Generally speaking, would a 350z with 100whp shot of nitrous be faster than a bolt on supercharged 350z in a straight line?

How would it do at the track, what about a rolling start race?

 

Generally speaking go away n00b

 

I suppose that means you have no clue.

 

This depends on how much the supercharger is putting out. Are you spraying in 1rst gear? On what tires? too many unknown variables to solve this equation

 

no. You will be slower than stock.

 

Nitrous on a track car is stupid. Btw the answer is 4

 

nitrous is almost all torque, generally speaking. So straight line, sure Id assume w traction control taken care of ( window switch, 1st gear lockout etc) nitrous would work well in a drag race.

Throttle responsiveness and overall power through a changing curve required for racing would be best suited for supercharger..
which is 10 thousand dollars.
Nitrous is 2200 bucks done correctly.

What you are asking is apples to oranges, as well as extremely non specific.

I gave as good an aswer as the question deserves. haha.

SEARCH IS YOUR FRIEND.

 

go away and do research tool.../thread

obviously u know nothing about other variables that play a role in things like this

 

he's not doing either. this is just so he can bench race his friend's fox body.

 

I apologize for attempting to keep the question simple.

When I said generally speaking, I meant simply a basic N2O installation providing say 370whp on HR, vs 420whp supercharged HR with stock gearing on both, the very common 1st gear lock out on the nitrous equipped car with good traction on both car.... come on now. No need for all this bs.

Would the exaggerated amount of torque on a nitrous setup make the car out accelerate a SC setup from a dig, and the opposite for a roll?

When I said track, it meant drag strip. I didn't want this to be a safety BS thread about street drag racing.

 

420whp with a supercharger might be a tall order lol.

 

the nitrous car would jump out there, but probably get reeled in by top of 2nd or mid way thru third. from a roll the supercharger would reel the nitrous car in even quicker

 

Just by looking at the best N20 vs best Vortech times (drag sticky), they are VERY close ET wise.

The S/C cars pull better trap though, winning the second half of the track or from a roll if I had to wager.

 

For the sake of price differnece I would say go with the nitrous. Get a good kit or put one together(what I did). $2000 and you will have everything you need.

There are a few things with the n2o that will sound funny at first that really help. First, if you have a 6spd, get the 3.3 final drive from the autos. This will allow you to spray sooner without braking traction. Second, taller tires, same idea here as with the fd.

Now a few things to help get more power from the nitrous itself. Put the soliends as close to the nozzles as possible. I know with the dual intakes that is a bit hard but that will get you more power. This can actually make a 100shot push closer to 115. Another thing is to put your nozzles AFTER the throttle bodies. I put mine in a tb spacer, works perfect you just have to drill and tap the spacer.

Also this is normally for guys running big shots but for every 50hp on n20 retard base timing 1.5-3 degrees. 2 degrees is a good meadian for a shot this size. This will allow you to run a bigger shot safely. So you could actually put a 120-150 shot in and be safe. And if you do what I said about soliend and nozzle placement could be getting closer to a 175-180 shot.

Remeber to post up times with either route you decide to go with it.

 

dom what do you run with your wizard setup?

 

It's pretty basic. NOS solenoids including purge and warmer. ZEX lean switch. Dynotune progressive controller and nozzle. Moroso nitrous panel. Glowshift pressure guage.

I've been playing with nitrous for years so the only thing I had to buy when I got the Z was the progressive controller.

 

^ What's a "wizard set up?" Is he referring to the WON (Wizards of NOS) system?

I would agree with you just looking at the ET, but I think the SC guys put down more power than the nitrous guys overall.


OP, I would say the nitrous will get you to the end of the quarter mile faster than the super/turbochargers at around similar power levels due to the instant torque, assuming you have the grip to give you the launch. Nitrous guys only have slower back halves due to our falling bottle pressures. You can fix that with NANO systems.

Anyway, all this benchracing doesn't mean jack. In the real world, there are so many variables in play that it's nearly impossible to come up with a consistent and generic answer.

 

I'm aware of that, but at least now I have an idea of what to expect with either route. My 08'z is finally paid off and am considering these options. Still more thinking is gonna go into my options since nitrous is a third the cost of SC.

But with the GTM SC finally developed which pushes a minimum expected 430whp, it's tempting not to spend more than the budget allows. Well, any how, thanks to all who contributed in answering my question. If I decide to go whichever route, I'll make sure to post up some 1/4 m times.

 

nitrous nozzle after the TB???

 

theres no question that supercharger kit is the better buy in the long run..

..like i said above there are so many other variables to worry about as far as getting down the track first..

overall the supercharger kit is more expensive but a much better buy and will never be empty