you could probably get away with a 50 or 60 shot without any concerns of blowing the engine, but of course, whenever you add 60hp you raise your chances of problems. a properly tuned and maintained system would be near flawless.

tho be aware of what your doing and what nitrous is. you will get 60hp from a 60 shot, but only for about 8 seconds of a race. it is illegal of course(hard to hide in a hatch too), and when your not using it, itsjust 50lbs sitting in your car doing nothing.

it was meant for drag racing, which if thats your bag, you did purchase the wrong car.

 

You can do up to a 50 (maybe more but I am erring on the side of safety) shot safely without any engine mods. However, it would be smart to get a EGT gauge and a fuel controller. Get a "wet" NX kit. If you have it installed and get the basic kit you are lookin' at around $1000 retail (parts AND labor). But if you use it all the time you will pay about $35 per refill which may add up.

BTW, how many times have you lost to other cars? I mean seriously? I am guessing that is why others aren't jumping on the nitrous band wagon.

 

I guess it would put you ahead of mustangs, and firebirds, but it just feels like cheating. anyone can go drop a grand and get a nitrous kit. It just doesnt feel right... but you could say the same thing about a turbo. maybe it was F&F that did it to me, all those guys strapping nitrous to a car like it was the best thing in the world.

 

All those guys on F & F had turbos and nitrous. It's funny b/c after all was said and done those cars (at least the Supra was) were $150K. I would have rather gotten a Ferrari. I don't think nitrous is cheating, you just have to make sure you do it correctly and don't spray too much into your engine.

 

150grand? no way... the turbo was likely around 15000$ at most!, maybe 10grand for internal mods(you could like remake the whole engine with 10 grand). all the suspension rims, tires, body parts, and any other stuff could have maybe added up to 20grand, I mean I am REALLY stretching the numbers here. I couldnt think of places to spend this kind of money on the things Im saying. that all together is 45000$ in midifications to a 40000$ car(when it was new). total is 85grand. and dont believe their ferrari race, ferraris run in the 12s, not 10s, the supra doing what they claimed(10 second) would burn a ferrari by bus lengths, and would out handle it like it was an elephant on wheels. but it is still a supra, tho personally, thats ok by me.

by the way, I do not support street racing or any of the various ricer activities, but subtract the decals from that supra, or rx7 and they were both bad *** cars. the dodge charger required me to go to the bathroom and clean myself up.

 

if you havent bought a car yet, and you want to compete in a straight line, might wanna get a firebird, mustang, or corvette. put equal nitrous in them, and your still behind in the quarter.

the Z was meant for track racing, which nitrous has no part in.

sure you COULD drag race a Z, but you ever see those little civics racing trying to hit the 13s? well thatd be the Z trying to hit the 12s, when there are other cars hitting 11s with equal work. figure out what you want to do, and get the right car for the job.

 

That is kind of changing with the advent of computer controlled nitrous. Systems like the venom VCN2000 and the NOS control module are allowing nitrous set ups to mimic the power delivery of turbo. A jet is pulsed increasing through the RPM curve. So the power delivery is linear and not just Off/On. Ideas like this are changing the face of nitrous. You can now run a controlled shot based on pedal depression. It's going to make nitrous a fierce competitor in all racing circuits. and if you compare the $1300 price tag for a computer controlled nitrous system with HP gains of 50 - 150, versus the $6000+ price tag of a turbo kit with similar peak HP gains, it's going to be pretty common.

 

wow really, thats pretty cool. tho one question would be how long could a bottle last? and still my second pet peeve of nitrous sticks, its not ALWAYS there, only to be used on the track, as much as I can race, 99% of my driving happens on the streets, where nitrous is illegal, and its unlikely I would turn it on. but an extra boost from turbos from each corner would be fun. worth an extra 5000$? maybe not, but you can get more than 100hp out of a full turbo system.

 

doesnt dyno-ing a car come with adjusting or burning the ecu?

is anyone running an NX kit in their Z, and if someone is, what size jets are you running for ur shots?
i dont think that those jets are the right size for the Z.

would dynoing a car with nitrous let me know what size jets to run or do i have wrong info?