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several nitrous kits are CARB approved.

emissions legal in all 50 states.

but, it doesnt mean you are allowed to use it on the street, a cop will most likely get you for exhibition of power/speed.

Thats some good, sound advice snadman. I can see that there are pros and cons either way i go. Thanks for all of your suggestions...except Andason. I might have actually believed him until he said he used a 200 shot. lol.

haha nos isn't as bad is everyone hypes it to be cough f+f cough

if it was so safe for the 5s then it would be on the list of "tipical things to get for the 5sfe". everyone here would be running, intake, exhaust, zex kit. so, if you guys think its so safe then go out and buy it. i wouldnt mess with it tho. not unless i was planning to blow up my 5s.

well, the price makes most people look the other way. I don't have five bills to drop into a go-fast button.

i dropped 22 bills on go fast stuff

but then the only thing i have to refill on my car is the gas tank.

nitrous is quick and semi easy in this day. it is actually, the most bang for the buck.

but yes, the price is the main thing that keeps people away. for me it was the not always there gains and the need to refill the bottle after a certain number of uses.

Plus, if some ass revs at you on the inter-state highway, are you really going to reach back and unscrew the nitrous bottle?

Psssshhhhhhhhhh

I vote for a turbo any day. More expensive and you can still get nitrous if you want

get a remote bottle opener i guess, but that just increases the cost.

there is a lot of accessories you can get for nitrous, and most of them cost a lot.

Know what you want and what to do before you do it...

Nitrious is definately the biggest bang for the buck. If you tune your shiat correctly, you won't blow up your engine. Refer to my first sentence again. I've squeezed as high as a 75 shot (zex dry kit w/ 75 shot jets) on a stock block 7afe managing tracked times between low 15's and high 14's... The thing with nitrious is, it's basically for straight line racing only. It's fairly cost effective if you like your excitement in small doses... I don't...

Aside from that, unless you're willin to pay a few grand for a turbo kit, or maybe even a swap, then the most you should be expecting is a few ponies per mod, and each mod can be anywhere from 30 bucks a pop (intake) to a few hundred bucks a pop (SAFC, Header, etc...)...

Nitrous oxide ain't cheap...you'll eventually spend the same amount of money that a turbo system costs just by refilling the bottle...because squeezing the button is addictive...anyway, without proper setup and monitoring, the engine won't last enough to be able to reach the price of a turbo system; never mind. And once you run out of the laughing gas, your car is back to SLOW, hehe.

It's like Popeye without his spinach...he's a wussy, hahaha.

So should i turbo my current 7a-fe or just swap to the 3sgte?

This post has been edited by subsolo_21: Dec 16, 2003 - 12:00 AM

thats up to you

My advice? Keep reading and make up your mind later. It has taken me more than a year on here to have a General Idea of what I am going to do engine wise.

You totaly just pulled that figure out of your @$$. After talking to several mechanics, they all say Nitrous is far safer than FI at the same level. It's because with FI the stress is there all the time on your engine, with Nitrous it is only there for a little bit.

And a nitrous kit is only what, $700, $800? A bottle isn't that much, and it gets you a lot of sprays. Do you really plan to spray from New York to L.A. or something?

Nitrous may not be used constantly like FI would, and if used properly it is easier on the engine, but if you turbo the car and tune it properly and run @ low levels of boost your engine wiil be fine and you get a constant supply. With nitrous you end up buying bottle after bottle, unless your extremely conservative with it and wheres the fun in that?in the long run a turbo will save you $. Each way has its pros and cons, but if used responsibly both are great ways to gain hp. You just have to be careful with it and dont push your car too hard. Its up to each person which they do to their car if they do anything at all. The main thing is that whichever u do u do it right.

What they are saying is right, take your time man, you have it. That's the great thing about this sight, most directions have been taken and spoken of so that you as a 6gc owner can make up you own mind. Good luck man and keep bringing the questions.

is you put nitrous in your system you'll do just fine with a 20 30 40 50 60 or 70 shot... as long as you don't go crazy using it... and it's installed the right way... and also the price is not bad either 700 bucks for a system for extra power when you need it... and no problems with insurance or inspections.. cause all you have to do is take the bottle out of the car..

this topic is hillarious.

NOOSSSSS

Stay away from NO2!! or "nos." Even if at first everything is fine, you can seriously damage internals and get some bad metal on metal contact which could seize your engine.. I suggest that you get a new exhaust manifold or headers, combines with a turbocharger, and maybe new injectors with a new fuel rail and fuel cell.. Those combined should give you more than adaquate performance, they jsut cost more, but will end up paying for themselves in the long run.. If you are considering things like a 100hp jump than I STRONGLY RECCOMEND you upgrade your BREAKS!! otherwise you'll end up like Paris hilton, wrapped around a pole!