HOW TO: Setup Nitrous on a daily driver

[wreckwriter]

couldn't you tune drive for N/A and sport for the bottle?

I don't think so because the TCM tune is separate from the ECM tune. You can have 2 TCM tunes because of the 2 modes but not 2 engine tunes.

[Robert@KBXPerformance]

I don't think so because the TCM tune is separate from the ECM tune. You can have 2 TCM tunes because of the 2 modes but not 2 engine tunes.

bingo.

[cobrakid]

....can you spray a dry shot pre-MAF and let the car compensate like we did on our Trans Am ?????

[Robert@KBXPerformance]

....can you spray a dry shot pre-MAF and let the car compensate like we did on our Trans Am ?????

You "can" but I always recommend not doing that even if the GM MAFS seems to deal with it better than the Ford MAFS. If you want to spray dry then it will be best to do it post-MAFS and tune for it with a dedicated separate nitrous tune. Or you can spray post-MAFS with wet, dial your spray AFR's in with the fuel jet and just keep the timing nitrous friendly all the time in your tune. That way you can spray at will. That is what I do with my vehicles that do not have the capability of a chip that will hotswap tunes on the fly. You give up a little hp when not spraying but it isn't no big deal.

[cobrakid]

.....but I had no problems what so ever spraying our 02 Firehawk pre-MAF....I had good plugs, and it picked the car up half sec with 75 shot.

I understand exactly what you're saying. But a dry Pre MAF would be cake, and from what I think safe ?????

[Robert@KBXPerformance]

.....but I had no problems what so ever spraying our 02 Firehawk pre-MAF....I had good plugs, and it picked the car up half sec with 75 shot.

I understand exactly what you're saying. But a dry Pre MAF would be cake, and from what I think safe ?????

Why ask the question if you are going to then try to give your own answer afterwards???

If you want to spray your car pre-MAF then go ahead but I never recommend it.

[Mike P]

Kinda looking into some nitrous kits......

Only looking to do a 100 shot, no more than that. Most likely wet kit. Those that have used nitrous systems on the G8 with success, what have you used.

Saw some information on the ZEX kit for the G8 and some stuff on the Nano Nitrous System.

* I'd probably just use the bottle for the occasional street race, 1/4 mile PB, or a rematch / 2nd run if ever I got beat (on the street/track), and needed some more power.....



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[Robert@KBXPerformance]

Kinda looking into some nitrous kits......

Only looking to do a 100 shot, no more than that. Most likely wet kit. Those that have used nitrous systems on the G8 with success, what have you used.

Saw some information on the ZEX kit for the G8 and some stuff on the Nano Nitrous System.

* I'd probably just use the bottle for the occasional street race, 1/4 mile PB, or a rematch / 2nd run if ever I got beat (on the street/track), and needed some more power.....



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Weren't you just talking about wanting to do a turbo system in your car??? What happened to that?

If you are serious about nitrous and want a badass setup then mine is still for sale. I haven't sold it yet because I am looking to sell as a complete assembly rather than just parts and pieces, which makes it harder to move. Look in my FS thread about it if you want.

[Mike P]

Weren't you just talking about wanting to do a turbo system in your car??? What happened to that?

If you are serious about nitrous and want a badass setup then mine is still for sale. I haven't sold it yet because I am looking to sell as a complete assembly rather than just parts and pieces, which makes it harder to move. Look in my FS thread about it if you want.

Well, I definitely want some sort of power adder for a 'down the road mod'. The nitrous set up would be cheaper to do & probably could come up with money for that sooner than a single turbo kit would cost.

I will definitely look in the for sale thread.....




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[waltah]

Robert, what is the ballpark on a safe (75-100 shot) wet kit for the G8 GT. i had a wet system on my 06 si civic that i thought was safe but after reading this write-up....i was riding the edge for sure! glad i sold it, lol

my other question here. wont i lose power when not using nitrous? since we can only run 1 tune?