Wet Vs. Dry Nitrous?
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From: Forney Texas
wet has a fuel solenoid so you end up with a fuel nitrous mixture in your intake vs. dry is just a nitrous solenoid and the fuel enrichment is done via your fuel injectors. I feel that a properly set up dry system is best and more consistent. Less chance of a nitrous backfire blowing your intake off because nitrous by itself is not flammable.
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wet has a fuel solenoid so you end up with a fuel nitrous mixture in your intake vs. dry is just a nitrous solenoid and the fuel enrichment is done via your fuel injectors. I feel that a properly set up dry system is best and more consistent. Less chance of a nitrous backfire blowing your intake off because nitrous by itself is not flammable.
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That sums it up well. I will add that for a wet shot you often have double the components (two solenoids, two lines into the nozzle, two jets, etc). With the dry shot you have one solenoid for nitrous. Often with dry you will be forced to spray in front of the MAF. With a wet kit you can often spray after the MAF all the way to a direct port into the intake runner. I prefer a dry shot for a street car and have the extra flow in the injector add my fuel.
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Not when set up properly. When you go through the process of tuning the car you may have to adjust the nozzle to get a proper reading across the MAF. If you have that set properly then the only other thing that would cause a lean condition is not enough injector or fuel pump.
