What all do you have to do to your engine to make it handle the nos and not shoot your pistons through the hood of your car?

 

is this a serious question?

(serious question)

 

They are more likely to shoot through the front of your block, actually.

That's a question for one of the guys here with a built engine.

 

Your engine can handle like a 50 shot stock if your engine is in good condition (good compression, etc.).

For much over that an engine build of some sort is strongly recommended. Once you get a little over 200WHP on a D-series, the main weakness of the engine is the connecting rods, and while upgrading those it's senseless to not do other things too.


FYI, it's nitrous, not NOS or NAWZ or NAWS, etc. NOS is a brand, as is ZEX.
Also, the head is in the way of the pistons from them shooting through the hood and a more likely scenario as itinerant said is them shooting though the front of the block. This happens when you throw a rod.

Another thing, not many people use nitrous so you are less likely to receive many answers to this thread. Probably the main reason people don't use nitrous as much (my theory) is because it could get someone called a ricer easily by ignorant people because ricers who worship Fast & The Furious make it look bad and ruin it for the rest of us. Same reason people like to call people with clean Hondas ricers even when they're not ricers... because the actual ricers make Honda as a whole look bad.

 

I wasnt like asking the question cause i want to do it, i was just wondering. and i know its called nitrous

 

We aren't trying to flame you or be mean. We just want you to know the basics so others don't call you a noob or anything.

Trust is right. The rods are the biggest part to swap out, but as long as you have the engine apart you might as well upgrade pistons and other stuff while you're at it.

 

Yea I wasn't being mean or anything. Everything I said was meant to help/inform.

 

its also called NO2...lol

 

Its cool dont worry bout it, lol. I still wouldnt put in a nitrous system right now, its just always been a cool thought. Anyone actually gone through with it?

 

mobstaman on the forum has a pretty nice direct port ZEX nitrous setup

there's a few downsides that also steer people away from nitrous, that i'd like you to know about for FYI.
1. it can be very dangerous if not used and/or installed properly... dangerous to you, other people, and your car
2. it isn't street legal

and then the biggest thing about it IMO...
3. you have to refill your bottle when you run out (assuming you want to keep using it), which causes you to be paying for the setup the entire time you have it. With a turbo setup, or even a supercharger setup, if you do the install right and use quality parts and make everything reliable, you don't have to keep paying for it. Turbos suck in air faster to make more power by having their turbine spun be exhaust gas (superchargers do the same thing but the turbine is driven by a belt)... air is free. NO2 isn't free and costs $3-4 per pound.
4. (related to number 3) bottles can sometimes be hard to refill depending on where you live, due to a possible lack of locations nearby where you can get a refill


a nitrous setup is usually cheaper in the short term than a turbo setup, but in the long term will cost more than the turbo setup, due to my point #3