silly nitrous question
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Racer
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From: Philadelphia Pennsylvania
silly nitrous question
I've been looking at getting a crate engine to replace my l-48. I remembered I have a 50hp dry (no fuel) NX nitrous kit intended for an EFI motorcycle that I never ended up using. It came with a solenoid intended to spray into the air box and have the fuel injectors automatically add fuel. If I were to say, buy a nitrous carb plate and rejet my mechanical secondaries to be extremely rich, could I run nitrous on the l-48 for kicks until the crate arrives?
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Racer
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Why not just buy a fuel solenoid and the lines to make it a wet kit?
I would think the car would suffer horribly when not on the bottle if you rejetted it that rich. You aren't talking just a little rich, like 20% more fuel I would think. You also would probably have a horrible bog between when you go WOT and when the NO2 kicks in.
I would think the car would suffer horribly when not on the bottle if you rejetted it that rich. You aren't talking just a little rich, like 20% more fuel I would think. You also would probably have a horrible bog between when you go WOT and when the NO2 kicks in.
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Racer
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From: Philadelphia Pennsylvania
I was just hoping I might be able to get a little fun out of the existing nitrous kit without much further investment. I was thinking the secondaries didn't come in until nearly WOT but it looks like they start around 50% throttle so it would bog horribly like you said until the nitrous came in, even if primaries are normal. Oh well, it was worth a thought.
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