking inot the 15's. I have no desire like I said in my last post to mess with my suspension or brakes, the galant has a solid platform. I have had to many cars in the past that I have lowered, then I need to take it on that 300 mile trip and regret every inch I have dropped her. :smt022
you wont break into the 15's with an intake and a 50 shot. The tranny is your enemy for that. our auto tranny is crap when trying to launch. if anything, youll probably do a mid 17-low 17 if youre lucky. stock i4 does 18.4 in the quarter. its not totally the same but when my truck had a dry 60 shot on i only came out with a 16.5 compared to a 17.3 on boltons. but i had a manual tranny. if you want any chance of hitting 15's you gotta change the tranny or go turbo. whats the 60 ft on our cars anyways? 2.5? maybe higher?
rear drum brakes are ok with you?Quote:
Originally Posted by silverlightning
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drum brakes are fine. I hit over 100 in my truck in the quarter and when I boost ill be in the 110-115. I really dont see where you're coming from. drums are perfectly fine in a drag race. if it was a track race then disc is preferred because you want your breaks to keep its bite and stay as cool as possible. in a drag race you hit the brakes once and call it a day.
I highly doubt the OP is much of a real drag racer. Probably plans to use the nitrous on the street.
That's just my perception, though.
I just sold my mustang that I took to the track 4-5 times a year, nothing special just a bunch of bolt-on's, (13.87 best) total stock outside, not much of a street race seen here in CT, it mostly done on the tracks up here unless your under 18 and want to get thrown in jail or hurt somebody :smt021Quote:
Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2863235
P.S I have heard of stock 8G running high 17's all day long 18.4 that sounds slow even for our cars.
Okay, if you're really a drag racer, you'd realize a proper suspension setup is one of the most, if not the foremost, important things in setting up a FWD drag car. Weight transfer is a killer in FWD cars.
I compare my drag racing to my fishing I love to do it, but I dont cosider myself a real fisherman or racer, more of a weekend warrior. point taken with the suspension, I just don't know how crazy to go or not to go :?Quote:
Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI
so if your not gonna street race and you know the 50 shot will still leave you in the low 16 high 17 quarter mile at the track
why do you want nitrous? all you said was you had it on your mind...
using upgraded injectors with a dry direct port shot is the way to go... then use ecuflash to tune it. with a direct port shot you can run alot more then a 50 shot safely because of the even distribution along with the additional fuel from the injectors
a wet shot doesn't make sense to me anymore... i used one for almost 2 years i got all the way up to a 100 shot.... but i had like 3-4 nitrous backfires in that time.... it makes about as much sense as adding an extra fuel injector in your intake track... how are you supposed to get even distribution to all cylinders that way. thats one of the things that makes nitrous unsafe.
also ive tried the 50 shot on our car you will not be happy with it trust me.. you will want more at least the 75 shot
thanks underated, that's what i was looking for, so 50 is not enough, I know I am going to do the dry shot setup, but you think I should upgrade the injectors for more fuel, what injectors do you suggest.
Wow they got dry direct ports systems? Damn...never knew that. Mine is a wet direct port...but then again its over 10 years old. Now i feel old....Quote:
using upgraded injectors with a dry direct port shot is the way to go...
you could do a fuel pressure regulator to add some extra fuel also... if you get bigger injectors your going to need some way to tune them... either way you need to tune it but you should look into ecuflash, and wideband to keep an eye on your afr while squeezing
well i plan on doing a nitrous build because its only there when you need it! espically with the gas prices being so high... i plan on going with a dry direct port nx kit looking to 125 shot after a rebuild of the motor on a 5 speed. ive got pics of the ride ill post them later
please don't make random suggestions just for the sake of clicking the reply button. being a car board people are impressionable here and someone may actually take your..."advice".Quote:
Originally Posted by mtcavity1
also, everyone needs to stop thinking if you're putting down 900whp you're constantly driving 160mph on surface streets and are waiting for the last second to brake. upgrading brakes isn't a requirement at all, it's not like drag strips put a wall 100ft from the finish line, they give you more than enough distance to stop the car. and again, just because a driver hits insane speeds on the highway doesn't mean he's going to be doing it into the back of a minivan and need to slam on his brakes right away.