Yet another NOS Question...
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Yet another NOS Question...
There are three of us locally who want to get Nitrous. Myself, and two club members, huhhuh..he said member...(sorry) who have a '94 ZR1 and a '99 C5 hardtop. Mine is a '01 C5 coupe. I thought a dry system was a better way to go because in case we wanted to remove the systems it would be easier. I ran a dry system on a Mustang I had about 10 years ago. Times have changed. They are all daily drivers and two of us still have orginal warranty. My car only has 4000 miles on it and is pretty much stock other than the mods listed in my signature. I need some real advise on whether to get a dry or wet system and why. Are there any extra expenses for the wet system that wouldn't be applicable to the dry. We all want to purchase and install within the next two weeks. Us two C5 guys will be happy with 100-125 shots while my ZR1 pal wants a 200 shot. We are also looking for a vendor who may give us a group rate or multiple kit discount if we buy all three at te same time. Help if you can.
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Re: Yet another NOS Question... (Fast Frwrd)
I do not think you will get a consensus on going wet or dry. FWIW I am running wet. The wet does take a lil longer to install because you have another solenoid and tapping into the fuel rail. The dry shot uses just one nitrous noid and relies on the MAF to adjust the fuel requirements. I was not comfortable letting that tiny lil wire be responsible for my fuel delievery. On the other hand, if your fuel noid gets stuck or the nitrous one gets stuck open on a wet kit you could be in trouble. Similar bad things can happen on a dry if you MAF wires goes bad or misreads or the one noid gets stuck open.
You also need a bottle heater ona wet system, whereas the dry you don't.
Overall, I see more people running a wet kit, but the dry is a lil easier to install for those two above reasons.
oh yeah I am running a TNT wet kit. :D
:cheers:
You also need a bottle heater ona wet system, whereas the dry you don't.
Overall, I see more people running a wet kit, but the dry is a lil easier to install for those two above reasons.
oh yeah I am running a TNT wet kit. :D
:cheers:
Safety Car
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Re: Yet another NOS Question... (intel55)
I do not think you will get a consensus on going wet or dry. FWIW I am running wet. The wet does take a lil longer to install because you have another solenoid and tapping into the fuel rail. The dry shot uses just one nitrous noid and relies on the MAF to adjust the fuel requirements. I was not comfortable letting that tiny lil wire be responsible for my fuel delievery. On the other hand, if your fuel noid gets stuck or the nitrous one gets stuck open on a wet kit you could be in trouble. Similar bad things can happen on a dry if you MAF wires goes bad or misreads or the one noid gets stuck open.
You also need a bottle heater ona wet system, whereas the dry you don't.
Overall, I see more people running a wet kit, but the dry is a lil easier to install for those two above reasons.
:cheers:
You also need a bottle heater ona wet system, whereas the dry you don't.
Overall, I see more people running a wet kit, but the dry is a lil easier to install for those two above reasons.
:cheers:
Wet kit for me.
Michael
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Re: Yet another NOS Question... (Austrian Vette)
All this NOS talk is making the wait for the install so much harder. MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY.. :)
I'm have the TNT wet as well, so what did you guys feel the first time you hit the switch?
I'm have the TNT wet as well, so what did you guys feel the first time you hit the switch?
Safety Car
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Re: Yet another NOS Question... (Fast Frwrd)
I have no idea who you are going to get to help you out. :) :)
TNT is an awesome kit though. Going with what Intel said, I like the wet kit much better as I just don't want to put the fueling burden on cooling the MAF wire and the injectors upping the fuel delivery.
There are a LOT of dry kits that work very well also though, so this is JMHO... :conehead
TNT is an awesome kit though. Going with what Intel said, I like the wet kit much better as I just don't want to put the fueling burden on cooling the MAF wire and the injectors upping the fuel delivery.
There are a LOT of dry kits that work very well also though, so this is JMHO... :conehead
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Re: Yet another NOS Question... (Chris@SpeedDemon)
The NOS dry kit #5177 for the LS1 uses two solenoids in series, so the chances of the nitrous being stuck on, is very slim.
[Modified by Supercharged, 8:45 PM 1/11/2002]
[Modified by Supercharged, 8:45 PM 1/11/2002]
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Re: Yet another NOS Question... (Fast Frwrd)
Chris...I am the one you spoke with today. We will be getting the F1 wet kits form you on Tuesday. Thanks for your great input and it was a pleasure talking to you. Look forward to getting everything on and working. I really appreciated your honesty and help with the group purchase.
TS aka Fast Frwrd
TS aka Fast Frwrd
